Parmenter Fire Update July 31, 2008
Incident: Parmenter Wildfire
Released: 7/31/2008
Parmenter Fire
Information Contact: Willie Sykes
@ (406) 293-6211
Office hours: 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Incident: Wildland fire, human-caused, reported on July 26, 2008
Location: 1.5 miles west of Libby, MT on Plum Creek Timber Company land
Jurisdiction: Kootenai National Forest, Libby Ranger District & Libby Rural Fire Department
Cooperating Agencies: Lincoln County Sheriff's Department and Office of Emergency Management, Libby and Cabinet View VFD, and MT-DNRC.
Current Size: 130 acres Containment: 100%
Yesterday's Activity: Firefighters mopped at least 200 feet into the black and continued to patrol the containment line. Containment lines held despite strong winds over the fire.
Current Resources: The number of firefighters on the incident is 60. Resources assigned include two crews and two water tenders. Demobilization of excess resources has begun.
Today's Strategy: Mark Grant's Type 2 Incident Management Team will transfer command of the fire back to the local unit today. Firefighting personnel will continue with mop up.
Special Messages/Closures: The Kootenai National Forest has two closures in effect to provide for public safety during periods of active fire in the Parmenter fire area. The Hemphill Road (#8837) is closed, and the Parmenter Creek Trail (#140) is closed from the trailhead to the junction with the Parmenter Tie Trail (#15). Forest users may access the upper Parmenter Creek Trail by using the Flower Creek Trailhead.
Vegetation is drying out, and fire danger on the Kootenai National Forest is VERY HIGH.
Please use extreme caution when enjoying the outdoors!
For further information, visit www.libbymt.com or http://www.inciweb.org/; Select "Parmenter"
