MTMTS Nevada Lake Fire

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The type of incident is Wildfire and involves the following unit(s) Montana Department of Natural Resources & Conservation.

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State: Montana

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Coordinates:

Latitude: 46° 48 35.316 Longitude: 112° 47 32.172

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NOTE: All fire perimeters and points are approximations.

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Incident Overview: The Nevada Lake Fire is currently 207 acres in size and burning actively in open grass and heavy timber on the Fish, Wildlife and Parks Nevada Lake Wildlife Management Area and private land east of Helmville, Montana. There are structures in the area, but none are threatened at this time. The wildfire is the result of a FWP escaped prescribed burn ignited on Monday, October 14th north of Nevada Lake on the WMA. The burn was declared a wildfire at approximately 4 p.m. when attempts to control “slopover” or areas where the prescribed fire escaped containment lines were unsuccessful. The DNRC is managing the wildfire response. Initial response efforts to the wildfire included 12 local government engines from four fire departments, four DNRC engines, and one USFS engine. A Very Large Air Tanker (VLAT) dropped two loads of retardant to help slow its progress. Current resources on scene include 11 engines, two dozers, two skidgines, one excavator, and two Type 2 helicopters plus helitack personnel. A Type 3 Incident Commander is enroute, as well as additional helicopters and a Type 2 hand crew.