SIT REP 4: July 31, 2023, PM UPDATE
OROVILLE, WASHINGTON U.S.A.
The EAGLE BLUFF FIRE ignited from an unknown source about four miles southwest of Oroville (Okanogan County), Washington State (USA) has moved north and crossed over the Canadian border up to the town of Osoyoos area.
CURRENT STATUS
Size-up
According to the wildcad.net dispatch system, the fire has burned 15,349 acres of brush and timber. Fire behavior has been observed as moderate with flanking, torching, and short-range spotting. The containment status was last at 0% when the 10,245 acres were said to have been previously burned.
Resources
According to various sources, there are numbers varying from 209 to 250 total personnel five crews, 23 engines, and multiple other types of support.
Resources assigned to this incident include BC 11, C 7340, BC 12, SO 25, Fuels 9, HI 7111, DZ 7251, and Fuels 1 under the direction of an IMT Type 2, the NW Team 7 (LeFevre). A brief was held today and they will command management of the fire on Tuesday, August 1, 2023, at 0600 hours PT.
The cost-to-date for fire suppression and containment efforts expenses has reached a minimum of $350,000 according to Fire Officials who report to the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, but we know the damage is much far worse and the emotional toll which has taken out on first responders, supporter, mutual partners and those who have had to flee their homes, businesses, rec areas, and other places once felt safe. About three primary and one secondary structures have been deemed lost.
WILDFIRE IN PHOTOS
US Border Patrol – Spokane Sector
The US Border’s Spokane Sector had a close call with the EAGLE BLUFF FIRE more recently when the fire reached an outer fence of their property and was spared by those from the Oroville FD, Tonasket FD with the aid of the WA DNR crews.
REPORT DAMAGE OR DESTROYED STRUCTURES
Okanogan County Emergency Management and report it at 509-422-7206.
HECTARE TO ACRES CONVERTER
OSOYOOS, BRITISH COLUMBIA (CANADA)
CURRENT STATUS
The fire is listed at 3,583 acres (1450 ha) with an unknown containment status.
FIRE RESOURCES
There are currently 61 total firefighters who are now running their operations 24 hours per day and night, alongside six copters, an assigned IMT, 11 pieces of heavy equipment, and a structure protection group.
EVACUATIONS ARE IN EFFECT
Emergency Support Services (ESS) 250-486-1890
If you are on an Evacuation ALERT or ORDER, or if you have been displaced from your home due to an emergency, please self-register for ESS.
- Osoyoos Industrial Park
- Town of Osoyoos
For the latest updates on Evacuation Alerts and Orders, please visit emergency.rdos.bc.ca.
Evacuee Registration & Assistance (ERA): ess.gov.bc.ca
Animal Lifeline Emergency Response Team
If you are in an area under an Evacuation Alert, please make arrangements to relocate animals or livestock. Contact ALERT (Animal Lifeline Emergency Response Team for assistance: 250-809-7152.
INFRASTRUCTURE
Highways
For the latest updates on local Highways visit DriveBC.
Water Conservation
The Town of Osoyoos thanks the Osoyoos Golf Club and Desert Park for working with the Town of Osoyoos in irrigating their facilities with effluent (non-potable) water.
We also want to encourage our residents and businesses to conserve water. We need to ensure there is water available for those who need it and that we have water available for fire suppression. Some Town-owned parks and facilities are not on the Town’s domestic water system, have their own water sources, and do not affect the Town’s reservoir levels. We want to thank everyone for their continued support as we all work together to ensure that we have water available.
You can also find a link to Voyent Alert! on the RDOS website: www.rdos.bc.ca
For further information, please call the EOC at 250-490-4225. In the case of an emergency, call 9-1-1.
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