Welcome to the Upper Falls/Little Bridge Fire blog (Formerly the Carlton Complex), the official site for information on the Upper Falls and Little Bridge Creeks fires or any new fires in the Methow Valley Ranger District and surrounding areas. The blog is posted by the Information Officers on the Great Basin Type 1 Incident Management Team, Team 1. We encourage your comments below each post. Please let us know how we're doing.
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
8.5 Fire Update
Please visit the link below for today's update posted on inciweb:
http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/article/3967/23054/
A thank you to the fire crews
We recieved this email today, it was a great way to start the day! We have appreciated the outpouring of support for the incident personal throughout this incident by the community.
"Greetings!
Please pass this on to anyone working hard on the fighting the fires.
This last weekend we were caught on the river during the crazy thunderstorm this past Saturday. We took shelter at a kind woman's house along the banks. We listened to and watched trees falling right and left. We watched lightening strike and new fires start. By the time the wind let up enough for us to get to our take out (maybe 45 minutes), the highway had already been cleared of fallen trees. As we drove home we passed a line of firefighters standing on the side of the road. I wanted to convey to each one of them how impressed and thankful I was for their hard work.
While we took shelter, they worked. While we sat at home recovering, they jumped from planes in to remote areas to fight fires. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Whether pilot, ground crew, administration or some job description I am unaware of, thank you. Your hard work is impressive and important!"
"Greetings!
Please pass this on to anyone working hard on the fighting the fires.
This last weekend we were caught on the river during the crazy thunderstorm this past Saturday. We took shelter at a kind woman's house along the banks. We listened to and watched trees falling right and left. We watched lightening strike and new fires start. By the time the wind let up enough for us to get to our take out (maybe 45 minutes), the highway had already been cleared of fallen trees. As we drove home we passed a line of firefighters standing on the side of the road. I wanted to convey to each one of them how impressed and thankful I was for their hard work.
While we took shelter, they worked. While we sat at home recovering, they jumped from planes in to remote areas to fight fires. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Whether pilot, ground crew, administration or some job description I am unaware of, thank you. Your hard work is impressive and important!"
Monday, August 4, 2014
8.4 Phone line updates
We are still working hard to resolve the phone line issue. Right now it
appears that local calls can get through to the 509-996-9971 information
line but long distance calls can not. If you calling from outside the area please call 253-271-4386.
Thank you.
Thank you.
8.4 Phone lines down
We have just been advised that the phone lines into the Incident Command
post are down with an estimated repair time of 8 hours. We are activity working to correct this problem and will post new numbers as soon as they become available.
8.4.14 Evacuation Levels Change
As of 11:30am the Okanogan Sheriff's Officer has updated the evacuation level for the Rising Eagle Road Fire and the northwest corner of the Carlton Complex near Winthrop.
The new levels are:
Level 2:
Wandling Road
Rising Eagle Road
Hill Drive
Signal Drive
Upper Bear Creek Road
East Chewuch Road to Boulder Creek
Pearrygin Lakes State Park is currently closed.
Level 1:
Pine Forest
Sun Mountain Resort
No Evacuations:
Twin Lakes Road to Wolf Creek Road
Winthrop City
Sun Mountain Ranch
The new levels are:
Level 2:
Wandling Road
Rising Eagle Road
Hill Drive
Signal Drive
Upper Bear Creek Road
East Chewuch Road to Boulder Creek
Pearrygin Lakes State Park is currently closed.
Level 1:
Pine Forest
Sun Mountain Resort
No Evacuations:
Twin Lakes Road to Wolf Creek Road
Winthrop City
Sun Mountain Ranch
Incident Information
8-4 Carlton Complex Fire Actualización
Carlton Complex Fire _ Actualización
Rocky Mountain Incident Management Team- Pete Blume, Comandante
del Incidente
Centro de
Información: 509-996-9971
Horas de
Operación: 7 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Email: carltoncomplexfire@gmail.com
04 de agosto de 2014
6:00 a.m.
Situación actual del fuego:
Tomando ventaja de las
condiciones favorables de ayer, el equipo de bomberos forestales pudo lograr un
progreso substancial en la línea de contención de fuego, el equipo hizo un
progreso substancial en la línea de contención de fuego del “Rising Eagle Road” y el Carlton Complex. El equipo de bomberos
trabajaron agresivamente para contener el fuego; fortaleciendo las líneas de contención
porque se está pronosticando un viento fuerte en el área para este martes.
Cinco grupos de ataque inicial con asistencia de helicóptero empezaron a
construir una línea de contención directa en la zona escarpada del perímetro
del fuego en el área del oeste y norte del Pearrygin Lake. Recursos aéreos
continúan a jugar un papel vital en el éxito de la contención del fuego de este
complejo; apoyando los esfuerzos de supresión del fuego y asistiendo con
ataques iniciales a nuevos fuegos en los lugares cerca del complejo.
La prioridad de hoy estará enfocándose en la contención
del 502-acres del fuego “Rising Eagle
Road”, acabar la construcción de la línea directa de contención cerca
del lago Pearrygin, asegurar la línea de contención
en la zona este del mirador “Leecher Lookout” y limpiar en la zona
noroeste de la zona de esquiar en el área del Highway 20. Las zonas este y sur
del fuego serán monitoreados por patrol y también equipos aéreos para reconocer
fuego en la distancia. Se está usando maquinarias para patrullar la zona para detectar
nuevos fuegos y proveer ataque inicial en el área de donde se juntan la zona
urbana y zona forestal. El Washington National Guard continúa a proveer su
apoyo combatiendo fuego y patrullando las rutas cerradas.
Para
información de cierre de carreteras
La Carretera 20 (Highway 20) está abierto a todo tráfico.
La orden de cierre de para usar la montaña
ha sido agrandado y ahora incluye la parte norte del Carlton Complex. Para
obtener una actualización de los cierres forestales puede llamar al Okanogan-Wenatchee
Nacional Forest al (509) 996-4000 o visite
el sitio web al: http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/okawen/alerts-notices
Para información cierres de las carreteras
estatales visite el: Washington Department of Transportation al: www.wsdot.wa.gov. Información de cierres de senderos, rutas y lugares de Camping
visite Inciweb (http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/ cierres/3967/ ) .
Evacuaciones
Todos los niveles de evacuación permanecen el mismo y serán reevaluadas hoy.
Tiempo: Caliente y seco con dispersión de la inversión climática después de las 10:00a.m.
Estadísticas del Fuego:
Ubicación: 5 Miles SW de Okanogan, 7 Miles sur de Twisp Fecha de inicio: 14/07/2014
Tamaño del fuego: 253.377 acres * Porcentaje
contenido: 82%
* Incluye el fuego Rising Eagle Road: 502 acres
Total de personal: 1.728
Recursos incluyen: 7 tipo 1 equipos
manual, 21 tipo 2 equipos manual, 10 tipo 2 de
ataque inicial, 113 motores, 31 vehículos con
tanques de agua.
Recursos recursos: 6 tipo 1 helicópteros, 6 tipo 2 helicópteros, y 5 tipo
3 helicópteros, 1 avión
de apoyo aéreo.
Lugares para conseguir información:
Blog: carltoncomplex.blogspot.com
Sitio web: http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/Incident/3967/
Twitter: #carltoncomplex
Facebook: Carlton Complex Fire
Agradecimiento
a los Bomberos: https://www.facebook.com/RockyMtn.Type1.IMT.PIOs
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