Incident Information

Rocky Mountain Area Coordination Center
Joint Information Center

Rocky Mountain Area Morning Update July 3, 2009

Preparedness Level
National 1
Regional 1

Regional Activity
Initial attack was light across the region with 16 new fires for 4 acres reported.
For detailed information see: http://gacc.nifc.gov/rmcc/predictive/rmasummary_protection.htm

Large Fire Activity

Hunter Fire: 15 miles north of Grand Junction. The fire should be contained today.

RMIMT Status:
Pechota: On Call
Hahnenberg: Available
Summerfelt: On Call #1
Lowe: Available
Loach: (Area Command Team) On Call #1

National Fire Activity:
Initial attack activity: heavy (322 new fires)
New large fires: 3 (*)
Large fires contained: 0
Uncontained large fires:4
Area Command Teams committed: 0
NIMOs committed: 0
Type 1 IMTs committed: 0
Type 2 IMTs committed: 1
** Uncontained large fires do not include confine/contain incidents. **
For more information see: www.nifc.gov/nicc/sitreprt.pdf

Weather Outlook: The chance for large fire activity will be low for most of the RMA today. Subtropical moisture will bring wet thunderstorms over the area. A thermal trough will keep southeastern Colorado and southwest Kansas hot and dry with a chance of dry lightning. For more information see:
http://gacc.nifc.gov/rmcc/predictive/outlook/FirePoDay1.png
http://gacc.nifc.gov/rmcc/predictive/outlook/Fire_Weather_Briefing/Fire_Potential_Briefing.html

 

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