Update on numbers

This year's fire season is turning out to be very busy and active. We had a fairly slow start (although I did map my first fire on Valentine's Day), but the fires have made up for that now. I've been mapping fires in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Northern California recently. Some numbers are shown below:



In the number of fires supported, I've now surpassed 2001, 2003, 2004, and 2005. In the number of acres mapped, I've now surpassed 2001, 2004, and 2005. The thing about 2002 and 2003 are a few large fires severely inflated the acreage: 2002 saw Rodeo-Chediski (500,000 acres), Biscuit (500,000 acres), McNally (150,000) and Hayman (140,000). 2003 had Southern California that burned 750,000 acres during the end of October and early November. The crazy thing is that it takes just as much energy and effort to map a 100,000-acre fire as it does a 5,000-acre fire. So I feel like I've been very busy this year.