Incident Management Situation Report

Friday, December 8, 2023 – 0730 MDT

National Preparedness Level 1 

National Fire Activity (December 1, 2023 – December 7, 2023): 

Fire Activity and Teams Assigned Totals

Initial attack activity: Light (296 fires)

New large incidents: 2

Large fires contained: 1

Uncontained large fires: ** 2

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.

Geographic Area daily reports

Understanding the IMSR

This report will be posted every Friday at 0730 Mountain Time unless significant activity occurs.

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 -3 

OSCC 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 

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 0 0 0 0 0 0 -14

SACC 3 1,109 3 5 0 72 -21

Total 4 1,109 3 5 0 73 -38
Southern Area (PL 1) 

Fire Activity and Teams Assigned Totals

New fires: 200

New large incidents: 2

Uncontained large fires: 2

* Locust Cove 2, National Forests in North Carolina. Eight miles northwest of Marion, NC. Hardwood litter. 

Minimal fire behavior. 

* Clear Creek, North Carolina Forest Service. Started on private land five miles northwest of Marion, NC. 

Hardwood Litter. Minimal fire behavior with smoldering. 

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 180 --- 65 Ctn 12/12 41 --- 2 2 0 0 120K FS

* Clear Creek NC-NCS 124 --- 90 Ctn 12/9 27 --- 1 1 0 0 69K ST

Sauratown 

Mountain NC-NCS 805 0 100 Ctn --- 4 0 0 2 0 1 199K ST
Fires and Acres from December 1, 2023 to December 7, 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 12 0 12

Northern California ACRES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Southern California FIRES 2 0 0 0 41 9 52

Southern California ACRES 0 0 0 0 36 6 42

Northern Rockies FIRES 11 0 0 0 1 0 12

Northern Rockies ACRES 3 0 0 0 3 0 6

Great Basin FIRES 0 3 0 0 3 0 6

Great Basin ACRES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Southwest FIRES 1 1 0 0 0 0 2

Southwest ACRES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Rocky Mountain FIRES 0 0 0 0 1 1 2

Rocky Mountain ACRES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Eastern Area FIRES 0 0 0 0 8 2 10

Eastern Area ACRES 0 0 0 0 7 0 7

Southern Area FIRES 11 0 0 0 181 8 200

Southern Area ACRES 163 0 0 0 427 257 848

TOTAL FIRES: 25 4 0 0 247 20 296

TOTAL ACRES: 166 0 0 0 474 264 904
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 0 168,037 0 0 146,229 9 314,276

Northwest FIRES 302 273 28 46 2,129 887 3,665

Northwest ACRES 4,476 40,135 7,760 6,117 117,334 138,191 314,015

Northern California FIRES 45 19 5 17 2,547 524 3,157

Northern California ACRES 122 36 5 751 10,134 171,050 182,099

Southern California FIRES 18 58 3 71 3,559 489 4,198

Southern California ACRES 78 1,365 3 89,500 44,977 16,200 152,124

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 28 628 6 45 709 342 1,758

Great Basin ACRES 492 33,690 0 183 5,407 69,678 109,451

Southwest FIRES 533 287 12 49 865 977 2,723

Southwest ACRES 22,594 13,503 3,265 2,214 113,986 263,866 419,429

Rocky Mountain FIRES 196 366 6 32 922 338 1,860

Rocky Mountain ACRES 940 10,088 44 29 219,857 12,058 243,016

Eastern Area FIRES 162 0 26 36 8,580 441 9,245

Eastern Area ACRES 1,085 0 5,315 2,330 61,303 8,172 78,207

Southern Area FIRES 753 2 73 105 22,627 727 24,287

Southern Area ACRES 102,103 0 12,476 31,207 412,510 100,021 658,319

TOTAL FIRES: 2,581 1,799 166 444 43,430 5,190 53,610

TOTAL ACRES: 183,223 268,830 29,331 132,358 1,158,074 835,880 2,607,698

Ten Year Average Quantity

Fires (2013 – 2022 as of today) 54,829

Acres (2013 – 2022 as of today) 6,906,264

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

An upper-level trough will move from the Front Range to the East Coast through the weekend and bring 

widespread precipitation from the eastern Plains to the East Coast, with the heaviest precipitation in the 

Appalachians to the East Coast and snow in the northern Plains. Breezy and dry southwest winds will create 

elevated to locally critical conditions across the southern High Plains today before winds diminish this weekend. 

Dry conditions are forecast on much of the Plains to the East Coast next week, but rain is likely to develop over 

the southern High Plains as an upper low moves into the Southwest. Overall, much the West will remain dry this 

weekend into next week with near to above average temperatures. However, scattered snow showers are 

forecast in the central Rockies today and a fast-moving upper trough will move into the Northwest and northern 

Rockies Sunday into Monday with light to moderate rain in the lower elevations and snow above 5,000 to 7,000 

feet. Snow showers are forecast across much of the southern half of Alaska today into Saturday followed by a 

brief break before another upper trough brings more precipitation to southwest and south-central Alaska midnext week. A weakening front will bring light showers to the western Hawai’ian Islands today with light to 

moderate trade winds returning Sunday and continuing into mid-next week.

National Predictive Services Outlook

6 Minutes for Safety:

The 6 Minutes for Safety topic of the day is Serious Injury Procedures.