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Limepoint Fire Daily Update September 17, 2024 09-17-2024
Limepoint Fire
Publication Type: News - 09/17/2024 - 11:02
Limepoint Fire
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Contacts for Fire Information:
208-992-3032 or 2024.limepoint@firenet.gov
https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/idpaf-limepoint-fire
https://www.facebook.com/payettenationalforest/
Today marks the last full workday for the FDNY Incident Management Team on the Limepoint Fire. Effective tomorrow, Wednesday September 18, 2024, management of this fire will be given back to the Payette National Forest. However, fire crews will continue to patrol the north-eastern fire perimeter, and the fire will remain in a patrol and monitor status for quite some time. The rain from last night and throughout today is a welcome relief to the dry conditions throughout the Great Basin Area.
This will be the last update posted in Cuprum and Bear. The fire information phone number and email have been discontinued. All phone calls with questions and concerns should be made to the Payette National Forest at (208) 634-0700.
As the FDNY IMT returns management of the fire back to the Payette National Forest, we also prepare to depart this beautiful area of western Idaho. Since July 24, your small rural towns have been taken over by fire crews and large equipment. As the dust settles and the sights and sounds fade, we thank you for your patience and support. Even after the damage the Limepoint Fire caused, the beauty of the area was on full display. The forest will replenish its growth, the wildlife will return, and we will forever remember our experience here in the Payette National Forest.
For your own safety, please continue to observe all forest closure notices and watch out for fire personnel and apparatus around the fire area throughout the rest of the fall.
Evacuations: Cuprum remains at a Level 1 (READY) evacuation level.
Closures: For details about the closure, visit https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/payette/alerts-notices. For your safety and the safety of firefighters. Please observe the existing Payette Forest Closures that are still in effect and watch out for firefighters and fire traffic.
Restrictions: The following counties in western Idaho have conditional burning restrictions: Washington, Payette, Gem, Boise, Custer and Elmore. For more information please visit: https://www2.deq.idaho.gov/air/aqipublic/map/outdoorburn.
Even in areas without restrictions, everyone is reminded to be extremely cautious with use of outdoor fires.