[Oremem/Idamem] EEI REPORT ACTUAL INCIDENT CENTRAL OREGON SCORCHED EARTH

[John E Jewkes-AAA0OR-AAA0ID]

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P 210154Z AUG 03 ZOF ZEN 
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ACTUAL INCIDENT
SUBJECT: EEI REPORT/CENTRAL OREGON
1. SCORCHED EARTH
A. LARGE FOREST FIRE ALONG US HIGHWAY 20 CENTRAL OREGON
B. OPERATIONAL/ON STANDBY
C. US HIGHWAY 20 CLOSED FOR 12 MILES IN BOTH DIRECTIONS 
(OUTSIDE CAMP SHERMAN FEDERAL CAMPGROUND AND SISTERS 
OREGON) FOR SAFETY.
D. LARGE QUICKLY SPREADING FOREST FIRE, BEGAN AT TWO 
LOCATIONS AND HAVE NOW COMBINED INTO A SINGLE FIRE OF OVER 
2,000 ACRES. CAMPERS FROM STATE AND FEDERAL CAMPGROUNDS 
HAVE BEEN EVACUATED ON SHORT NOTICE. MANY HAVE LEFT ITEMS 
AND VEHICLES BEHIND AS WELL.
E. DISRUPTED IN AREA OF THE FIRE. TELEPHONE, CELL, WATER 
AND POWER ARE ALL INTERMITTENT PER FOREST SERVICE PIO. 
F. RADIO SYSTEMS- HF US FOREST SERVICE FREQUENCIES HAVE 
POOR PROPAGATION. VHF AND UHF FOREST SERVICE FREQUENCIES 
ARE ON PORTABLE REPEATERS AS MOUNTAIN TOP POWER IS OUT. 
CELLULAR PHONES- TOWERS ARE SPARSE IN THE AREA AND ARE 
WITHOUT POWER, OR HAVE TOPPLED/HAD WIRES BURNED. 
WIRED TELEPHONES ARE OUT IN SEVERAL AREAS WHERE THEY ARE 
ON WIRES RUN BETWEEN TREES OR HAVE POLES NEAR TREES.
G. USDA/FOREST SERVICE REGIONAL ALERT NET 173.250 MHZ 
201722Z AUG 03; ECOM NET ON HAM REPEATER ON MT. HOOD FREQ. 
147.120 MHZ 201740Z AUG 03; KATU TV (2)PORTLAND, OR UPDATES 
202310Z AUG 03; E-LIST FOREST-TALK UPDATE NOTIFICATION 
202330Z AUG 03;
H. FIRES BECAME NOTABLE AT THE SAME TIME, EACH BURNING ON 
OPPOSING SIDES OF US HIGHWAY 20 IN CENTRAL OREGON, AND 
RAPIDLY GROWING FROM NOTABLE TO 'FULL CALLOUT'. SOME LOCAL 
AUTHORITIES ARE CONCERNED IT MAY HAVE BEEN ARSON, BASED ON 
SCHEDULED VISIT OF C-I-C TO PORTLAND OREGON AND CAMP 
SHERMAN OREGON ON 21 AUG 03; INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING INTO 
THE POSSIBILITY AND HAVE INCREASED SECURITY FOR THE C-I-C'S 
VISITS, AND HAVE RE-ROUTED HIS EASTERN OREGON STOPS AND 
TIMES AS WELL. NO CONTAINMENT TIME/DATE HAS BEEN GIVEN AS 
YET BY THE FOREST SERVICE PIO. RED CROSS HAS SET UP A 
SHELTER IN SISTERS OREGON FOR RESIDENTS AND CAMPERS 
DISPLACED BY THE FIRE AND HAVE REQUESTED RADIO OPERATORS 
AND EQUIPMENT FROM HAM AND OTHER RELIEF AGENCIES.

ACTUAL INCIDENT
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