Wa State Fire Map 2015
The points displayed on the map above indicate each fire s starting location and provide general references only.
Wa state fire map 2015. On august 21 president barack obama declared the fires a. Our fire protection and safety equipment requirements help your local fire district respond to wildfires. Fire information is updated as it is received. Communicating wildfire information during major wildfires dnr and our wildfire response partners work to ensure you receive accurate information as quickly as possible.
Dnr provides information about wildfires. 1 66 washington whitman county 79 king county 63 spokane county 62 lincoln county 42 pierce county 42 snohomish county 38 whatcom county 31 grays harbor county 31 yakima county 31 skagit county 30 lewis county 29. We are washington state s largest on call fire department. The northwest interagency coordination center nwcc is the geographic area coordination center for the northwest region which includes the states of oregon and washington.
Alphabetically by number of matches. Here we have another image northwest interagency coordination center. Interactive real time wildfire and forest fire map for washington. We hope you enjoyed it and if you want to download the pictures in high quality simply right click the image and choose save as.
8 24 2016 nw large fire map inside washington state fire map featured under review of the 2015 wildfire season in the northwest wildfire today throughout washington state fire map. Sanborn maps remove available online remove location. Fire spokesman says okanogan complex has expanded over more than 400 square miles or significantly bigger than new york city erin mccann and agencies mon 24 aug 2015 17 44 edt last modified on. See current wildfires and wildfire perimeters in washington on the fire weather avalanche center wildfire map.
The 2015 wildfire season was the largest in washington state history with more than one million acres 400 000 ha. We also work with the national weather service to provide the fire weather forecasts and fire precaution levels for you the firefighters forest landowners and the forest industry. The northwest fire location map displays active fire incidents within oregon and washington. Locations in sanborn maps refined by.
Thanks for reading review of the 2015 wildfire season in the northwest wildfire today throughout. Our 1 500 permanent and temporary employees fight fires on more than 13 million acres of private and state owned forest lands. Please check with local authorities before lighting any fire. The 17th field artillery brigade of the united states army also deployed 200 soldiers from joint base lewis mcchord to help fight the fires.
As many as 3 000 firefighters including 800 washington national guard members were deployed to fight the fires. Bureau of land management. 1 600 sq mi burning across the state from june to september. 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.