Incident Management Situation Report

Friday, December 15, 2023 – 0730 MDT

National Preparedness Level 1

National Fire Activity (December 8, 2023 – December 14, 2023):

Fire Activity and Teams Assigned Totals

Initial attack activity: Light (331 fires)

New large incidents: 5

Large fires contained: 7

Uncontained large fires: ** 0

Area Command teams committed: 0

NIMOs committed: 0

Type 1 IMTs committed: 0

Type 2 IMTs committed: 0

Complex IMTs committed: 0

Nationally, there are zero fires being managed under a strategy other than full suppression. 

**Uncontained large fires include only fires being managed under a full suppression strategy.

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Active Incident Resource Summary

GACC Incidents Cumulative 

Acres Crews Engines Helicopters Total Personnel

Change in 

Personnel

AICC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NWCC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

ONCC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OSCC 2 4,963 0 2 0 70 1

NRCC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

GBCC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SWCC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

RMCC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

EACC 2 394 0 3 0 27 0

SACC 7 2,210 3 5 0 71 72

Total 11 7,567 3 10 0 168 73
Southern Area (PL 1) 

Fire Activity and Teams Assigned Totals

New fires: 222

New large incidents: 3

Uncontained large fires: 0

Incident Name Unit Total 

Acres

Chge in 

Acres % Ctn/ Comp Est Total PPL

Chge 

in PPL Crw Eng Heli Strc Lost $$ CTD Origin Own

Locust Cove 2 NC-NCF 189 9 100 Ctn --- 59 18 3 2 0 0 160K FS

Clear Creek NC-NCS 124 0 100 Ctn --- 3 -24 0 1 0 0 75K ST

* Yellow Rail TX-AHR 1,387 --- 100 Ctn --- 1 --- 0 2 0 0 30K FWS

* Laurel Creek

Road KY-KYS 138 --- 100 Ctn --- 1 --- 0 1 0 0 4K ST

* Luzon NC-NCS 289 --- 100 Ctn --- 3 --- 0 1 0 0 NR ST

NCF – National Forests in North Carolina, USFS NCS – North Carolina Forest Service AHR – Anahuac NWR, FWS 

KYS – Kentucky DOF

Southern California Area (PL 2)

Fire Activity and Teams Assigned Totals

New fires: 56

New large incidents: 1

Uncontained large fires: 0

Incident Name Unit Total 

Acres

Chge in 

Acres % Ctn/ Comp Est Total PPL

Chge 

in PPL Crw Eng Heli Strc Lost $$ CTD Origin Own

* South CA-VNC 2,715 --- 100 Ctn --- 69 --- 0 2 0 1 2.6M CNTY

VNC – Ventura County Fire Department

Eastern Area (PL 1) 

Fire Activity and Teams Assigned Totals

New fires: 22

New large incidents: 1

Uncontained large fires: 0

Incident Name Unit Total 

Acres

Chge in 

Acres % Ctn/ Comp Est Total PPL

Chge 

in PPL Crw Eng Heli Strc Lost $$ CTD Origin Own

* Round

Mountain MO-MTF 250 --- 100 Ctn --- 23 --- 0 2 0 0 20K FS

MTF – Mark Twain NF, USFS
Fires and Acres from December 8, 2023 to December 14, 2023 (by Protection):

Geographic Area Fires/ 

Acres BIA BLM FWS NPS ST/OT USFS TOTAL

Alaska FIRES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Alaska ACRES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Northwest FIRES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Northwest ACRES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Northern California FIRES 0 0 0 0 13 0 13

Northern California ACRES 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

Southern California FIRES 1 0 0 0 51 4 56

Southern California ACRES 0 0 0 0 2,801 6 2,807

Northern Rockies FIRES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Northern Rockies ACRES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Great Basin FIRES 0 3 0 1 3 0 7

