MORNING BRIEFING

Date: Friday, April 06, 2012 Time: 1000 CDT Preparedness levels: Eastern Area: 1 National: 1
National WX Service Link

EA Fire Weather Watches/Red Flag Warnings: Red Flag Warnings in effect for portions of north central New England/eastern Mid-Atlantic State/western Minnesota into early Friday evening, 4-6

EA Situation Report Link

Eastern Area (EA) Activity

Low: 108 Moderate: 21 High: 48 Great Lakes 149 8 Very High: 14 Mid-Atlantic 14 0 Extreme: 2 Northeast 43 1

Units Fire Danger:

Initial Attack Activity by Compact: Initial Attack Totals Prescribed Fire Activity

Big Rivers 0 2

Agency BIA BIA STATE FS PRI PRI STATE STATE Total

State MN MN MN NH MA NH WV PA

Detailed Initial Attack Activity Unit Human Acres MNA 15 9 RLA 9 37 MNS 125 1755 WMF 1 10 NECI 41 34 NECI 1 86 WVS 3 3 PAS 11 134 206 2068

Lightning 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Acres 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

National Large Fire Map START DATE 04/04/2012 NAME DRIFTWOOD

LARGE FIRE ACTIVITY

EACC Large Incident Report %CNT/MMA 100%

Full Suppression/Perimeter Control

AGENCY NUMBER PA-PAS PAS-13121000 ACRES LOCATION 300 East of Driftwood, PA

* 209s are posted to the Morning Briefing when we receive them. Fires are dropped from Morning Briefing after 100% containment or if the 209 is not updated.

NWS Point Forecasts

Fire Potential Outlook

Forecast Fire Danger

Great Lakes Compact Fire Danger: Fire danger is moderate to high with seven units reporting very high. Fire Weather: High pressure will persist over the compact into Friday night creating dry conditions and low RH levels. A cool front is then forecast to advance through the compact Friday evening into Sunday creating a few showers or storms. Gusty south winds will affect the compact on Friday afternoon into Saturday ahead of the cool front with brisk west to northwest winds behind it Saturday evening into Sunday. The next chance of precipitation is forecast to advance through from west to east Friday night into Saturday night. However, most areas are not expected to receive precipitation any long duration precipitation. The next chance of precipitation is not forecast until the end of next week creating elevated fire potential through the middle of next week. Big Rivers Compact Fire Danger: Fire danger is mainly low to moderate. Fire Weather: Mainly dry conditions are forecast across the majority of the compact into the middle of next week. A few showers and storms are possible across the west Friday night into Saturday as a cool front sweeps through the compact from the west. Gusty south winds will affect the western Big Rivers Friday afternoon into Saturday morning. Cooler temperatures forecast to move in from the northwest later Saturday afternoon into Sunday into early next week on strong northwest winds. The next chance of wetting rainfall is forecast across the compact later next week. Elevated fire potential is forecast into the middle of next week due to the dry conditions. Northeast Compact Fire Danger: Fire danger is mainly moderate to high with seven units reporting very high and two extreme. Fire Weather: Gusty afternoon north to northwest winds will persist across the portions of the compact into Saturday. The lowest RH levels will be located over the southwestern half of the compact into Saturday. Mainly dry and cool conditions will persist across the majority of the compact into the weekend. This will allow fuels to continue drying out creating areas of elevated fire potential through the weekend. Showers are forecast across Maine Sunday into Monday morning. The next chance of precipitation across the rest of the Northeast is not expected until Monday into Tuesday as a trough of low pressure rotates westward from the Atlantic into southeastern Canada. Mid-Atlantic Compact Fire Danger: Fire danger is mainly low to moderate with three units reporting high. Fire Weather: Mainly dry conditions are expected through the weekend allowing fuels to dry out quite a bit. Low RH levels will affect the compact into Saturday elevating fire potential. The next chance of precipitation across the compact is expected to hold off until early next week. Gusty northwest to west winds are forecast across the compact Sunday afternoon into early next week as a low sets up over southeastern Canada pulling cooler air down into the eastern states. Scattered showers will affect the compact early next week as a couple of cold fronts sweep through the eastern states. Mainly dry conditions are forecast through the middle of next week elevating fire potential. The next chance of any precipitation will hold off until the end of next week. Additional Fire Weather/Fire Potential Links: Eastern Area Predictive Services 7 Day Significant Fire Potential Eastern Area Predictive Services Videocast EA Fire Weather/Fire Danger Weekly Outlook

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Eastern Area Resource Status

