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The Alaska Type 1 Incident Management Team, two Alaska hotshot crews and more than a dozen Alaska Smokejumpers have been mobilized to the Lower 48 to assist with wildland fire management in the western United States.
The Alaska IMT, which consists of approximately 70 highly trained wildland firefighting personnel from multiple Alaska state and federal agencies, flew out on a chartered jet from the National Interagency Coordination Center (NICC) on Tuesday. The Team will be prepositioned in Boise, Idaho, home to the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), to await an assignment.
Members of the Pioneer Peak Interagency Hotshot Crew board a jet from the National Interagency Coordination Center at Ted Stevens International Airport on Tuesday, July 20, 2021 for the flight to Boise, Idaho. Kale Casey/Alaska Incident Management Team
Two fires burning in Eastern Washington are gaining momentum as several departments attempt to contain the flames.
Lightning fires are becoming more common and are potentially the biggest threats to small farming towns in Eastern Washington after the light rain season, said Ryan Scharnhorst, Pullman Fire Department assistant chief of operations.
“The ground conditions are exactly where they need to be at when lightning strikes,” Scharnhorst said.
The Lick Creek Fire is about 28 miles southwest of Clarkston. It is believed to have started on July 7 as a result of a dry lightning storm, according to the Incident Information System website.
Union County fire resources fight wildfires across the region
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