Daily Update for Saturday August 1, 2009
Incident: Union Valley Wildfire
Released: 8/1/2009
Union Valley Fire Incident Fact Sheet
Saturday August 1, 2009 Final Update
Unified Command - Chelan Co. Fire Dist. #7, Washington Department of Natural Resources and Chelan County Sheriff
Fire Information - Phone 360-319-6582 or 509-682-4476
http://www.inciweb.org/incident/1770/
Fire Status
Fire Name: Union Valley
Geographic Location: 0.5 miles north of Chelan, Wash.
Acres Burned: 768
Start Date and Time: July 28, 2009, 8:45pm
Percent Contained: 90%
Estimated Containment Date: August1, 2009
Cause: Lightning
Injuries: 1 bee sting
Structures Destroyed: 0
Outbuildings Destroyed: 0
Structures Threatened: 0
Resources
Crews (10 Person): 3
Engines: 6
Helicopters: 0
Air Tankers: 0
Dozers: 0
Water Tender: 1
Total Personnel Assigned: 111
All Level 2 evacuation notifications have been reduced to a Level 1 effective immediately.
Current Situation: Friday crews continued to mop up 300 feet inside the lines and around structures. Worked on rehab, and assessed and reported any fire related damage. Last night the infra-red crew found some hot spots and crews worked at putting them out.
Today, firefighters will continue to mop up areas targeted by thermo-vision, 300 feet inside the perimeter and around structures, improve control lines and assess and report fire related damage. We will continue to send crews home today and tomorrow.
The fire will be turned back to the local agency this evening.
Participating Agencies: The Washington Interagency Incident Management Team 3 would like to take this time to extend a heartfelt thanks to all the Fire Agencies who responded, and to all the others who helped us: utilities, local media, Chamber of Commerce, merchants and all the citizens for their support.
It is the support from all of you throughout the community that helps make our emergency response efforts successful. We were happy to be able to serve your community this summer and we wish you the best throughout the fire season.
"Get Your Smokey On"
· Not all fires are disasters. Under the right conditions wildfires perform a vital role in maintaining forest health and preventing catastrophic wildfires from occurring.
The lake is open to recreational and commercial boating. All businesses are open and welcoming to visitors. All weekend activities in Chelan and Manson are proceeding as scheduled.
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