Good morning, I am trying to avoid the cameras (way too many pictures of me as of late). It is looking pretty good out here this morning. There is a lot of appreciation for the community's support, which has not gone unnoticed. There are signs everywhere!
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Wednesday, June 11, 2014
6/11/14 8:00 am - Two Bulls Fire Morning News Release
NEWS RELEASE
Two Bulls Fire Morning Update
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 11, 2014 7:30 a.m.
Twitter: @twobullsfire, @CentralORFire #twobullsfire
Facebook: Two Bulls Fire- Bend, Oregon
Information Phone: 541-389-6421
GPS: 44 6' 48", 121 28' 2"
Firefighters spent a "chilly but productive" night on the Two Bulls Fire, said Mike Carlson, the night operations supervisor. The overnight temperature plummeted into the 30s while crews hunted down and extinguished smokes and embers 100-300 feet inside the fireline.
The Two Bulls Fire broke out midday Saturday near Tumalo, 10 miles northwest of Bend. By early Sunday the fire had burned more than 6,000 acres of private forestland and federal lands on the Deschutes National Forest.
Today, crews continue mop-up operations while being vigilant for flare-ups of fire, inside and outside the fireline. Yesterday, a 1/4-acre fire suddenly appeared outside of the Two Bulls Fire's fireline and south of Skyliners Rd. Helicopters and engines from the Two Bulls Fire quickly attacked the little fire and brought it under control. Fire-fighting resources from the Two Bulls Fire area are available again today to assist local firefighters with any new wildfires that may break out.
The Two Bulls Fire remains at 6,906 acres and is 40 percent contained.
At 8:00 p.m. Monday, the Deschutes County Sheriff announced that residents of Skyliners Rd could return home, having reduced the Evacuation Level from III to II. Other residential areas that had been evacuated or put on notice for evacuation over the weekend had their Evacuation Levels reduced from II to I on Monday and Tuesday.
Evacuation Level I means a threat is nearby and residents should plan where to go and what to take should they need to leave their homes. Level II is an advisory to pack up and be ready to evacuate on short notice. Level III means a threat is imminent and residents are strongly advised to leave the area immediately.
Resources Assigned to the Two Bulls Fire
• 1,163 personnel
• 6 helicopters
• 45 crews
• 77 engines
• 11 dozers
• 15 water tenders
The following county road closures remain in place: Tumalo Reservoir Road is closed to westbound traffic at Rock Springs Road, and Bull Springs Road is closed to westbound traffic at Johnson Road. Skyliners Road is closed to westbound traffic at FS 4604 (Phil's Trailhead) except to residents of that area.
USFS Closures
The Deschutes National Forest has instituted an area closure as a result of the Two Bulls Fire west of Bend. The area encompasses Forest Roads 4601 West of Tumalo Creek, 4606, 1612, 590, 480, 113, 110, 377, 900, 1620, 1628 and 370 North of Todd Lake. This area closure is bordered on the south by Cascade Lakes Highway, which remains open.
This closure includes all roads and trails within the area including the popular Phil's Trailhead system and much of the West Bend project area that's part of the Deschutes Collaborative Forest Project.
Donations
The Two Bulls Fire incident has been asked by Bend residents and surrounding communities what donations can be offered to the firefighters to demonstrate their appreciation. On behalf of the firefighters, the Incident Management Team and all the cooperators want to thank the public for their generosity. If you would like to make a monetary donation, we encourage you to consider the local Red Cross Chapter www.redcross.org/or/bend/ways-to-donate or 541-382-2142, or the Wildland Firefighter Foundation at www.wffoundation.org, which contributes to injured or fallen firefighters and their families. Helping the foundation helps the firefighter community.
Additional Information
The fire is being managed by Oregon Department of Forestry Incident Management Team 2 (Incident Commander, Chris Cline). Cooperators include the Oregon Department of Forestry, US Forest Service, Deschutes County Sheriff's Office, City of Bend, and Cascade Timberlands LLC.
News reporters should report to the Incident Command Post located in the field across from 63685 Johnson Road. Public Information Officers will be available for interviews; media is required to check in with Information immediately upon arrival. Media personnel that would like a guided tour of the fire need to arrive with full nomex, hard hat, leather boots and a fire shelter; the fire camp does not have enough equipment to accommodate those that do not have protective clothing.
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6/11/14 8:00 am Anyone Awake Out There?
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6/11/14 7:15 am Infrared Map of Two Bulls Fire
Good morning Bend!! Have another infrared map for you this morning. You will see at the bottom left that this heat sensing satellite flyover was done a bit after 9 pm Tuesday evening, which gives us the latest map of the fire - at least the latest map showing heat. The red dots are areas of heat while the stripes are areas of more intense heat. It's fairly obvious the fire is burning primarily on the western edge.
You might not be aware of this, but we don't have real time maps of our fires. We get maps three ways: either we do an infrared map by flying late at night between 11 pm and 2 am normally in a plane equipped with infrared sensing equipment or we use the data from a satellite that does the same thing as it passes over twice a day.
Those kinds of flights take some time for map creation because we have to download the data and that can take a bit. Or we use one of the fire's helicopters with a GPS and fly the perimeter. Obviously, that uses a helicopter which we may need for fighting the fire, so we can't do it a lot.
But it's important to know fire progress information is not as readily available as, say, watching a hurricane move along the coast on the Weather Channel. In fire, we don't have that capability.
But, not to worry, the firefighters on the ground certainly know where the fire is, where its going and what it's doing. But they are pretty busy during the day and
their first priority is protecting your community, not making us maps! So we try for once a day. Just thought you might want to know!
