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Topic: Sour Biscuit Fire

	GAO-04-426, Biscuit Fire: Analysis of Fire Response, Resource Availability, and Personnel Certification Standards
		Figure 2: Biscuit 1 Burning on Steep Terrain on July 14, 2002: [See PDF for image] [End of figure] To understand the response to the Biscuit Fire, it is important to understand the phases of fire suppression efforts and the nature of interagency wildland firefighting.
		Between July 27 and August 1, the size of the Florence Fire grew from 18,000 acres to 164,000 acres, and the size of the southern fire--the Sour Biscuit Fire--grew from 7,000 acres to 38,000 acres.
		Biscuit Fire managers identified a number of key supervisory positions that went unfilled for a period of time in July or August when the fire was rapidly growing and that were critical for effective fire suppression efforts.
	www.gao.gov /htext/d04426.html (10376 words)

	NICC Incident Management Report 05-Aug-02
		This fire is seven miles northwest of Chelan, WA and is burning in sagebrush, ponderosa pine and lodgepole pine.
		This fire is burning on both sides of the Continental Divide, 35 miles north-northwest of Salmon, ID. Isolated torching, creeping and smouldering were observed in lodgepole pine, spruce and fir.
		This fire is burning in grass, sagebrush and ponderosa pine on both sides of the Wyoming-Nebraska border, 18 miles northeast of Lusk, WY. Higher relative humidity and lower temperatures moderated fire behavior.
	iys.cidi.org /wildfire/0208/ixl4.html (2229 words)

	Triplicate.com
		Fire officials have acknowledged a request was made to attempt to extinguish the Biscuit Fire when it was only 100 acres, but that request was turned down.
		Galloway said the fire, centered in a remote and roadless section of forestland, was reportedly 100 acres in size at that time.
		The combined fire was renamed the Biscuit Fire and is currently responsible for nearly 400,000 acres of scorched forestland.
	www.triplicate.com /news/story.cfm?story_no=711 (928 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Fire officials are tracking at least six major fires in Oregon.
		Top priorities are the 241-thousand acre Florence fire, the 44-thousand-acre Sour Biscuit Fire, the 27-thousand-acre Timbered Rock fire, and the 32-acre Tiller Complex.
		The Florence fire is now ten percent contained and the Sour Biscuit fire 30 percent contained.
	www.katu.com /printstory.asp?ID=49195 (203 words)

	Weather works in favor as crews strengthen Oregon fire lines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Florence and Sour Biscuit fires have burned more than 200,000 acres of the Illinois Valley and have driven nearly 1,000 people from their homes.
		Containing the fire's eastern ridge is key because that's where the residents are as close as five miles away in the community of Selma.
		He also said that the merging of the fires isn't necessarily a bad thing, because the terrain between the two fires is rugged and almost impossible to reach.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/81086_fire02.shtml (955 words)

	CNN.com - Largest fire in U.S. burns in Oregon - August 4, 2002
		CAVE JUNCTION, Oregon (CNN) -- Fire crews in southwest Oregon on Sunday were able to keep the largest wildfire in the United States from forcing the evacuation of thousands of Illinois Valley residents.
		The Florence fire is the biggest in the nation and is the largest of others in the state by far, he said.
		In addition to the Florence fire, the 2,000 firefighters in the state are battling the 40,000-acre Sour Biscuit fire, the Timbered Rock blaze that has burned 25,000 acres, and the 30,000-acre Tiller Complex fire, Hollen said.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/US/08/04/oregon.wildfires (370 words)

	Incident Maps
		Area of Sour Biscuit (Zone1 and 2) and Florence - 8/6/02
		Relief of Zone2 (Sour Biscuit) and Shelly Creek Fire - 8/2/02
		Relief of Zone2 (Sour Biscuit) and Shelly Creek Fire - 7/31/02
	www.fs.fed.us /r5/sixrivers/fire/2002/biscuit/maps (83 words)

