![]() ![]() Additionally, Oregon and Washington (including local fire service) have combined personnel to create a shared incident management team. Through this agreement, states have dispatched approximately 125 personnel and equipment including ground and air from the following states: Alaska (one airtanker and the Pioneer Pike Hotshot Crew), Washington (miscellaneous firefighting personnel, one initial attack hand crew and three engines), Montana (three incident management personnel), and Oregon (26 incident management personnel). The Northwest Wildland Fire Protection Agreement (Northwest Compact) has been in place since 1999 between Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon Territory, Saskatchewan, and Northwest Territories/Forests) and the States of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Montana. In addition to the federal firefighting resources mobilized, several state wildland fire agencies are also providing personnel and equipment to support the wildfires burning in Canada. Currently, the CIFFC has moved to Preparedness Level 5 due to continued hot, dry conditions and extreme fire activity that is being observed on many incidents across all provinces and territories in Canada. There are approximately 225 federal firefighting resources and support personnel assigned to various wildfires in Canada. The National Interagency Coordination Center (NICC), located at the National Interagency Fire Center has sent additional resources to Canada in response to a request from the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC) in Canada. This continues to be below the 10-year average for both wildfires and acres burned. Nationally, 16,053 wildfires have burned 477,661 acres. One new large fire was reported in Massachusetts. Six large fires have burned 57,491 in four states. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |