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Burns/Hines Smoke Intrusion Lessons Learned

Burns/Hines Smoke Intrusion Lessons Learned. FALT presentation November 7, 2006. Hazardous Fuels Ponderosa Pine underburn unit. Unit was burned on Oct. 12, 2006. 1200 acre unit was located 25 miles NW from Burns, Or. Intrusion Date and Duration. October 13, 2006

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Burns/Hines Smoke Intrusion Lessons Learned

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  1. Burns/Hines Smoke Intrusion Lessons Learned FALT presentation November 7, 2006

  2. Hazardous Fuels Ponderosa Pine underburn unit.Unit was burned on Oct. 12, 2006 1200 acre unit was located 25 miles NW from Burns, Or.

  3. Intrusion Date and Duration • October 13, 2006 • Unhealthy readings in Burns • Lasted from 3 am through 9 am. • By 9 am PM 2.5 was back into moderate range. • No further intrusion resulted.

  4. What happened?? • Smoke plume capped several thousand feet above unit. • Overnight the smoke flowed down Silvies river drainage and extended into town. • By 3 AM Nephelometer readings were in the unhealthy range.

  5. Mitigations • 2 PSA’s issued via local radio station. • Aggressively moped up unit. • Cancelled any further ignition.

  6. Future changes developed. • Verify smoke info has been submitted through FASTRACS to Salem. • Stress with Burn Boss the importance of following smoke forecasts along with the spot weather forecast. • Pay particular attention to the direction of smoke plume and anticipate night movements.

  7. Unhealthful Unhealthful SG Moderate

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