A Type 2
Incident Management Team was assigned today to a new start burning
seven miles north of Craigmont in the upper reaches of Big Canyon Creek.
The Fisher Fire has grown to about 700 acres since being confirmed early
this morning.
The team will be in place
tomorrow and assume command of the fire early Friday morning.
Eleven new
starts, most of them small, were confirmed on the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests today. Firefighters
worked tirelessly to contain fires, then moved onto others. Only two of the new starts remained unstaffed.
An
inter-agency task force, assembled last week to provide initial attack in the
area, worked all day on the Fisher Fire, concentrating on corralling spot fires.
Two other
incident management teams had earlier been assigned to the Lawyer Complex near Kamiah. A bigger Type 1 team will
also be in place tomorrow, helping to manage fires in the Kamiah area. The
new team is being in-briefed in Orofino this
evening.
Another new
fire, Old Greer, is burning in steep, heavily forested terrain about a mile
west of Greer on the Old Greer Grade. The Craig
Hotshots from northwestern Colorado staffed the fire
on their own today. It has now about 30
acres.
The Big Hill
Fire, near Syringa, burned actively on all flanks, and onto the 5515 Road.
Firefighters placed hose on the 5515 Spur Road to bring water to the fire.
Woodrat, also
near Syringa, is backing down toward the 5504 Road. It is now 30 acres. The fire
is threatening the Woodrat repeater station.
The Silver
China Fire, confirmed last night, torched and spotted and is now about a
quarter of an acre. It is located a mile southwest of China Point.
