Active Fires 8/27 - 1.9 Million Acres; YTD 7.8 Million Acres; 7 Weeks To Go in Fire Season
August 29, 2015
Many fires in the northwestern states burned actively yesterday. Firefighters are anticipating a change in the weather with a chance of some much needed rain this weekend. Currently, 70 large fires or complexes have burned nearly 2 million acres.
Two hundred soldiers from the 17th Field Artillery Brigade based out of Fort Lewis, Washington are deployed in Washington state.
Four MAFFS C-130 Airtankers are assigned to McClellan Airfield in Sacramento, California and two MAFFS C-130 Airtankers are assigned to Channel Islands, California in support of wildland fire operations.
Five wildland fire suppression crews and one CL-415 scooper group from Ontario, Canada and one Convair 580 airtanker group from both Saskatchewan and Alberta are supporting fire suppression efforts in the Northern Rockies Area. Fifty-eight fireline management personnel from Alberta and Ontario, Canada are assigned to support large fires in the Northern Rockies Area.
Sixty-eight fireline management personnel from Australia and New Zealand are assigned to support large fires in the Northwest Area.
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