Garner Complex Evening Update – 7-25-18 10:00PM

July 25, 2018

GARNER COMPLEX #UPDATE
Evening Update 7-25-18 – 10:00pm
QUICK FACTS:
Size: 19,944 acres
Change in last 24 hrs. +2,575 acres
Containment: 19%
Start Date/Time: 7/15/2018 9:00a.m.
Expected Containment Date: 8/7/18
Location: Josephine County
Cause: Lightning
Est. Cost: $16.9 million
Personnel: 2491
Assigned Resources:
Handcrews: 76
Engines: 112
Dozers: 31
Water Tenders: 42
Assigned Aircraft: 27
Structure Task Forces: 9
Burnout operations are planned overnight on the Grave Creek Fire, Taylor Creek Fire and Pleasant Creek Fire. The burnouts are dependent on weather and conditions on the fire at the time of the planned burnout. If conditions are not right, the firefighters will not light the burnout. Because we’re burning at night, individual tree torching may be visible, especially at the Limpy Creek Road and Shan Creek Road areas.
Burnout means: setting fire inside a control line to consume fuel between the edge of the fire and the control line. Wildland and structural fire fighters, who are on the fire lines 24 hours, will continue efforts to keep the fire inside the control lines. While wildland fire fighters fight the fire, the role of the OSFM resources is to protect structures by prepping (trimming) and creating defensible space around homes.
For the Grave Creek Fire/Ditch Creek Fire the plan for overnight is to conduct burnout operations along the east and south edges, if conditions allow. The west edge is holding to the road and will patrolled. The OSFM Task Force will be patrolling homes during the burnout operations.
The Taylor Creek Fire will have task forces, a group of engines, in the Limpy Creek, Shan Creek and the Pickett area to continue prepping and holding the lines around structures during the burnout operations. There will be other task forces continuing to patrol, prep and assess structures in the surrounding area.
The air quality in communities around the Garner Complex continues to be between Unhealthy to Very Unhealthy due to the many fires in the region. For information about wildfire smoke and your health, go to the Oregon Smoke Information website at— http://oregonsmoke.blogspot.com/
Smoke can be harmful to animals and pets as well. For information about wildfire smoke and animals, go to the American Veterinarian Medical Association’s website at—https://www.avma.org/…/Pages/Wildfire-Smoke-and-Animals.aspx.
For a downloadable, printable version of this update, click here –
https://tinyurl.com/GarnerComplexPMUpdate7-25

Garner Complex Update – Burnout Operations Overnight – 7-25-18 9:30PM

July 25, 2018

Burnout operations on the Garner Complex Fire may be visible tonight from the following rural areas:
Grave Creek Rd, Pleasant Creek Rd, Limpy Creek Rd., West Pickett Rd.
Both the Oregon Department of Forestry and Oregon State Fire Marshall will be on the fireline working through the night monitoring the burn. The surrounding communities may see increased fire activity and smokier conditions. Burnout operations will only occur if weather conditions are favorable.

Garner Complex Morning Update – 7-25-18 9:00AM

July 25, 2018

GARNER COMPLEX #UPDATE
Evening Update 7-25-18 – 9:00am
QUICK FACTS:
Size: 19,944 acres
Change in last 24 hrs. +2,575 acres
Containment: 18%
Start Date/Time: 7/15/2018 9:00a.m.
Expected Containment Date: 8/7/18
Location: Josephine County
Cause: Lightning
Est. Cost: $13.9 million
Personnel: 2432
Assigned Resources:
Handcrews: 74
Engines: 112
Dozers: 35
Water Tenders: 47
Assigned Aircraft: 27
Structure Task Forces: 9
Last night’s burnout operations were conducted on the Taylor Creek Fire. Burnout means: setting fire inside a control line to consume fuel between the edge of the fire and the control line. Individual tree torching was visible through the night. However, all fire remains within the control lines due to the efforts of both wildland and structural fire fighters, who worked through the night.
All day today burnout operations will be conducted on the south and east sides of the Taylor Creek fire and the south side of the Grave Creek Fire. The public will see more active fire and smoke in these areas. These burnout operations are critical for widening the control firelines that are strategically placed to control the fire.
The total current acres on each fire:
Taylor Creek 11,831
Grave Creek/Ditch Creek 7,047
Pleasant Creek 832
Spencer Creek 228
King Mountain 6
There will be a more detailed update released this afternoon about current operations on these fires.
Today’s weather will continue to be very hot and dry. There will be light variable winds this morning until around 1:00 this afternoon. At that point winds will be west-northwest at 5-10 miles per hour. This will cause smoke to blow towards the SE side of the fires. More air quality information can be found at https://oregonsmoke.blogspot.com/ or the Oregon Department of Environmental-Air Quality Monitoring Data website located here https://oraqi.deq.state.or.us/home/map.
For most current evacuation information, please contact the Joint Information Center at 541-474-5305 (8 AM—8 PM). A Red Cross Shelter is set up at the Grants Pass High School at 830 NE 9th Street in Grants Pass. 541-474-5710.
For a downloadable, printable version of the update, click here –https://tinyurl.com/GarnerComplexAMUpdate7-25
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