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National Preparedness Level 1

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Current hours for the National Fire Information Center are
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208-387-5050

This report will be updated Monday through Friday.

September 27, 2013

Nationally, wildland fire activity continues to be light. The Rim Fire and Corral Complex have burned 269,637 acres and firefighters expect to contain the fires next week.

Weather: Scattered rain and a few thunderstorms, with snow in the mountains, will move through the northern and central Rockies and across the northern Plains and Upper Midwest. Most of the country will remain cool to mild with warmer weather over the southern Plains and the lower Mississippi Valley.

Daily statistics 9/27/13
Number of new large fires 0 States currently reporting large fires:

California (2)

Number of active large fires
Total number includes full suppression and resource managed fires. Total does not include individual fires within complexes.

Total of all fires reported on IMSR = 2.

2
Acres from active fires 269,637
Interagency personnel committed to large fires* 700
Fires contained on 9/26/13 0
Year-to-date large fires contained 313
Year-to-date statistics
2013 (1/1/13 - 9/27/13) Fires: 38,745 Acres: 4,092,640
2012 (1/1/12 - 9/27/12) Fires: 47,991 Acres: 8,720,743
2011 (1/1/11 - 9/27/11) Fires: 60,137 Acres: 7,718,003
2010 (1/1/10 - 9/27/10) Fires: 49,442 Acres: 2,776,292
2009 (1/1/09 - 9/27/09) Fires: 71,395 Acres: 5,587,015
2008 (1/1/08 - 9/27/08) Fires: 67,734 Acres: 4,732,981
2007 (1/1/07 - 9/27/07) Fires: 71,953 Acres: 8,159,133
2006 (1/1/06 - 9/27/06) Fires: 83,240 Acres: 9,026,770
2005 (1/1/05 - 9/27/05) Fires: 52,813 Acres: 8,156,770
2004 (1/1/03 - 9/27/04) Fires: 60,656 Acres: 7,736,637
10-year average
2004-2013 Fires: 60,411

Acres: 6,670,698

Current Wildfires
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
California Fires: 2 Acres: 269,638 New: 0 Contained: 0
Corral Complex Six River National Forest FS 12,503 96 10 miles east of Hoopa 530-629-2149
Rim Stanislaus National Forest FS 257,135 84 2 miles northeast of Buck Meadows 805-727-4775

*Interagency personnel committed to incidents reported on the Incident Management Situation Report. Does not include interagency personnel committed to initial attack or other types of incidents.