Davis Fire
Location: 10 mi NW of Canyon Creek, Lewis and Clark Co. MT
Specific Location: Stemple Pass, Helena NF 46.877 latitude, -112.486 longitude
Date of Origin: 08/25/2010
Cause: Rx Fire lit by Helena NF
Situation as of 09/01/2010 5:00 pm
Personnel: 315
Size: 2,015 acres
Percent Contained: 100%
Costs to Date: $2,200,000
100 % containment. Transition with Type 3 organization. Transfer of command planned for Friday 9/3.
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Situation as of 08/31/2010 5:00 pm
Personnel: 441
Size: 2,015 acres
Percent Contained: 78%
Costs to Date: $1,800,000
Acres by ownership; 156 acres of BLM, 383 acres of private land, 1476 acres of USFS.
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Situation as of 08/30/2010 5:00 pm
Personnel: 466
Size: 2,015 acres
Percent Contained: 50%
Costs to Date: $1,600,000
The Davis Fire began as a prescribed burn on the Lincoln District of the Helena National Forest. The fire has burned out of the management area and is now declared a wildland fire.
New acreage estimate: 156 Acres of BLM, 383 acres of private land and 1476 acres of USFS, but really, who knows? It is very difficult for government functionaries to read a map.
Conducted incident within an incident simulation to assess Dutch Creek protocol [emergency removal of injured firefighters]. The USFS has tremendous concern for firefighter safety, but much less concern for residents, homeowners, taxpayers.
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Situation as of 08/29/2010 6:00 pm
Personnel: 445
Size: 2,181 acres
Percent Contained: 30%
Structures Threatened: 22 PRIM
Structures Destroyed: 8 OUTB
Costs to Date: $1,300,000
The Davis Fire began as a prescribed burn on the Lincoln District of the Helena National Forest. The fire has burned out of the management area and is now declared a wildland fire.
Fire received light rainfall through operational period. Public meeting scheduled tonight in Lincoln, MT. Draft Population Protection Plan completed in coordination with local fire and sheriff’s department. Acres by Ownership; 156 Acres of BLM; 410 Acres of Private Land; 1615 Acres USFS.
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Situation as of 08/28/2010 5:00 pm
Personnel: 473
Size: 2,170 acres
Percent Contained: 15%
Structures Threatened: 22 PRIM
Structures Destroyed: 8 OUTB
Costs to Date: $721,000
The Davis Fire began as a prescribed burn on the Lincoln District of the Helena National Forest. The fire has burned out of the management area and is now declared a wildland fire.
Resources actively engaged in all Divisions. Use of feller bunchers, skidders and skidgines in Division A to mitigate hazard trees and to secure east flank. Structures lost were abandoned mine outbuildings. Reduction in fire size due to more accurate mapping.
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Situation as of 08/27/2010 4:30 pm
Personnel: 293
Size: 2,800 acres
Percent Contained: 5%
Structures Threatened: 22 PRIM
Structures Destroyed: 1 PRIM
Costs to Date: $550,000
The Davis Fire began as a prescribed burn on the Lincoln District of the Helena National Forest. The fire has burned out of the management area and is now declared a wildland fire. Evacuation was lifted for the 22 residences vacated yesterday with 5 minute warning in place for future evacuation. Secrest IMT shadowed today with transition to occur at end of operational period. Line construction continued and hoselay installed to support perimeter control.
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Situation as of 08/26/2010 8:00 pm
Personnel: Not reported. Secrest T2 IMT has been committed
Size: 2,800 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
~20 homes evacuated
The Davis Fire began as a prescribed burn on the Lincoln District of the Helena National Forest. The fire has burned out of the management area and is now declared a wildland fire. Lewis & Clark County Sheriff Dutton has ordered evacuations of homes located along Stemple Pass Road over to Highway 279 (Lincoln Road). Canyon Creek school is set-up for residents who have been evacuated from their homes.
Fire was lit by Helena NF personnel on a Red Flag Warning day. It grew from 20 acres to 2,800 acres yesterday afternoon. See [here]