Great Basin ACRES 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

Southwest FIRES 2 2 0 0 3 2 9

Southwest ACRES 1 20 0 0 80 10 110

Rocky Mountain FIRES 2 0 0 0 0 0 2

Rocky Mountain ACRES 65 0 0 0 0 0 65

Eastern Area FIRES 0 0 0 0 12 10 22

Eastern Area ACRES 0 0 0 0 314 538 852

Southern Area FIRES 26 0 0 0 190 6 222

Southern Area ACRES 569 0 0 0 1,649 396 2,614

TOTAL FIRES: 31 5 0 1 272 22 331

TOTAL ACRES: 635 20 0 0 4,846 950 6,451
Fires and Acres Year-to-Date (by Protection):

Geographic Area Fires/ 

Acres BIA BLM FWS NPS ST/OT USFS TOTAL

Alaska FIRES 0 114 0 0 223 9 346

Alaska ACRES 0 168,038 0 0 146,229 10 314,276

Northwest FIRES 302 275 28 46 2,137 893 3,681

Northwest ACRES 4,477 40,222 7,760 6,118 117,335 138,179 314,091

Northern California FIRES 45 19 5 17 2,560 524 3,170

Northern California ACRES 122 36 5 751 10,135 171,051 182,100

Southern California FIRES 18 58 3 71 3,610 493 4,253

Southern California ACRES 78 1,365 3 89,501 47,779 16,205 154,930

Northern Rockies FIRES 544 52 7 43 1,269 456 2,371

Northern Rockies ACRES 51,331 1,975 462 25 26,334 56,632 136,759

Great Basin FIRES 28 629 6 46 707 341 1,757

Great Basin ACRES 492 33,719 0 183 5,401 58,014 97,809

Southwest FIRES 535 290 12 49 871 980 2,737

Southwest ACRES 22,595 13,524 3,265 2,215 114,072 263,876 419,546

Rocky Mountain FIRES 198 380 6 32 925 353 1,894

Rocky Mountain ACRES 1,005 14,101 44 29 219,859 14,090 249,128

Eastern Area FIRES 162 0 26 36 8,924 451 9,599

Eastern Area ACRES 1,085 0 5,315 2,332 62,157 8,711 79,600

Southern Area FIRES 672 2 75 106 22,872 738 24,465

Southern Area ACRES 109,784 0 11,505 31,459 414,353 111,771 678,873

TOTAL FIRES: 2,504 1,819 168 446 44,098 5,238 54,273

TOTAL ACRES: 190,969 272,980 28,359 132,612 1,163,654 838,538 2,627,112

Ten Year Average Quantity

Fires (2013 – 2022 as of today) 56,728

Acres (2013 – 2022 as of today) 6,987,586

Changes in some agency YTD acres reflect more accurate mapping or reporting adjustments.
Predictive Services Discussion:

Gusty offshore winds amid low relative humidity will continue today into tomorrow across southern California, 

with dry and breezy conditions also continuing across portions of the Desert Southwest into the weekend. 

Portions of the Mid-South, southern Appalachians, and Carolinas will have critically low relative humidity today. 

However, as an upper low approaches and a surface low develops in the Gulf of Mexico and tracks northeast 

along the Southeast Coast, rain is expected across much of the Southeast and up the East Coast this 

weekend through Monday. Snow is likely in portions of the Great Lakes tonight and the Northeast and eastern 

Great Lakes Monday into Tuesday, with dry and breezy post-frontal conditions likely in the Mississippi Valley 

and portions of the Southeast early to mid-next week. 

Post-frontal dry and windy conditions are likely today across Hawaii before trade winds return to more typical 

speeds and moisture gradually increases over the weekend into early next week. Stronger trade winds and drier 

conditions on leeward locations may return next week. Precipitation will return to the West Coast on Sunday and 

Monday and continue through mid-next week, with some precipitation spreading inland to the Intermountain 

West. The heaviest precipitation will be in the central and northern California Coast Ranges and Sierra, including 

heavy snow in the Sierra above 7,000-8,000 feet. 

National Predictive Services Outlook

6 Minutes for Safety:

The 6 Minutes for Safety topic of the day is Frequent Spot Fires Across the Line.