Tennant Fire Update - July 23, 2009 @ 9:00am
Incident: Tennant Fire Wildfire
Released: 7/23/2009
TENNANT FIRE
Klamath NF
Fire Information Number: 530-398-4310
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Thursday, July 23, 2009 - 9:00am
Today's Update: Firefighters' control efforts were successful in halting fire growth. The fire is currently holding within containment lines and fire managers do not expect the fire to grow beyond the current burned acres. Crews continue to mop up and implement fire suppression repair and rehabilitation activities. They will mop up hot spots up to 200 feet from the fire perimeter, and patrol the fire area.
Objectives for fire managers are to keep the fire within existing fire containment lines and accomplish fire suppression repair while minimizing fire damage to bald eagle nesting and winter roost habitat, historic and prehistoric resources, and riparian areas adjacent to Butte Creek.
NorCal Team II assumed command of the Tennant Fire from the Klamath NF on Monday evening, July 20, 2009. Three occupied outbuildings on private property were destroyed by the fire.
The incident management team has initiated the demobilization of resources and has begun transition planning for a local type 3 organization to manage the fire due to the reduction in incident complexity and fire behavior.
Location: 7 miles south of Macdoel, California - west of Highway 97.
Estimated Fire Size: 3,225 acres·· (·· reduction in acreage due to more accurate mapping)
Jurisdiction: USDA Forest Service, Goosenest Ranger District, Klamath National Forest.
Estimated Containment: 90%
Estimated Containment Date: 7/24/2009
Estimated Cost to Date: $2,700,000 Cause: Under Investigation Injuries: 0
Resources: 20 crews, 46 engines, 3 helicopters, 6 dozers, 14 water tenders: Total Personnel: 838
Evacuations: None. Closures: Shafter Campground on 8Q01 road.
Cooperating Agencies: US Forest Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Siskiyou County Sheriff, Cal Fire, California Highway Patrol, and CalTrans.
