National Preparedness Level 5

as of August 18 at 8 p.m. MDT (on a scale from 1 to 5)

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September 27, 2020

Wildland fire activity continues in 10 western states where 69 large fires have burned 3.7 million acres. Wildland firefighters prepare for another day of critical weather conditions in Northern California. Evacuation orders are still in effect for 17 large fires in the West.

NIMO (Houseman) has been assigned to COVID-19 support at Forest Service headquarters in Washington, D.C. NIMO (Reinarz) has been assigned to provide wildland fire support to California. NIMO (Day) has been assigned to provide wildland fire support to federal land management agencies in Oregon and Washington.  

Two hundred thirty-three soldiers from the 14th Brigade Engineer Battalion based out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington are deployed in support of the August Complex.

Two hundred thirty-four Marines from the 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, 1 Marine Expeditionary Force based out of Camp Pendleton, California are deployed in support of the Creek fire.

One RC-26 aircraft with Distributed Real-Time Infrared (DRTI) capability and support personnel from the 141st Air Refueling Wing (Washington Air National Guard) has been deployed to Fairchild AFB (Spokane, WA), in support of wildland fire operations.

Two MAFFS C-130 airtankers and support personnel from the 146th Airlift Wing (California Air National Guard) and one MAFFS C-130 airtanker and support personnel from each the 153rd Airlift Wing (Wyoming Air National Guard) and the 152nd Airlift Wing (Nevada Air National Guard) have been deployed to support wildland fire operations in California.

One fire suppression crew and one overhead personnel from Canada are supporting fire suppression efforts in northern California. Seven fire suppression crews, 18 fire engines and 54 overhead personnel from Canada are supporting fire suppression efforts in Oregon.

Five fire suppression crews and four overhead personnel from Mexico are supporting fire suppression efforts in southern California.

During this unprecedented time, the safety of the public and all wildland fire responders is always the number one priority for all wildland fire agencies. For more information and links to the Geographic Area Plans, visit the NIFC COVID-19 page.

Weather

Critical fire weather is expected today in Northern California. Strong offshore winds and very low humidities will spread across most of the geographic area, greatly impacting new and existing fires burning in the region. Widespread breezy conditions east of the Rockies and into the Corn Belt will manifest due to a cold front but humidities will be mostly above critical thresholds. Very hot and dry weather will be present for much of Southern California, the Southwest, and Texas. Scattered precipitation is likely for the Cascades of Washington, Idaho Panhandle, and western Montana.

Arizona (1)
California (20)
Colorado (2)
Idaho (14)
Montana (10)
Nevada (2)
Oregon (11)
Utah (3)
Washington (3)
Wyoming (3)