Fire Map Oregon 2015

Wildfire smoke from washington and oregon was blown west over western oregon including portland and the rest of the willamette valley on august 22 23 2015.

Fire map oregon 2015. Located in portland or the nwcc serves as the focal point for interagency resource coordination logistics support aviation support and predictive services for all state and federal agencies involved in wildland fire management and suppression in the region. During fire season the current fire season map will show active large fires odf is tracking in the state and the locations of year to date lightning and human caused fires statistical fires where odf is the primary protection agency. As many as 3 000 firefighters including 800 washington national guard members were deployed to fight the fires. Odf keeps statistics on wildfires that occur in its protection jurisdiction 16 million acres of private and public forestland.

1 600 sq mi burning across the state from june to september. See current wildfires and wildfire perimeters on the fire weather avalanche center wildfire map. This year central and eastern oregon fires spread at alarming rates given receptive drought stricken forest fuels. The points displayed on the map above indicate each fire s starting location and provide general references only.

The 17th field artillery brigade of the united states army also deployed 200 soldiers from joint base lewis mcchord to help fight the fires. Bancorp tower and white stag sign from the burnside bridge portland skyline and the burnside bridge. Interactive real time wildfire and forest fire map for colorado. Portland skyline during 2015 oregon wildfires seen are the u s.

Cooperating agencies include the. The 2015 wildfire season was the largest in washington state history with more than one million acres 400 000 ha. On august 21 president barack obama declared the fires a. Bureau of land management.

Statewide fire map for 2015 figure 1 on page 9 is a statewide odf 2015 fire season map showing odf and large multi jurisdictional fires where odf partnered in incident management. Collaborated with portland nimo national incident management organization in sponsoring an executive simulation in preparation for the 2015 fire season. Attended the oregon army national guards fire season after action review. A large fire as defined by the national wildland coordinating group is any wildland fire in timber 100 acres or greater and 300 acres or greater in grasslands rangelands or has an incident management team assigned to it.

The northwest interagency coordination center nwcc is the geographic area coordination center for the northwest region which includes the states of oregon and washington. Interactive real time wildfire map for the united states including california oregon washington idaho arizona and others. See current wildfires and wildfire perimeters in colorado on the fire weather avalanche center wildfire map. Facilitated the pacific northwest wildfire coordinating group assisting in updating their.

Fire information is updated as it is received. Odf fire statistics database.