	CNN.com - Fireline last defense from Oregon wildfire - July 31, 2002
		The two fires had moved to within about two miles of each other Tuesday, and were only about 5 percent contained, said Tom Valluzzi, a fire information officer with the U.S. Forest Service in Cave Junction.
		If the fire crosses the fireline along U.S. Route 199, the Fire Incident Command would notify the sheriff's department and the evacuations would be ordered, Valluzzi said.
		Wednesday morning, a battalion of 500 regular Army troops, with support from the Oregon National Guard, was assigned to augment the 1,700 firefighters already on the fire lines in front of the Florence and Sour Biscuit fires.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/US/07/31/oregon.fires (439 words)

	NCDC: Climate of 2002: Wildfire Season Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The 2001 fire season was near average (though it began somewhat later than usual), however, the 2000 fire season was one of the worst of the last 50 years.
		Though the fire activity lessened somewhat during August, as of the beginning of September (according to the National Interagency Fire Center), there were well over 6 million acres burned this year.
		From the NIFC's September 3rd report, the Commissary Ridge Fire in Wyoming had burned approximately 1,800 acres and was 20% contained as of the 3rd, and the Big Fish Fire in Colorado had scorched 15,800 acres and was 0% contained.
	lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov /oa/climate/research/fire02.html (1189 words)

	How Wildfires Get Their Names - The story of Burnt Bread and Dirty Face. By Daniel Engber
		The School fire started around School Canyon in Washington, the Burnt Bread fire got its name from the nearby Sourdough Drainage, and Dirty Face burned on the south slope of Dirty Face Mountain near Washington's Lake Wenatchee*.
		He first suggests a name to the interagency fire dispatcher, who passes it along in fire reports, dispatches, and so on.
		Multiple fires burning in the same general area are often referred to as a "complex." The whole set is typically referred to by a single name, like the Blossom Complex fire in Oregon or the Long Black Complex fire in Idaho.
	www.slate.com /id/2124499 (691 words)

	Fires burning on more than 438,000 acres across Oregon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Top priorities for fire officials were the 150,000-acre Florence fire, the 17,000-acre Timbered Rock fire, the 38,000-acre Sour Biscuit Fire, and the 26,850-acre Tiller Complex.
		Sour Biscuit, Timbered Rock and Florence show how dangerous the situation still is, despite the progess made in containment of the other fires.
		Fire weather advisories were posted Friday in northern Oregon, parts of Montana and the Great Basin area of Utah and Nevada where dry winds were expected to push 30 miles per hour by Saturday night.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/727081/posts (5701 words)

	Thousands of Illinois Valley residents are warned to evacuate ahead of the rampaging Florence fire - July 30, 2002
		The Florence fire rages at 70,000 acres in the background.
		The explosive fire, driven by erratic winds that can turn on a whim, was heading largely south Monday night where it was expected to link up with the tail end of the 20,000-acre Sour Biscuit fire burning in a southerly direction in the national forest west of O’Brien.
		The Florence fire, sparked by a lightning storm July 13, has burned the historic McCaleb cabin and two houses at Oak Flat on the lower Illinois River about eight miles west of Selma.
	www.mailtribune.com /archive/2002/0730/local/stories/01local.htm (916 words)

	Fires by Name Photo Description Page
		The complex of fires - Onion, the Megram, Fawn and Dees - was begun by lightning strikes in and around the Trinity Alps on August 23, 1999.
		This fire began somewhat near the community of Denny, upriver from us and not within the wilderness; thus, it was the first to be fought.
		Biscuit Fire, 2002: These photos were taken by Kris with a little disposable camera about Aug. 13th, 2002.
	www.wildlandfire.com /descr/descr_firename.htm (6458 words)

