{"id":9468,"date":"2023-07-17T15:37:33","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T22:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/?p=9468"},"modified":"2023-08-28T16:23:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T23:23:59","slug":"provincial-wildfire-status-update-july-17-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/provincial-wildfire-status-update-july-17-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Provincial Wildfire Status Update – July 17, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Fire activity in the Prince George, Cariboo and Northwest Fire Centres continues to challenge crews who are working hard to keep communities and critical infrastructure safe. The Incident Management Teams that were overseeing the Donnie Creek and Omineca complexes of fires are demobilizing as these incidents can now be managed directly by local fire zones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additional Australian and American resources arrived in B.C. over the weekend and the federal government has pledged additional support from the Coast Guard and Canadian Armed Forces. These personnel will support the approximately 2,000 BCWS and more than 180 international resources currently in B.C. So far this year, more than 350 international personnel have assisted in B.C. We have a long history of working closely with our international and federal partners during difficult wildfire seasons and are grateful for their support. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weather <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Over the weekend we saw a decrease in temperatures because of the smoke cover, which helped with fire activity. We observed some precipitation accompanied by lightning this weekend but it was not substantial enough to combat the underlaying drought conditions across the province. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a fair bit of precipitation possible today but this may be spotty in some regions, and we will see hot and dry conditions return by mid-week. The northern regions of the province may continue to experience some instability. The Cariboo and southern regions likely will not enjoy much additional precipitation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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View the Fire Danger Rating <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Wildfires of Note <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Prince George Fire Centre<\/strong>
Lucas Lake (G41380)<\/a>
Great Beaver Lake (G51279)<\/a>
Nithi Mountain (G41422)<\/a>
Big Creek (G60666)<\/a>
Tsah Creek (G41149)<\/a>
Finger Lake (G41195)<\/a>
Greer Creek (G41511)<\/a>
Davidson Creek (G41493)<\/a>
Whitefish Lake (G51564)<\/a>
Klawli Lake (G50872)<\/a>
Nation River (G60853)<\/a>
Donnie Creek (G80280)<\/a>

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Northwest Fire Centre<\/strong>
Nilkitkwa (R31465)<\/a>
Parrot Lookout (R21234)<\/a>
Tintagel (R11244)<\/a>
Peacock Creek (R21178)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Cariboo Fire Centre<\/strong>
Gatcho Lake (G41158)<\/a>
Townsend Creek (C11290)<\/a>
Pelican Lake (C11437)<\/a>
Teepee Lake (C11499)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Coastal Fire Centre<\/strong>
Dean River (VA1335)<\/a>
Davis Lake (V11152)<\/a>
Young Creek (VA1735)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fire Centre<\/th>Campfires<\/strong><\/a><\/th>Category 2
Open Burning<\/strong><\/a><\/th>		Category 3
Open Burning<\/strong><\/a><\/th>		Forest Use<\/a> 
and Area Restrictions<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Cariboo Fire Centre<\/a><\/td>\"BC<\/td>\"BC<\/td>\"BC<\/td>N\/A<\/td><\/tr>
Coastal Fire Centre<\/a><\/td>\"BC<\/td>\"BC<\/td>\"BC<\/td>N\/A<\/td><\/tr>
Kamloops Fire Centre<\/a><\/td>\"BC<\/td>\"BC<\/td>\"BC<\/td>N\/A<\/td><\/tr>
Northwest Fire Centre<\/a><\/td>\"BC<\/td>\"BC<\/td>\"BC<\/td>N\/A<\/td><\/tr>
Prince George Fire Centre<\/a><\/td>\"BC<\/td>\"BC<\/td>\"BC<\/td>\"BC<\/td><\/tr>
Southeast Fire Centre<\/a><\/td>\"BC<\/td>\"BC<\/a><\/td>\"BC<\/td>N\/A<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wildfire aviation and how airtankers are used<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aircraft play a key role in supporting work done by crews and respond to fires around the province when needed. Teams in the Vanderhoof\/Fort St James Zone received the support of airtankers over the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On July 15 and 16, airtankers based in the City of Prince George<\/a> responded to wildfires G50912 and G51411, dropping retardant along control lines built by heavy equipment on the ground. The use of retardant on both fires successfully reduced fire behaviour long enough that crews were able to return to their lines and continue to build guard around priority areas of the fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fire activity in the Prince George, Cariboo and Northwest Fire Centres continues to challenge crews who are working hard to keep communities and critical infrastructure safe. The Incident Management Teams that were overseeing the Donnie Creek and Omineca complexes of fires are demobilizing as these incidents can now be managed directly by local fire zones. … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3973,"featured_media":1477,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-status-update"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3973"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9468"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9657,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9468\/revisions\/9657"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}