Tanker 463; Fire Season 2017

Tanker 463; Fire Season 2017
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Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Crew and Engine Updates

Good morning everyone!

Just a quick update regarding our crews and engines assigned to fires in the west.


PAS#5 is scheduled to return on Thursday.  

PAS#6 is assigned to the Goldstone Fire near Dillon, Montana.

Engine 603 returned to Pennsylvania yesterday.  

Engine 601 is still in California and is prepositioned for initial attack on the Inyo National Forest. 

Engine 602 has demobilized from Texas and was sent to the Watson Creek Fire in Paisley, OR.


There is still a Planning Level 5 nationally. There are 37 Type 1, 2, and NIMO teams managing large fires. There are 54 uncontained large fires with just over 26,000 firefighters on assignment.  

Check back for more updates!

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