Okanogan
Complex Fire Update
Rocky Mountain Incident
Management Team - Todd Pechota, Incident Commander
Information Center: 509-850-0083Hours of operation: 7 am – 9 pm
Email: okanogancomplexfire@gmail.com
Aug. 23, 2015 PM Update
Three
Hotshot crews, along with smokejumpers, worked on the northwest corner of the
Twisp River fire. This area, as well as other
areas with structures, remains high priority. Smoke from the North Star fire
blew south today , then
circled back north through the valley.
Community Meetings: Approximately 100 people
attended a community meeting in Omak.
Evacuations and Closures: The public is encouraged to
contact the Okanogan Emergency Operations Center to learn how to register for
automated phone messages in the event of evacuation notices being issued for
particular neighborhoods. Contact emergency staff at 509-422-7348 or Colville
Tribal Emergency Management at
507-634-2105.
Media Briefings: Media briefings will be held at 11 am daily at Okanogan
County Fairgrounds.
Fire Statistics as of Sunday:
Location: Eleven miles northwest of
Omak, WA Start Date: August 14, 2015Complex Size: 244,570 acres total Percent Contained: 10
Twisp River: 10,053 acres Total Personnel: 1,250
Lime Belt/Blue Lake: 75,787 acres
Tunk Block: 128,054 acres
Beaver Lake: 25,956 acres
Nine Mile: 4,720 acres
Places
to get additional information:
Website: http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4534/Blog: http://okanogancomplex.blogspot.com/
Twitter: #OkanoganComplex
The Rocky Mountain IMT has a Facebook page dedicated to “Thank You’s to the firefighters working on the fire line. Visit the page at https://www.facebook.com/RockyMtn.Type1.IMT.PIOs
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