National Fire Activity – Preparedness Level 2

NIFC is at PL 2. Initial attack was light on Wednesday. Twenty-nine uncontained large fires are burning nationwide and seven incident management teams are committed, up two from yesterday.

Fire Weather Forecast

Scattered thunderstorms will develop again over the far Southwest, eastern Great Basin, and the central Rockies. Some storms could produce very heavy rain. A cold front will move through the northern Rockies, brining slightly cooler but windy conditions to the region. Otherwise, temperatures will remain very warm across much of the West. In the East, showers and thunderstorms will stretch along a front from the Great Lakes to the central and northern Plains. Hot and humid conditions will continue in the Southeast where afternoon thunderstorms will develop from the mid-Atlantic coast to the central Gulf Coast.

To see a NOAA map of today’s critical fire weather areas, click on this link: http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/fire_wx/fwdy1.html

Fire Summary (Five Day Trend)

Day	Fri	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu
Date	7/27	7/30	7/31	8/1	8/2
Initial Attack Fires	160	166	230	188	193
New Large Fires	7	7	10	6	10
Large Fires Contained	6	9	9	2	5
Uncontained Large Fires	25	20	19	24	29

National Resource Commitments (Five Day Trend)

NPS Fire Summaries

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For additional information on all fires, check the following National Park Service and NIFC web sites:

NIFC

• Summary of current fires – http://www.nifc.gov/nicc/sitreprt.pdf
• Detailed reports on major fires – http://www.inciweb.org/
• Fire news and fire year in perspective – http://www.nifc.gov/fireInfo/nfn.htm
• Map of fire locations – http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/lg_fire2.php

NPS

• Details on current NPS fires – http://www.nps.gov/fire/wildland-fire/fires.cfm
• InsideNPS Fire and Aviation – http://inside.nps.gov/fire
• InsideNPS Structural Fire – http://inside.nps.gov/fire/structuralfire
• NPS Fire and Aviation - http://www.nps.gov/fire