	2002 - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		April 26 - Robert Steinhauser opens fire on his former teachers and other students in Erfurt, Germany and then kills himself: 16 dead.
		July 13 - A lighting strike sets off the Sour Biscuit Fire in Oregon and northern California, which is left to burn 499,570 acres (2,022 km²) when finally contained on September 5.
		September 5 - The Sour Biscuit Fire in Oregon and northern California, which burned 499,570 acres (2,022 km²), is finally contained.
	open-encyclopedia.com /2002 (3647 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation -- Some stand and fight, others ready to flee as Oregon wildfires burn out of ...
		CAVE JUNCTION, Ore. – Using a fire hose to douse the grass beside his house, Bob Bell swore to stay until the bitter end as a massive wildfire loomed nearby.
		Strong winds were expected out of the north, pushing the 150,000-acre Florence Fire closer to the 37,000-acre Sour Biscuit Fire.
		Fire commanders called in more helicopters, bulldozers and firefighting crews Wednesday to battle the two fires burning out of control in the Siskiyou National Forest.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/20020801-0255-wildfires.html (457 words)

	CNN.com - Transcripts
		We can tell you this is an interstate crisis, because one of the fires, the southernmost fire, called the Sour Biscuit Fire, is actually in two states, Here in Oregon, and also in California.
		The Florence fire, which is the much larger fire, two miles away from the Sour Biscuit Fire, is entirely in Oregon.
		In order for us to really fight this fire and get a control line around it, we are going to let them merge, and we'll just loop it with one big containment line from the north to the south.
	www-cgi.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0208/02/lt.10.html (854 words)

	Area of Study: Fire Protection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In 2002, the largest wildfire in the U.S. was Oregon's "Sour Biscuit" Fire.
		However, many fires are started by arson or careless activities, such as unattended campfires or cigarettes thrown from car windows.
		In addition, a few schools offer graduate programs in fire science and engineering; these programs are science-based and train you to become professors and fire safety engineers.
	www.iseek.org /sv/22030.jsp?id=420401 (373 words)

	CBS News \| Oregon's 30-Mile Wall Of Flames \| August 1, 2002 17:22:16
		If the Sour Biscuit fire combines with the much larger Florence blaze, it would create a single wildfire nearly 200,000 acres in size.
		Many also worked through the night setting back fires in an effort to clear the brush that is fueling a fire that has forced the evacuation of hundreds of people, destroyed five homes and killed four wolves at a wildlife center.
		Holding the top priority in the nation for scarce resources, fire commanders called in more helicopters, bulldozers, hotshot crews and top-level management teams to quell the fires burning out of control on the Siskiyou National Forest in the southwestern corner of Oregon.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2002/08/01/national/main517254.shtml (844 words)

	CNN.com - Transcripts
		But the two huge fires that are burning on the other side of this ridge behind -- and you can see some of the smoke coming over right now -- are especially fearsome, because they're growing so rapidly.
		Two separate fires, one of them is called the Florence Fire, named after the Florence Creek which is out there, 145,000 acres by itself, which is just that fire.
		And then one mile south, and these fires are only separated by one mile, but one mile south, the Sour Biscuit Fire,another 35,000 acres.
	edition.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0208/01/lt.03.html (481 words)

	Keyword (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Florence, Sour Biscuit Fires Merge 08/08/2002 By KGW and AP Staff Shifting winds helped merge the Florence and Sour Biscuit Fires, creating a megafire that appeared to be heading back towards the southern Oregon hamlet of Agness.
		Fire Fight Hampered by Cooler Weather 08/05/2002 By GILLIAN FLACCUS, Associated Press Writer Firefighters trying to get a line around the massive Florence Fire hoped for rain Monday, but said they were nevertheless making good progress on corralling the blaze with a 200-mile containment line starting at the California border.
		Fires burning on more than 438,000 acres across Oregon The Associated Press Major wildfires have burned and are burning on more than 438,000 acres in Oregon on Friday.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/keyword?k=SOUR+BISCUIT+FIRE (1326 words)

	WorldNetDaily: Oregon fire danger subsiding (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Firefighters have made considerable progress fighting the 235,000-acre Florence Fire in southern Oregon over the last three days, prompting the staff of WorldNetDaily's national headquarters to begin moving equipment back into the newssite's offices.
		Though the Florence Fire and nearby Sour Biscuit Fire are no more than 15 percent contained, the blazes have not moved to the valley floor.
		WND evacuated its secluded office complex nine days ago when the fire was raging out of control.
	www.wnd.com /news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=28521 (194 words)

