Firefighters working the Board Shanty Fire south of Grants Pass have pushed containment to 20% and cooled the perimeter 200 feet into the incident from the fire's edge.
Oregon Department of Forestry Incident Management Team 3 reported this morning that the wildfire was 469 acres while the Watch Duty app reported the incident to be 474 acres.
Members from a local ODF Type 3 incident management team will shadow the complex incident management team today to prepare for taking over command of the incident on Wednesday morning.
Resources devoted to the Board Shanty Fire today total 641 personnel including 24 hand crews, 19 engines, 16 water tenders and 12 bulldozers. Helicopters and other aviation assets assigned to the nearby Grizzly Complex remain on standby for the local wildfire.
Firefighters continue to push further toward the interior of the fire, bolstering the strength of the lines. Today, crews will extinguish hotspots identified and flagged by nightshift crews using handheld infrared cameras to detect heat. While mop-up continues, there still may be visible smoke from burning material in the interior of the incident. Perimeter lines are secure and crews remain vigilant watching for burning material rolling down steep slopes.
Josephine County Zones JCU-436, JCU-437 and JCU-448-A are now under a Level 1 "Be Ready" evacuation notice. All other evacuations have been lifted.
Unless things change significantly on the Board Shanty Fire, there will be no more evening updates provided by ODF -- although morning updates will continue.