Crews Available
T1 T2 T2IA Camp

Engines Available
T6 T4 T3 13 4 1

Dozers Available
T1 T2 T3 T4 1 1

Water Tenders Available

T1 T2 T3 T4

TOTAL 0

TOTAL

19

TOTAL

TOTAL

Eastern Area Crews on Assignment

Crew Name MIDEWIN #1 MIDEWIN #2 MA-CCP-FM-#1 Crew Type SUPPRESSION MODULE SUPPRESSION MODULE FUELS MODULE Incident Number MO-MTF-120002 WV-MOF-120003 VA-SHP-120005 Incident Name ABCD MISC. 2012 RX BURNING JARMAN GAP RX Mob Date 3/25/2012 4/05/2012 4/03/2012

Aviation Resources
ID
0EK 60N 7MB 67H 7CH 92BH 44D 2TC 8PT 83BH 44BH 3TD

Aviation Safety Alerts

Status
Unavailable Available Available Available Unavailable Available Available Unavailable Available Available Available Available DNR DNR FS FS DNR DNR DNR DNR DNR DNR BIA DNR

Make/Model
Hughes 500-D Bell 206 B-3 AS 350 B-3 Bell 206 L-4 Bell 206 B-3 Bell 206 B-3 Bell 206 L-4 Bell 206 L-4 AS 350-B2 Bell 206 L-3 Bell 206 B-3 Bell 206 L-4

Helicopters Contract Agency

EXU EXU EXU EXU EXU EXU EXU EXU EXU EXU EXU EXE

Aerial Supervision Platforms

5078E 441MC 11AR T-890 T-262 T-263 T-266 Beaver 1 Beaver 2 Beaver 3 7NR Beech Queen Air Beech Queen Air Beech Queen Air AT 802F CL-215 CL-215 CL-215 Beaver Beaver Beaver Cessna 206 EXU EXU EXU EXU CWN EXU EXU EXU EXU EXU EXU DNR DNR DNR Available Available Available Available Available Available Available Available Available Unavailable Available

Air Tanker
DNR BIA DNR DNR

Fixed Wing
FS FS FS DNR

37250

Cessna 310

EXU

DNR

Available

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EA Personnel Currently on Assignment

0 1 1 1 0 2 5

Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) National Park Service (NPS) State National Weather Service (NWS) Forest Service (FS) Total

EA Overhead Currently on Assignment April 6, 2012

BIA FWS NPS

STATE

NWS FS

EA Personnel Currently on Assignment April 6, 2012

6 6

31-Mar

1-Apr

2-Apr

3-Apr

4-Apr

5-Apr

6-Apr

Daily Fills and UT F's

8 7 6 5

UTF
4 7 3 2 3 1 0 0 30-Mar 2 1 31-Mar 0 1-Apr 2-Apr 1 3-Apr 4-Apr 5-Apr

FILL

Fire Weather Information Previous 7 Day Accumulated Precipitation Previous 14 Day Accumulated Precipitation

5 Day Forecast Precipitation Totals

3-7 Day Forecast Hazards Assessment

6 to 10 Day Precipitation Outlook

6 to 10 Day Temperature Outlook

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Observed Fire Danger Link

Forecasted Fire Danger Link

Four Panel Forecast

Summary of 2012 Fire Activity

Human Fires BIA DDQ FWS NPS PRIVATE ST FS 299 0 6 7 581 1,849 156 1,159 0 661 393 6,821 13,364 3,430 Lightning Fires 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 503 Year to date 299 0 6 7 581 1852 158 1,159 0 661 393 6,821 13,367 3,933

TOTALS

2,898

25,828

506

2903

26,334

Eastern Area YTD Fires April 6, 2012

Ten Yr Avg
2,642

Five Year Avg

2,533

2012

2,903

2,300

2,400

2,500

2,600

2,700

2,800

2,900

3,000

Eastern Area YTD Acres April 6, 2012

Ten Yr Avg
30,254

Five Year Avg

31,802

2012

26,334

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

35,000

EA Agency Rx/WFU Totals

EA Prescribed Fire Activity

Prescribed Fires
Agency BIA DDQ FWS NPS PRI ST FS Year to date Fires 12 0 132 23 1 754 99 Acres 20,708 0 26,271 9,010 2 53,678 50,712

EA Daily Planned Rx

TOTAL:

1021 160,381

Reported Prescribed Burn Activity

Agency FWS FWS FWS BIA FS FS FS STATE NPS State MN MN NY MN MI MN WI IN IN Unit DLR BNR LIR MNA HMF SUF CNF INS IDP Ignitions 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 11 Acres 285 175 26 0 86 11 16 80 62 741

Total

Fire Related Web Site Links

EA Fuels/Fire Danger Fire and Fuel Advisories Fire Danger Pocket Cards Large fire Map of active incidents Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre