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HOMESTEAD COMPLEX FIRE UPDATE 

Wednesday, July 31, 2024 

Fire Information           

Phone: 208-713-9693 (8 a.m. to 8 p.m.) 

Email: 2024.homesteadcomplex@firenet.gov 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/HomesteadComplexFireInfo 

Inciweb: http://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/orupf-homestead-complex 

Smoke Outlook: https://outlooks.airfire.org/outlook/d393fd74 

Cooperator Helicopter Assisting with Fire Suppression 

Firefighters saw average growth yesterday on the Homestead Complex. The acreage for the seven fires within the complex is 1,892 acres with 5% containment. There are 481 personnel currently working on the fire. Fire managers are directing resources to fires based on threat to property, infrastructure, industry, and areas with the highest probability of success. 

After a few days of cooler weather, temperatures will increase today and tomorrow and stay high through the week. With the increase in temperatures and decrease in humidities, fire behavior may increase in some areas. Isolated pockets of previously dried fuels may ignite more readily along southern and western slopes that receive more sun. 

On the south side of No Man Fire (699 acres) sawyers are working to fell hazardous and dead standing trees along the recently completed portion of fireline. The stretch of line on Chilcoot Mountain has been completed.  

Firefighters finished prepping the road around the Salmon 33 Fire (176 acres). They will begin lining the road with hoses, as well as burn out the sides of the road to create more defensible space. Heavy equipment finished constructing dozer-line from Chilcoot Mountain to the border of the Salmon 33 Fire. 

A helicopter on loan from Douglas Forest Protective Association continued to assist firefighters and helped extinguish a spot fire on the Reynolds Butte Fire (244 acres). Hand crews continue to strengthen the line surrounding the fire. Yesterday, an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) burned out small areas to help widen the fireline. 

Today sawyers are clearing hazard trees along the previously constructed fireline on the Horse Heaven Creek Fire (529 acres). Handline on the Bullpup Fire (138 acres) has been completed. Crews are strengthening the handline by clearing brush and removing hazard trees. Crews continue to build fireline around the Fuller Lake Fire (71 acres). 

Fire managers declared Lost Bucket Fire (34 acres) 100% contained on Tuesday. Firefighters continue to patrol and monitor the fire. 

Current forest fire restrictions and danger ratings are: Fire Danger Rating: Very High. Industrial Fire Precaution Levels (IFPLs): 3. Public Use Fire Restrictions (PURs): 3.  

CLOSURES: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Roseburg District, has issued a closure order for portions of BLM land which border the Umpqua National Forest Emergency Fire Closure north of Steamboat. The closure order can be viewed here: https://www.blm.gov/sites/default/files/docs/2024-07/orwa-fpo-rbg-072624.pdf. Umpqua National Forest Emergency Fire Closure ORDER NO. 06-15-24-03 and ORDER NO. 06-15-02-24-01 remain in effect and can be found here: https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/umpqua/alerts-notices.