Kewa Fire Information: August 11, 2016, 10am

KewaFireInformation:August11,2016,10am
NWIncidentManagementTeam9,BrianGoff,IncidentCommander
Startdate:Aug.2,2016CurrentSize:1,889acresPercentContainment:75%
Location:15milessouthofInchelium,WAontheColvilleIndianReservation
ThiswillbethelastDailyUpdatefromNWIncidentManagementTeam9.
ManagementofthefirewilltransferFriday,August12,2016at6amfromNWTeam9(Type2)
toalocalType3organization,ledbyincidentcommanderBrandonSutton.
RoadClosuresLifted
• AllRoadclosuresintheKewaFireareahavebeenliftedasoftoday.
Today’splan
• Crewswillcontinuetomopupfromfirelinestowardthefire’sinterioronallsidestoday.
Burnedareasafety
• Pleaseuseextracautioniftravelingthrough
burnedareas.
• Evenafterheatandflamesaregone,burned
areascanbehazardoustofirefightersandthe
public.Hazardsincludesnags,stumpholesand
rollingmaterial.
• Snags,standingdeadtrees,areleftinvarious
stagesofstability,decayanddamage.Someare
nearlyburnedthroughontheirtrunksandcan
givewayundertheslightestwind.Firefighters
aretrainedtosteerclearofsnagpatchesandto
alwaysbeawareofoverheadhazards.
• Stumpholesremainafterfirehasconsumeda
treestump.Belowgroundportionsandtherootsystemsmolderslowly,oftenforweeksafterafire.
Theseholescanbecompletelyhiddenbyashandcancauselegandankleinjuries,aswellassevere
burns.
• Rollingmaterialcanbeasignificanthazardinareaswithsteepslopes.Asfireburnsthroughanarea,it
consumesleaves,needles,branchesandlogs.Bouldersandlogsoncesupportedbythismaterial
becomeunstableandcanbeeasilydislodgedbyrainorotherdisturbances,evenpeoplewalking.This
canbeespeciallydangeroustofirecrews.Firefightersmovingalongaslopemaycausetheselarge
hazardstorolltowardcrewmembersbelow.
• Membersofthepublicshouldbemindfulofhazardswhentravellingthroughburnedareas.
KewaFireInformation
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ICPInformation:509-722-7641