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Current Ukonom Complex Fire Information
The Ukonom Complex and Siskiyou Complex Incident Management Teams
are providing daily
updates on the local fires. Click on the following links to access
the pdf files:
Ukonom Complex Update; July
13, 2008, 10 AM
Siskiyou Complex Update; July
13, 2008, 10 AM
InciWeb is working again and much of this information should be
posted there soon. The link for the Ukonom Complex is:
http://165.221.39.44/incident/1406/
For those of you living upriver the link for the Siskiyou Complex
is:
http://165.221.39.44/incident/1380/
Orleans/Somes Bar FSC UPDATE 7/12/08:
UKONOM COMPLEX
Last night, Division M Supervisor Kit Jacoby had hotshot crews
conduct burnout operations from the top of Offield Mtn down to
Offield Saddle and Camp Three Road on the east face of the mountain
in preparation for holding the Merrill Fire as it comes out of the
Merrill drainage. While darkness itself poses risks to these crews,
stable winds and weather help mitigate unforeseen fire behavior and
give them a chance to establish a black line before the afternoon
winds and high temps whip the fire up. Today and tomorrow, the fire
will be testing these lines, and we will know if they are going to
hold. Large runs on the east side of the Merrill drainage have
actually assisted fire fighters by pulling the fire on the western
flank back into itself. Yesterday, fire was brought down through the
last little chunk at the mouth of Merrill adjacent to residences
there, and things had settled by evening. Thanks to all the
firefighters and locals who assisted landowners there prepare for
and weather having fire in their back yards.
There is a new Public Info Officer on the fire: Tom Lavagnino. I
think he still has the same number as the last team: 530-627-3981.
SISKIYOU COMPLEX
Things were a little more quiet yesterday after the large run the
day before up Rock Creek Butte. Containment lines are being planned
on Lonesome Ridge and Lightning Ridge down to the Klamath River near
Eyese Bar. The Resource Advisor for the Siskiyou Complex visited us
Thursday to get our Critical Info and Fire Protection survey data
for residences potentially threatened by this fire. Ti Bar and
Patterson residents had a lot of ash raining down in their yards a
couple days back, so we requested Siskiyou Complex structure
protection support be extended to them, as well as landowners to the
south of Rock Creek. Hopefully, folks will receive a visit and
resources as needed in the next couple days. I haven't heard what is
happening on the north side.
Could be time to get an air purifier.
Click here for some info to help find the right one for you.
Teresa Hacking Keeping Yard Wet as Merrill Fire Backs Down Behind
Her House
MKWC Newsletter
MKWC's newsletter can now be found online!!!
CLICK HERE to view the
February 2008, Tenth Edition. Check out the
MKWC publications to
view past newsletters.
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