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February 5, 2010
Fire activity was light this week. Currently, there are no active large fires.
Thirteen American and two Canadian incident management specialists are assisting the State of Victoria, Australia. The specialists are stationed at Orbost, Traralgon, Woori Yallock, Otways, Bendigo, Ballarat and Alexandra to supplement Victoria’s Incident Management Team capacity and assist local offices in aviation management, community risk assessment, fuels management, and community bushfire protection planning.
Weather:
A storm system will move across the Southeast today with cooler and drier weather on the weekend. Another storm is on tap for Monday and Tuesday. Rain and mountain snow in California today will spread into the Southwest this weekend. Drier weather is expected Monday and Tuesday in southern California and the Southwest but light snow will persist over the mountains of Arizona and New Mexico.
Weekly statistics 2/5/10
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Number of new large fires |
0 | States currently reporting large fires: |
Number of active large fires |
0 |
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Acres from active fires |
0 | |
Fires contained since 1/29/10
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0 | |
Year-to-date large fires contained |
8 |
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Year-to-date statistics |
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2010 (1/1/09 - 2/5/10)
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Fires: 1,259 |
Acres: 21,461 |
2009 (1/1/08 - 2/5/10)
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Fires: 3,140 |
Acres: 80,617 |
2008 (1/1/07 - 2/5/10)
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Fires: 2,652 |
Acres: 140,490 |
2007 (1/1/06 - 2/5/10)
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Fires: 856 |
Acres: 8,766 |
2006 (1/1/05 - 2/5/10)
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Fires: 3,712 |
Acres: 340,589 |
2005 (1/1/04 - 2/5/10)
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Fires: 2,146 |
Acres: 13,913 |
2004 (1/1/03 - 2/5/10)
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Fires: 2,288 |
Acres: 21,885 |
2003 (1/1/02 - 2/5/10)
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Fires: 2,807 |
Acres: 45,073 |
2002 (1/1/01 - 2/5/10)
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Fires: 2,466 |
Acres: 19,459 |
2001 (1/1/00 - 2/5/10)
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Fires: 1,231 |
Acres: 44,334 |
6-year average
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2005-2010 |
Fires: 2,138 |
Acres: 85,757 |
