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2015 Monster Fires Kris Ray Air Quality Program Manager Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation September 22 – 23, 2016 EPA Research Triangle Park, NC Wildfire Smoke and Health Risk Communication
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2015 Monster FiresKris Ray
Air Quality Program Manager
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
September 22 – 23, 2016
EPA Research Triangle Park, NC
Wildfire Smoke and Health Risk
Communication
stim aspu›úsWhat’s In Your Heart
What Happens When …..
Drought/low Precipitation
Hazardous Weather
Outlook
Weather Warnings
Flash Flood Watch
High Wind Advisory
Air Quality Advisory
Red Flag Warning
Over 100 F
You Get Monster Fires
Twisp River Fire
August 19, 2015
Three Fatalities
Tom Zbyszewki, 20
Andrew Zajac, 26
Richard Wheeler, 31
Fire ChronologyJune 12 – 16,000 acres had burned in South Eastern Washington State
June 26 – Governor declare state of emergency because of predicted conditions
June 28 - Sleepy Hollow Fire, Wenatchee, 2,950 acres, 29 homes and 2 commercial building
August 13 – North Star Fire, Colville Reservation, 218,138 acres,
August 14 – 5 fires form the Chelan Complex, 89,000 aces, 3,000 evacuated, 85 homes and
several businesses burned
August 19 –Twisp River Fire Explodes, 11.200 acres, 3 firefighters perish
August 20 – 5 fires form the Okanogan Complex, Okanogan County and Colville
Reservation, 304,782 acres, 45 homes, 49 cabins and 60 outbuildings burned
August 21 – President Barack Obama declares federal state of emergency
August 23 – 4.3 magnitude earthquake in North Star Fire
ConsequencesCommunities Evacuated Costs
Winthrop
Twisp
Conconully
Loomis
Riverside
Disautel
Nespelem
Okanogan
Omak
Okanogan Complex
$44.5 Million
North Star Fire
$22 Million
Burned
523,000 Acers
Communications Electricity outage over large
areas, power poles burnt
No internet connection
Local radio station off the air
Reliance on cell phones if
service worked, emergency
generators
Social Media to get
information
Ambient Air Quality
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August 2015 Nespelem Monitor 24 hour Average Concentration
Nespelem
Moderate
Sensitive Groups
Unhealthy
V. Unhealthy
Hazardous
Indoor Air QualityMeasurements From the Morning of August 25, 2015
My Office 405 μg/m3 Hazardous
Reservation Attorney 394 Hazardous
Head Start 633 Hazardous
Administration Building 798 Hazardous
Archology Office 630 Hazardous
Prosecutors Office 278 Hazardous
IHS Clinic Lobby 166 Very Unhealthy
Outside Concentration 980 Hazardous
