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Today will be the FINAL UPDATE from Northern Rockies Complex Incident Management Team 5. The team will transfer command of all fires back to the Bitterroot National Forest on September 20, 2024 at 6 p.m.NEW PHONE NUMBER for fire information: 406-499-2997.CHANGES to Closures

 The fires saw significant precipitation over the last 48 hours and fuels are approaching “moisture of extinction,” meaning larger fuels are saturated to the point they no longer support burning or combustion.  

Fire                Cause                     Size                Completion                Phone #                Personnel

The area closures surrounding the fires are still in effect. These closures are necessary to protect the safety and welfare of the public and provide for safe firefighter and equipment operations and access. Fire managers are working in conjunction with Bitterroot National Forest officials to assess the need and potential boundary changes.All three incidents are downsizing as resources demobilize due to increased moisture and limited fire activity.Current Status 

Johnson Fire: Cause: LightningSize: 6,687Completion: 42%Total Personnel: 90Phone Number: 406-401-0286 Sharrott Creek Fire:Cause: LightningSize: 3,204Completion: 83%Total Personnel: 218Phone Number: 406-403-7976 Daly Fire:Cause: Undetermined  Size: 6,813Completion: 25%Total Personnel: 25Phone Number: 406-403-7971 Railroad Fire:Cause: Undetermined  Size: 1,007Completion: 35%

CURRENT STATUSFirefighters work alongside resource advisors from the Bitterroot National Forest to plan and implement suppression repair efforts using hand tools to pull back berms where crews constructed firelines. Three excavators are working to pull in berms on equipment lines constructed during initial attack. Crews repaired the handlines on the west side of the fire to avoid any damage to the vegetation and soil in the area. Crews successfully extinguished the areas of heat along the southwestern edge of the fire.

Northern Rockies Team 5, Incident Commander Joe Sampson  Location:3 miles south of Springer Memorial Community, in the East Fork Start Date: 7/25/2024      Cause: Lightning       Size: 6,679 Acres     Completion: 46%       Total Personnel:153       Current Status 

Northern Rockies Team 5, Incident Commander Joe Sampson  Location:3 miles south of Springer Memorial Community, in the East Fork Start Date: 7/25/2024      Cause: Lightning       Size:   6662 Acres     Completion: 25%       Total Personnel: 212      Current Status 

Northern Rockies Team 5, Incident Commander Joe Sampson  Location:3 miles south of Springer Memorial Community, in the East Fork Start Date: 7/25/2024      Cause: Lightning     Size:   6662 Acres     Completion: 25%Total Personnel: 224Current Status 

Northern Rockies Team 5, Incident Commander Joe Sampson  Location:3 miles south of Springer Memorial Community, in the East Fork Start Date: 7/25/2024      Cause: Lightning       Size: 6,662 Acres    Completion: 25%Total Personnel: 238  Engines: 14