Big Pole Fire
Location: 12 miles W of Grantsville, Tooele Co., UT
Specific Location: Lat 40° 36´ 49″, Lon 112° 39´ 59″
Date of Origin: 08/06/2009
Cause: Lightning
Situation as of 08/23/2009 4:45 pm
Personnel: 0
Size: 44,344 acres
Percent contained: 100%
Structures Destroyed: 1 PRIM , 10 OUTB
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Situation as of 08/12/2009 7:30 pm
Personnel: 138
Size: 44,344 acres
Percent contained: 70%
Costs to Date: $2,190,163
Type 3 team took control of incident at 0600.
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Situation as of 08/11/2009 6:00 pm
Personnel: 276
Size: 44,344 acres
Percent contained: 65%
Costs to Date: $1,995,000
Structures Destroyed: 1 PRIM , 10 OUTB
Ourada’s IMT2 transitioned with Type 3 organization (Peel) in preparation for transfer of command at 0600 hrs tomorrow.
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Situation as of 08/08/2009 4:30 pm
Personnel: 330
Size: 44,200 acres
Percent contained: 20%
Structures Destroyed: 1 PRIM , 2 COMM , 10 OUTB
Structures Threatened: 2 PRIM , 2 COMM , 12 OUTB
ICP was established at Grantsville High School. Ourada’s Great Basin Type 2 IMT assumed command at 0600 hrs. today. Acreage breakdown as follows: BLM 23,651; USFS 12,993; Private 6,273; State 1,283.
