Following is a summary of various wildfire statistics for the Pacific Northwest Region (Oregon and Washington) in 2014 through Oct. 10:
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To date, 1,260,088 acres in the Northwest have been consumed
by wildfire, which includes 846,945 in Oregon and 413,143 in Washington.
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There have been a total of 3,506 reported fires in the
Northwest region with 93 meeting the criteria of a large fire, which includes 58
in Oregon and 35 in Washington.
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The NW had a record setting 43 days at No. 1 on the National
Incident Management Situation Report.
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The NW stayed
at Preparedness Level 5 for 31 days; the previous record was set in 2006 for 24 days.
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To date, there
have been a total of 128,513 lightning strikes. The single largest day in 2014
recorded 21,094 strikes.
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In Oregon, the
largest fire/complex was the Buzzard Complex for a total of 395,747 acres.
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The largest
fire/complex in Washington was the Carlton Complex at 256,108 acres.
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The total cost
to date exceeds $458,732,493, which includes $278,652,132 in Oregon and
$180,080,361 in Washington.
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During the peak
fire activity there were over 12,000 firefighters and support personnel working
over 900,000 active fire acres.
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Over 35 Interagency Hotshot Crews from all over the nation
were assigned within the region.
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During the peak fire activity, the Northwest region saw 19
Incident Management Teams assigned at the same time.
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In 2013 the NW had 4,389 reported fires with a total of
503,993 acres
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To date there have been 2,024 lightning fires and 1,482
human-caused fires.