Douglas Complex Update for August 26 @ 7:00 AM (Douglas Complex Wildfire)

Current situation: The Douglas Complex is being turned over to a smaller incident management organization today. Oregon Dept. of Forestry Incident Management Team 1 transfers command at 6:00 p.m. to a Type 3 team comprised of local crews. Fire camp is moving to Cuff Field, off Junction Rd in Glendale. The incident command post at Glendale High School will be closed after breakfast on Tuesday morning. The helicopter base is moving to the airport in Myrtle Creek. Objectives on the Rabbit Mountain and Dad’s Creek fires today are to continue mop-up and rehabilitation projects. Excess equipment – pumps, hoses and Fol-Da-Tanks – is being pulled from the fireline and returned to camp. For detailed information about the road closures in the Douglas Complex area in Douglas County, contact the BLM district office in Roseburg at 541-440-4930. For road closure information on the Josephine County side of the Douglas Complex, call the BLM’s Grants Pass office at 541-471-6500. Maps of the...