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INCIDENT UPDATED 8/9/2010

Approximate Location

44.219 latitude, -121.584 longitude

Incident Overview

The Three Sisters are clearly visible at the southside viewpoint along Highway 20

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On August 2, 2010 at 11:44 am, the Rooster Rock Fire was reported to Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch Center. The fire started near Forest Road 16 and Whychus Creek on the Sisters Ranger District, Deschutes National Forest.

The cause is under investigation. Fire suppression activities involve both private (predominantly) and National Forest lands. As a result, development of strategy and tactics for suppression of this fire activities are being done under joint delegated authority from the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) and the Deschutes National Forest.

Basic Information

Incident Type	Wildfire
Cause	Under Investigation
Date of Origin	Monday August 02nd, 2010 approx. 11:44 AM
Location	6 miles south of Sisters, OR
Incident Commander	Mark Rapp

Current Situation

Total Personnel	451
Size	6,134 acres
Percent Contained	100%
Estimated Containment Date	Tuesday August 10th, 2010 approx. 12:00 AM
Fuels Involved	6 dormant brush, hardwood slash combination of FM 6: brush, slash and FM 2: second growth ponderosa pine, manzanita, and slash. Some 9 and 10.
Fire Behavior	Creeping, smoldering, heavy fuels will continue to burn.

Outlook

Planned Actions	Mop up and patrol
Growth Potential	Low
Terrain Difficulty	Low
Remarks	USFS acres burned 1,355. Private acres burned, 4,779. Transfer of command to a Type 3 organization is planned for 8/10/2010 at 0600. Dispersed smoke will be visible over the next several weeks as a result of small concentrations of fuels burning inside the overall fire perimeter. Crews will continue to look for and extinguish hotspots found inside the fire lines over the next week. Patrols of the fire will last until later in the fall.