Overhead base camp manager Gabe Kerr (left) of Rattlesnake Ridge fire crew and Curlew Joh Corps and Tyson Lee (right) also of Rattlesnake Ridge, go over supplies with a firefighter headed to the Tacoma Creek Fire Saturday morning.
Over 300 firefighting personnel have set up headquarters at the Kalispel Tribe of Indians Pow Wow grounds since the Tacoma Creek Fire was reported Monday, Sept.
1. As of the newspaper deadline Tuesday, Sept.
9 the fire had grown to 3,560 acres with at least three county road closures and no evacuations. The Miner visited the fire camp early Saturday morning, Sept. 6, to give readers a peek into some of the behind-the-scenes mechanisms that go into fighting wildfire.
Miner photos by Sophia Aldous.
Marcy Johnson and Travis Yanda of the Interagency Incident Management Team go over logistics and financing for the Tacoma Creek Fire.Bryan Eglet, co-owner of Sweet Supplies LLC of Yakima, dishes out breakfast to a couple of firefighters early last Saturday morning. Eglet estimated the catering company had made over 500 pounds of food since arriving at the fire the morning of Sept. 2.Earl Lee volunteers to break down and take away boxes used for snacks and meals for firefighters.Plan Section Chief Walt Seidel puts together physical copies of the Tacoma Creek Incident Action Plan, a written document that details tactics and objectives for a specific period — usually 12–24 hours — on an emergency incident. IAPs are shared daily with firefighting personnel.
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