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| Wednesday IR map! |
Those kinds of flights take some time for map creation because we have to download the data and that can take a bit. Or we use one of the fire's helicopters with a GPS and fly the perimeter. Obviously, that uses a helicopter which we may need for fighting the fire, so we can't do it a lot.
But it's important to know fire progress information is not as readily available as, say, watching a hurricane move along the coast on the Weather Channel. In fire, we don't have that capability.
But, not to worry, the firefighters on the ground certainly know where the fire is, where its going and what it's doing. But they are pretty busy during the day and
their first priority is protecting your community, not making us maps! So we try for once a day. Just thought you might want to know!
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
6/10/14 8:35 pm Evacuation Update for #TwoBullsFire
EVAC DOWNGRADE NOTICE: Change in Two Bulls Fire Evacuation Notice Levels
Location: Tumalo Reservoir Area, west of Bend, OR
Date: June 10, 2014 at 8:10 p.m.
By Captain Shane Nelson, 541-617-3386
Deschutes County I. T. has produced a link to a map that shows the current Evacuation Notice Levels, Interactive Map: https://maps.deschutes.org/custom/simple/index.html
*This map will be updated with any change in Evacuation Notice Levels.
After meeting with Two Bulls Fire Officials this evening, the Sheriff’s Office lowered the Skyliners Road Evacuation Notice to Level II effective at 8:00 p.m. The Sheriff’s Office WILL ONLY ALLOW RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA.
Residents returning to their homes should be aware of any additional fire activity. Residents should be cautious if they return home as there is only one main exit out of the Skyliners Road residential area.
There are no Level III Evacuation Notices in effect.
Level I Evacuation Notices are in effect for:
• The Saddleback Subdivision area to include some evacuated homes on Johnson Road, Tyler Road and Kuhlman Road.
• The area located south of Shevlin Park Road, west of Mt. Washington Drive, and north of Century Drive.
• The remainder of Northwest Crossing (east of Mt. Washington Drive), and the area that includes residents north of Shevlin Park and west of Mt. Washington Drive.
Sheriff’s Office units are patrolling the areas affected by the Evacuation Notices. There will be additional Sheriff’s Office and U.S. Forest Service Law Enforcement patrols working this week and through the weekend.
The Multi-Agency Investigation Team wants any information citizens can provide. Please call with any information about activity, individuals, or vehicles seen on Cascade Timberlands property in the days leading up to the fire.
Taylor Northwest contributed $2500 to the existing reward, making the reward total $4500 to anyone with information that leads to a successful conviction. Anyone with information that could help identify the suspects is asked to contact the Crime Stoppers Tip Line at 1-877-876-8477 (TIPS).
If Citizens see suspicious activity or something that doesn’t look right, we encourage them to report it to Deschutes County 9-1-1.
Your Sheriff’s Office reminds everyone to Take Care…..Be Aware.
FIRE INFO LINE/THE JOINT INFORMATION CENTER: 541-550-4888 (9 a.m. – 9 p.m.)
For SHERIFF’S OFFICE FIRE INFORMATION call 541-550-4850
For SHERIFF’S OFFICE FIRE INFORMATION call 541-550-4850
Location: Tumalo Reservoir Area, west of Bend, OR
Date: June 10, 2014 at 8:10 p.m.
By Captain Shane Nelson, 541-617-3386
Deschutes County I. T. has produced a link to a map that shows the current Evacuation Notice Levels, Interactive Map: https://maps.deschutes.org/custom/simple/index.html
*This map will be updated with any change in Evacuation Notice Levels.
After meeting with Two Bulls Fire Officials this evening, the Sheriff’s Office lowered the Skyliners Road Evacuation Notice to Level II effective at 8:00 p.m. The Sheriff’s Office WILL ONLY ALLOW RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA.
Residents returning to their homes should be aware of any additional fire activity. Residents should be cautious if they return home as there is only one main exit out of the Skyliners Road residential area.
There are no Level III Evacuation Notices in effect.
Level I Evacuation Notices are in effect for:
• The Saddleback Subdivision area to include some evacuated homes on Johnson Road, Tyler Road and Kuhlman Road.
• The area located south of Shevlin Park Road, west of Mt. Washington Drive, and north of Century Drive.
• The remainder of Northwest Crossing (east of Mt. Washington Drive), and the area that includes residents north of Shevlin Park and west of Mt. Washington Drive.
Sheriff’s Office units are patrolling the areas affected by the Evacuation Notices. There will be additional Sheriff’s Office and U.S. Forest Service Law Enforcement patrols working this week and through the weekend.
The Multi-Agency Investigation Team wants any information citizens can provide. Please call with any information about activity, individuals, or vehicles seen on Cascade Timberlands property in the days leading up to the fire.
Taylor Northwest contributed $2500 to the existing reward, making the reward total $4500 to anyone with information that leads to a successful conviction. Anyone with information that could help identify the suspects is asked to contact the Crime Stoppers Tip Line at 1-877-876-8477 (TIPS).
If Citizens see suspicious activity or something that doesn’t look right, we encourage them to report it to Deschutes County 9-1-1.
Your Sheriff’s Office reminds everyone to Take Care…..Be Aware.
FIRE INFO LINE/THE JOINT INFORMATION CENTER: 541-550-4888 (9 a.m. – 9 p.m.)
For SHERIFF’S OFFICE FIRE INFORMATION call 541-550-4850
For SHERIFF’S OFFICE FIRE INFORMATION call 541-550-4850
6/10/14 8:30 pm A Two Bulls Fire Map - Better Late Than Never!
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| Two Bulls Fire map made Monday night 11:00 pm |
This was flown & mapped by satellite just after 11:00 pm Monday night, which is how we get Tuesday's map. There may be a new map from late tonight that we will post tomorrow, but don't expect huge changes.
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