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Tiger Island Fire

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Unit Information

Louisiana Office of Forestry 
Louisiana 
Louisiana 
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Louisiana Office of Forestry 
Louisiana 
Louisiana 
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Incident Contacts

Tiger Island Fire Information
Email: 2023.tigerisland@firenet.gov
Phone: 318-239-9263
Hours: 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. daily

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Thu, 10/05/2023 - 12:55
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Fri, 10/06/2023 - 10:55
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The Tiger Island Fire is under the jurisdiction of the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry. The Florida Forest Service Green Complex Incident Management Team assumed command of the fire at 1900 Wednesday, October 4, 2023. Prior to this, the fire had been under the command of the Southern Area Gold Team (9/23/23 - 20/4/23), the Southern Area Blue Team (9/10/23-9/22/23) and the Southern Area Red Incident Management Team (9/2/23-9/9/23). 

Basic Information
Current as of Thu, 10/12/2023 - 11:30
Incident Type Wildfire
Cause undetermined
Date of Origin
Location Beauregard Parish, E of Merryville, LA; S of Hwy 190; SW of Deridder, LA; N of Singer
Incident Commander Anthony Petellat, ICCI, Florida State Green Team
Coordinates 30.° 40' 22'' Latitude
-93° 26'
19
'' Longitude
Current Situation
Total Personnel: 21
Size 31,290 Acres
Percent of Perimeter Contained 96%
Estimated Containment Date 10/30/2023
Fuels Involved

Primary Fuel Types:
Southern Rough
Timber (Litter and Understory)
Timber (Grass and Understory)

Narrative:
Planted pine plantations of various ages is the predominant timber type. Understory fuels consists of varying amounts of grass and/or shrub vegetation, with the shrub component being most prevalent. Fuel model 7 (southern rough) best describes much of the fuels in the fire footprint, as well as most surrounding areas outside the footprint. There are areas of heavier grass component, and those areas are modeled as a grass/shrub fuel type. Fuel moistures are critically low, both live and dead, and
burning conditions are volatile.
Significant Events

Observed Fire Behavior:
Minimal
 

Narrative:
 
Outlook
Planned Actions

Patrol and monitor fire lines and the fires edge. Continue to remove needle cast from fire lines. Mop up hotspots as needed, suppress all fire threats to control lines.
Projected Incident Activity

12 hours: Humidity recovery is expected to be adequate to prevent nighttime fire spread as well beneficial precipitation in and around the fire ground.

24 hours: Mostly clear conditions with no chance of rainfall in the area. Humidity levels will be between 40 to 50 percent with light and variable winds forecasted. 

48 hours: A front will seep across the region late Firday, with dry and offshore flow durig the weekend. We could be faced with elevated fire weather, or even Red Flag Warning conditions. Winds will be northerly around 10 to 15 mph with stronger gusts possible and RH values dropping into the 25-35% range.

72 hours: Mostly clear. Not as warm. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the upper 70s. North winds 5 to 15 mph.

Anticipated after 72 hours: A cold front will sweep across the region late week with dry and offshore flow during the weekend. Elevated fire weather, or even Red Flag Warning conditions will return as RHs drop into the 25-35% range with gusty northerly winds.
Remarks

Florida Forest Service Green Complex Incident Management Team is managing the fire.
Current Weather
Weather Concerns

A coastal storm will traverse the northern Gulf today, continually spreading light showers across the area. Any showers will end by this evening, with many areas seeing a wetting rainfall.

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