	ARRLWeb: ARES Teams on Alert as West Coast Wildfires Threaten (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		"Some of the fires, because of low humidity and high winds, have been covering as much as 10,000 acres a day." Johnson says nearly one-half million acres have burned so far this summer, although August 1 was the first official day of fire season in Oregon.
		The two fires were within a couple of miles of each other on July 31 and only about 5 percent contained.
		Plans call for San Francisco ARES teams to assist the coastal side of these fires, and for Sacramento Valley Section Districts 1 and 2 to handle the inland side, with Districts 3 and 4 serving as backup.
	www.arrl.org /news/stories/2002/08/01/100 (580 words)

	Top Story - INSTRUMENT ABOARD NASA'S AQUA SATELLITE JOINS TWIN TO BEGIN COMPREHENSIVE GLOBAL COVERAGE - August 15, 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Active fire detections are indicated with red dots.
		The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center reported there were seven out-of-control fires burning south of James Bay (the southern extension of Hudson Bay, seen at upper left in the image), all probably the result of lightning.
		The MODIS team is working with the Global Observation of Forest Cover/Gold-Fire Program and the World Fire Monitoring Center to provide fire data to the international community.
	www.gsfc.nasa.gov /topstory/20020815aquafirst.html (1126 words)

	Dialogues With A Christ - The Wisdom of Divine Anarchy
		It is folly to expect those agencies responsible for fighting the fire to impartially investigate themselves in this issue and still serve the aims of justice and public good.
		She indicated it was from fires in O'Brien and near Selma.
		I suspect what you have in the case of Biscuit is someone making a tactical decision on deploying what few resources they had available, not a strategic policy thing, and quite possibly a sound decision at that.
	www.arkenterprises.com /dialch62.htm (9188 words)

	SVS Animation 2768 - Smoke from Oregon Fires - Aug 2002
		At the Oregon-California state line, an immense wildfire that resulted from the combination of two separate blazes, has now burned over 375,000 acres and is still growing.
		The Biscuit Fire, formerly the Florence Fire and the Sour Biscuit Fire, was sparked by lightning in the Klamath Mountains in Oregon and has burned over the state line into California.
		The columns of smoke billowing from the fire reach far south down the Pacific Coast.
	svs.gsfc.nasa.gov /vis/a000000/a002700/a002768 (166 words)

	2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		April 17 - Four Canadian infantrymen are killed in Afghanistan by friendly fire from two U.S F-16s.
		April 30 - Pakistan: referendum on continuation of military government is approved.
		June 18 - Arizona experiences its worst forest fire, burning 462,606 acres (1,872 km²) near the Mogollon Rim.
	hallencyclopedia.com /2002 (3930 words)

	science@nasa - Aqua
		Scientists will be able to better sample fire activity and improve their chances of obtaining cloud free observations of the surface.
		With such coverage, researchers can gather more data on how fast and in which direction fires are spreading as well as information on how severely a given fire may affect air quality of downwind urban areas.
		One of the most exciting of the potential practical benefits likely to derive from the Aqua data is improved weather forecasting.
	science.hq.nasa.gov /missions/satellite_17.htm (914 words)

	Visible Earth: Biscuit Fire, Oregon from NASA’s New Satellite—Aqua
		The image shows the Biscuit Fire, formed by the convergence of the Florence Fire and the Sour Biscuit Fire.
		The fire was sparked by lightning in the Klamath Mountains in Oregon and has burned over the state line into California, consuming over 375,000 acres as of August 14th, 2002.
		The different timing of the satellites’ pole-to-pole orbits enables scientists to focus on different aspects of the Earth’s climate system and to see changes within the system during the course of a day.
	visibleearth.nasa.gov /view_rec.php?id=3448 (416 words)

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