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Current National Statistics

3 Total

New Large Fires

34 Incidents

Large Fires Being Suppressed

1,053,444 Acres

Burned in Large Fires

Last Updated:

Saturday, August 9, 2025 - 10:47

* Source for statistics is the Incident Management Situation Report published by the National Interagency Coordination Center.

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Fireline 5K - 2024

Happy Birthday, Smokey Bear! 🎂🎉 Today, we celebrate Smokey’s 81st birthday, a symbol of wildfire prevention and a true icon in public safety. Since 1944, Smokey has reminded us that “Only YOU can prevent wildfires,” ... and his message is more important than ever. Across schools, baseball games, and community events, Smokey has always been around to remind us of the importance of wildfire prevention. From all of us at NIFC, thanks Smokey, for your decades of service in protecting our communities, landscapes, and wildland firefighters. Photo 1: Smokey boarding a MAFFS, photo by BLM Wyoming. Photo 2: Smokey at the Spirit Of Boise Balloon Classic in 2024, photo by Andrea Good, BLM Fire. Photo 3: Smokey at an Alaska Goldpanners baseball game, photo by Geoff Liesik, BLM Alaska Fire Service.

This week’s Wildfire Week in Review highlights wildland fire operations across the country. From the coordination it takes to move crews and equipment where they’re needed most, to the dedication of firefighters working long ... hours in challenging conditions, it’s a reminder that protecting lives, communities, and natural resources is truly an interagency effort. Watch the full video to see how the national fire year themes, safety, teamwork, technology, and shared responsibility, come to life on the fireline and beyond. Watch it on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/sijU1APed4U #FireYear2025

National Fire News: August 8, 2025. Firefighters are working to suppress 39 large fires nationwide across nine geographic areas. Assigned resources include 327 crews, 908 engines, 115 helicopters, and 13 complex incident ... management teams. In 2025 thus far, 42,670 fires have burned 3,613,023 acres across the country. This is above the ten-year average for this date of 35,620 fires, but remains lower than the ten-year average acreage of 4,238,361. While the largest fires in the country are the most likely to make the news, it is important to remember that early suppression of new fire starts is always a vital objective. The vast majority of fires are contained within 24 hours of their discovery, known as the initial attack stage. These fires do not get large enough to be listed on the incident management summary report. Prepositioning firefighters and firefighting resources strategically for initial attack, especially in areas where there is an identified potential for large fire growth, is a critical consideration during the busiest part of the fire year. This must be balanced with the tremendous need for resources to fight large fires. There are currently three fuels and fire behavior advisories set in place by the National Interagency Coordination Center, that cover areas of Nevada, California, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, and Wyoming. Residents or visitors in these areas, as well as firefighting resources assigned to them, may wish to familiarize themselves with the heightened risk factors. ➡ https://www.nifc.gov/nicc/predictive-services/fuels-fire-danger 🔥More NFN: https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/nfn #NationalFireNews #FireYear2025

National Fire News: August 7, 2025. In 2025 thus far, 42,342 wildfires have burned over 3.4 million acres across the country. Firefighters and support personnel including 10 complex incident management teams, 317 crews, 842 ... engines, and 106 helicopters are working to suppress 36 large fires across eight geographic areas. Evacuations are in place on fires across multiple geographic areas. If you live in a fire-prone area, there are steps you can take to prepare for the scary situation of a threat to your community. Work with your neighbors to keep streets and roads clear, so fire engines can easily maneuver, and residents can evacuate swiftly if needed. Make sure fire hydrants are visible and accessible. Clear flammable vegetation around structures, on large lots, and along roadsides. Have an evacuation plan for your home, including what essential items you will take with you and where you will meet. Preparedness for fire emergencies is good citizenship and provides some peace of mind. Find evacuation-readiness tips at https://www.ready.gov/wildfires Are you looking for more specific fire information about the state or area where you live? Try referring to the resources for the ten geographic areas of the United States, which allow for cost effective and timely mobilization of wildland firefighting resources to incidents nationwide. This system of national coordination is one of the 2025 National Fire Year Themes: https://www.nifc.gov/nicc/geographic-areas 🔥More NFN: https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/nfn #NationalFireNews #FireYear2025

