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BOISE — U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will travel to Denver, Colorado Springs and Idaho’s capital on Monday and Tuesday. While in Boise they will visit the National Interagency Fire Center and answer questions from local media. The details of their trip have not been finalized.

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INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SITUATION REPORTSunDAY, MARCH 19, 2006 – 0800 MSTNATIONAL PREPAREDNESS LEVEL 2   CURRENT SITUATION: Initial attack activity was light nationally with 110 new fires reported. Three new large fires were reported in the Southern Area. Twelve large fires were contained, nine in the Southern Area, two in the Eastern Area and one in the Rocky Mountain Area. Very high to extreme fire indices were reported in Arizona, Kansas, Missouri, Florida and Virginia. SOUTHERN AREA INCIDENTS/LARGE FIRES:WEST TEXAS IA, Texas Forest Service. A Texas State Type 2 Incident Management Team (Stanford) is in place in Granbury, TX. The Team is assisting...

INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SITUATION REPORTSATURDAY, MARCH 18, 2006 – 0800 MSTNATIONAL PREPAREDNESS LEVEL 2   CURRENT SITUATION: Initial attack activity was moderate nationally with 245 new fires reported. Five new large fires were reported, four in the Southern Area, and one in the Eastern Area. Six large fires were contained, five in the Southern Area, and one in the Eastern Area. Very high to extreme fire indices were reported in Arizona, Kansas, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Delaware, Missouri, Texas and Virginia. SOUTHERN AREA INCIDENTS/LARGE FIRES:EAST AMARILLO COMPLEX, Texas Forest Service. A Texas State Type 2 Incident Management Team (Rogers) is in place. This...

Wildland Fire Update March 17, 2006 Fire activity was heavy throughout the nation with 330 new fires reported. Ten new large fires were reported: one in Arkansas, two in Kansas, one in Florida, one in Mississippi, two in Missouri, one in Oklahoma, and two in Texas. Four fires were contained: two in Kansas, and one each in Oklahoma and Texas. Central and eastern areas of Florida's panhandle is predicted to have red flag warnings on Saturday for marginally low humidities.A fire weather watch is also in effect for Saturday for marginally low humidities in northeastern and west-central Florida.A cold front...

INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SITUATION REPORTTHURSDAY, MARCH 16, 2006 – 0800 MSTNATIONAL PREPAREDNESS LEVEL 2   CURRENT SITUATION: Initial attack activity was moderate nationally with 231 new fires reported. Six new large fires were reported, five in the Southern Area, and one in the Rocky Mountain Area. Two large fires were contained in the Southern Area. Very high to extreme fire indices were reported in Arizona, Kansas, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Illinois, Maryland, Arkansas, Florida, Arkansas and Virginia. SOUTHERN AREA INCIDENTS/LARGE FIRES:EAST AMARILLO COMPLEX, Texas Forest Service. This fire is near Jerico, TX in grass. This complex consists of the Borger and I-40 fires....

Current hours for the National Fire Information Center are (MDT) 7:30 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday 208-387-5050 This report will be updated as significant activity occurs. For another source of daily national wildland fire information see the National Interagency Coordination Center. National Preparedness Level 2 (On a scale from 1 to 5) Wildland Fire Update March 15, 2006 Nationally, fire activity was light with 162 new fires. Seven new large fires were reported: one in Kansas, three in Kentucky, one in Maryland, one in New Mexico, and one in Virginia. Ten large fires were contained: one in...