Calamity Complex Final Update
Incident: Calamity Complex Wildland Fire
Released: 7/16/2007
Northwest Oregon Area Interagency
Incident Management Team
Carl West, Incident Commander
Calamity Complex
FINAL UPDATE
Monday, July 16, 2007
Daily Update
Fire At A Glance
The Northwest Oregon Interagency Incident Management Team will be leaving Seneca today. Incident Commander Carl West turned the Calamity Complex over this morning to a Type 3 Team led by Dennis Klein. Klein's team of more than 75 firefighters will be working on the fires for the next several days and will be based out of Grant High School in John Day.
Using precise aerial GPS mapping, the following acreages for the five fires in the Complex were determined:
Poison Fire -- 1276 acres
Grapple Fire - 993 acres
Fire 7176 - 4 acres
Fire 7162 - 2 acres
Fire 7169 - 1 acre
A total of 2276 acres burned prior to containment of the fires.
The Northwest Oregon team appreciates the warm reception extended by the community of Seneca. This is the first time the historic Seneca School has been used as an Incident Command Post.
Size: 2276 Acres
Location: 16 miles SE of Seneca, Oregon
Containment: 90%
Expected Containment: Monday, July 16, 6 PM
Cause: Lightning
Personnel: 295
Evacuations: None
Closures/Restrictions:
In the Calamity Complex area, FS Road 17 is closed, as well as several secondary roads: 842, 3930, 1601, 1710, and 2850.
For More Information:
Web Site:
www.inciweb.org/incident/773/
Fire Information:
Malheur National Forest(541) 575-3000