Drone Safety Near Wildfires: Know Before You Fly Drones and wildfires don’t mix. If you fly a drone near a wildfire, even out of curiosity, you could ground the very aircraft supporting firefighters on the ground. That one ... flight could delay air support, stall suppression efforts, and put lives at risk. If you fly, we can’t. No one wants their drone flight to be the reason aircraft were grounded during a wildfire. ✅ Stay clear of wildfire areas ✅ Check for Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs) ✅ Know before you fly Learn more and fly responsibly: - https://knowbeforeyoufly.org/home - https://www.faa.gov/uas/getting_started/b4ufly - https://uas.nifc.gov/ Keep drones away from wildfires. Help protect the people who protect us. Find the video on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/-4qTrh7ZSY0

National Fire News: August 6, 2025. As of today, more than 42,000 wildfires have burned over 3.4 million acres across the country this year. Firefighters and support personnel, 10 incident management teams, 283 crews, 784 engines, ... and 105 helicopters, are working hard to manage 42 uncontained large fires, with 8 new large fires reported. So far this year, 28 drone incursions have been reported near wildfires, nearly double the number at this point last year. Twenty-one of those incidents occurred in California alone. Each time a drone is spotted near a wildfire, aerial operations are grounded until the skies are clear. That pause may only last a few minutes, but in wildfire response, every minute matters. Firefighters on the ground are the ones who put the fire out. But air support plays a critical role, slowing the fire’s spread, cooling hot spots, and helping crews gain the upper hand. When aircraft are grounded, that support is gone. Let’s continue to help people understand: if you fly, we can’t. Know before you fly. And if you're anywhere near wildfire activity, it’s best not to fly at all. This is more than fire season, it’s a fire year. Let’s rise to the moment and protect what we love. If you're out on public lands or traveling through fire-prone areas, double-check fire restrictions and stay alert to changing weather conditions. We all have a role to play. Let’s recreate responsibly, reduce unwanted ignitions, and support the people working to keep us safe. It takes all of us. 🔥More NFN: www.nifc.gov/fire-information/nfn #NationalFireNews #FireYear2025

National Fire News: August 5, 2025. Nationwide, 12,362 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to incidents. Resources include 250 crews, 696 engines, 109 helicopters, and ten complex incident management teams. ... There are 35 large uncontained fires nationwide. The updated national significant wildland fire potential outlook covering August through November 2025 is available. The outlook provides a summary of current nationwide fire potential and information about what is expected through the next four months in each of the 10 geographic areas ➡ https://www.nifc.gov/sites/default/files/NIICD/docs/monthly_seasonal_outlook.pdf Significant wildland fire activity has increased across multiple geographic areas. As more resources are committed, competition is increasing for all nationally shared resource types. Furthermore, Predictive Services forecast the continuation of weather patterns that are conducive to large fire ignition and growth. For these reasons, the national preparedness level increased to four (PL 4) this morning at 7:30 a.m. MDT. Each year, thousands of fires in the United States are caused by people. Major causes of these fires include loss of control of debris burning, unattended or unextinguished campfires, and sparks or heat transfer from vehicles and equipment like chainsaws or recreational vehicles. Become a part of the solution by going to extra mile to be fire safe on our public lands. https://www.recreateresponsibly.org/wildfireresponsibly 🔥More NFN: https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/nfn #NationalFireNews #FireYear2025

Welcome to the Nation's Logistical Support Center

Support Center

The United States federal wildland fire community is a vast network of dedicated public servants, made up of the combined wildland fire workforces of the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service. Together, these agencies manage wildland fire on nearly 700 million acres of federal public land, approximately one-fifth of the total land area in the United States.

NIFC is home to the national wildland fire management programs of these federal agencies, in addition to partners including the National Association of State Foresters, the U.S. Fire Administration, the National Weather Service, and the Department of Defense. These entities work together to provide leadership, policy oversight, and coordination to the nation’s wildland fire programs.

In recent years, the shared mission at NIFC has grown to include all types of fire management, including hazardous fuels treatments, integrated fire and land-use planning, and more. Fire management under this larger and more diverse umbrella aims not only to achieve fire suppression goals, but to accomplish a broad spectrum of natural resource objectives in an efficient, cost-effective manner.