THE AMERICAN FIRE LEDGER — PREPAREDNESS LEVEL 3 AND 50 UNCONTAINED LARGE FIRES, ON AN OLDER REPORT

The national picture holds at preparedness level 3 with 50 uncontained large fires, and year-to-date at 56,289 fires and 8,523,213 acres — 126 and 146 percent of the ten-year average. The figures carry a September 18 stamp with the level itself dated September 9, and the report has not been refreshed since, so this row is printed at its vintage rather than as this morning's state.

23 turning points on record since Jul 24 — the 8 most recent shown.

searched 34 vetted voices and the open field — nothing said about this system cleared the screen.