Wildland Fire Update
October 12, 2004

Light wildland fire activity continues nation-wide. One new large fire was reported in northern California. The two large fires are currently burning a total of 4,218 acres in California. A Type 2 Incident Management Team remains in Pensacola, Florida at the Saufley Field Naval Air Station helping with the Hurricane Frances and Ivan response efforts.

A red flag warning was issued for moderate or stronger northeast to east winds, low relative humidity, and generally poor relative humidity recovery for mid-slope and above for Eureka, Sacramento, and Monterey through midday on Tuesday. The Pacific Northwest continues to have a lingering high pressure with an upper low centered over southern California.

The National Fire News will be updated on Mondays and Fridays unless wildland fire activity increases.

Daily Statistics 10/12/04		Year-to-date Statistics 1/2/04 - 10/12/04
Number of new large fires	1	Year-to-date large fires contained		474
Number of active large fires	2	Fires contained on 10/11/04		0
Acres from active fires	4,218
Number of Wildland Fire Use (WFU) fires	0
Acres from WFU fires	0
States currently reporting active large fires (includes WFU): California (2)		Year-to-date Statistics
		2004 (1/1/04 - 10/12/04)	Fires: 62,088	Acres: 7,784,277
		2003 (1/1/03 - 10/12/03)	Fires: 50,626	Acres: 3,180,770
		2002 (1/1/02 - 10/12/02)	Fires: 68,397	Acres: 6,715,197
		2001 (1/1/01 - 10/12/01)	Fires: 64,264	Acres: 3,274,125
		2000 (1/1/00 - 10/12/00)	Fires: 83,011	Acres: 6,902,521
		10-Year Average
		1995 - 2004	Fires: 69,154	Acres: 3,945,507

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