Eagle Mount Fire 100% Contained
Incident: Eagle Mount Wildfire
Released: 9/7/2009
DATE: September 6, 2009 TIME: 8:00 PM
INCIDENT: Eagle Mount Fire
INCIDENT COMMANDERS: Unified Command
Rich Cowger, Chief Columbus Fire & Rescue
Doug Williams, DNRC County Assist Team
INFORMATION OFFICERS DNRC County Assist Team: Linda Williams & Dwayne Andrews & Lee Schmelzer PHONE: 868-1487
Stillwater County web-site: http://www.stillwater.mt.gov/
Inciweb Site: www.inciweb.org
FIRE LOCATION: 2.5 miles west of Columbus, north of Highway 10 and extending north over Interstate I-90 across the Columbus Hill. The fire was west of Rapelje Road and east of the Springtime Road exit on I-90.
JURISDICTION: Stillwater County - private land and subdivisions
CURRENT SITUATION:
ACRES: 900 acres (revised due to more accurate mapping)
CONTAINMENT - 100%
ACTIONS TAKEN: Crews completed mop up and used heavy equipment to rehabilitate the fire lines.
ACTIONS PLANNED: The balance of the fire crews will be demobing by noon tomorrow. The DNRC County Assist Incident Management Team will be returning responsibility for the fire back to the county tomorrow morning. The local volunteer fire department will continue to monitor the status of the fire.
