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Coordination and cooperation in wildland fire management.
Current National Statistics
4 Total
New Large Fires
29 Incidents
Large Fires Being Suppressed
1,248,060 Acres
Burned in Large Fires
Last Updated:
* Source for statistics is the Incident Management Situation Report published by the National Interagency Coordination Center.
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As fire activity continues in Arizona, the Great Basin, and into the Pacific Northwest, we'd like to express our gratitude for firefighters, dispatchers, and support personnel who continue to work into October. #ItTakesAllOfUs
... Take a look at the places they've found themselves across the country in the #WildfireWeekInReview.
#NationalFireNews: October 11, 2024. Wildland fire activity continues in seven states where 28 large active wildfires have burned 1,297,422 acres. Over 1,300 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to incidents, ... including 16 complex incident management teams, 217 crews, 550 engines, and 113 helicopters.
With the nation currently at preparedness level 5, the highest level, wildland firefighters across the West continue to manage wildfires in multiple states. Federal resources are also supporting many communities in the Southeast impacted by #HurricaneHelene and #HurricaneMilton.
A fuels and fire behavior advisory has been reissued for the Great Basin area, where persisting hot and dry conditions have resulted in critically low fuel moisture levels. The flammability of Great Basin fuels has been demonstrated daily with the aggressive fire behavior on existing large fires in western Wyoming, central/southern Idaho, northern Nevada, and northern Utah.
🔥More NFN: https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/nfn
📸Photo 1 from the #YellowLakeFire (Inciweb), Photo 2 from the #LavaFire (Mike McMillan), Photo 3 from the #GoatFire (Inciweb)
Another #BehindTheScenes face at the National Interagency Fire Center! Meet Timothy, an engineering intern with Bureau of Land Management Fire. As a U.S. Navy Veteran where he was a Damage Controlman (shipboard firefighter) and ... current student at Boise State University studying Civil Engineering, he jumped on the opportunity to combine his skills in fire and engineering at NIFC.
A memorable project he worked on was a roof replacement on campus. With many moving projects all in different stages, it's rare to see one through as an intern. Timothy was able to see the entire roof replacement process unfold in its entirety.
His favorite part about interning here is seeing the diversity of work that's done. It's frequent that he encounters new faces around campus as the campus is big and small at the same time. One of the best parts of interning here is the length of the internship, he's already been here for a year and renewed his time for another year.
He wants to continue in the public sector and have the ability to make an impact on our countries infrastructure. Through federal service, he knows that goal is attainable.
📸Photo provided by Timothy Hilton.
Thank you to the University of Idaho and Career Services: University of Idaho for hosting us yesterday! We learned that countless Vandals fought wildfires over the summer, are interested in how to join next year, or want to make ... their careers in wildland fire. We met so many students intrigued by the numerous career avenues that the world of wildland fire has, and we were happy to share opportunities with them on where to start.
Want to learn more about career options? Take a look at https://www.nifc.gov/careers . This will give you a breakdown of how to navigate USAJOBS and provides direct links to job portals.
📸Photos by Andrea Good, BLM.
Is public affairs and communications your specialty? Take a look at this opportunity to join a great external affairs team with the Bureau of Land Management Fire here at NIFC. This #FireJob will allow you to put your creativity ... and communication skills to good use!
#ItTakesAllOfUs
#NationalFireNews: October 10, 2024. With the nation currently at preparedness level 5, the highest level, wildland firefighters across the West continue to manage wildfires in multiple states. Federal resources are also ... supporting the many communities in North Carolina who were impacted by #HurricaneHelene, and prepositioning and responding to #HurricaneMilton, currently impacting communities in Florida.
The wildland fire community in the U.S. is a world-class emergency response force, trained not just to fight massive wildfires, but also to support response efforts in any kind of disaster. Federal employees are working beside state, local and Tribal partners to provide resources and assistance for Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton. Currently, about 260 people, including complex incident management teams (IMTs), saw modules, and interagency hotshot crews, are assisting efforts in North Carolina.
One of the many tasks of IMTs is to handle the logistics of bringing in supplies, store and stage those supplies, and get them out to the people that need them. This includes life essentials such as food, water, and ice.
The saw modules and hotshot crews bring their expertise with chainsaws and other heavy equipment to clear and open roadways for emergency responders, and to help companies access power lines.
From the National Interagency Fire Center, our thoughts are with every person affected by these unprecedented events, as well as those that are anxious for the wellbeing of their loved ones in these areas. We thank everyone working tirelessly to support communities and each other in the face of these disasters.
Wildland fire activity continues in seven states where 30 large active wildfires have burned 1,253,183 acres. Nearly 12,700 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to incidents, including 16 complex incident management teams, 204 crews, 579 engines, and 117 helicopters.
🔥More NFN: https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/nfn
📸Photo on the #GoatFire, photo from InciWeb by Andy Lyon.
Great to see so many University of Idaho students interested in wildland fire careers! Some of our Bureau of Land Management Fire employees are engaging with students and spreading the word about the multitude of opportunities in ... the world of wildland fire.
#NationalFireNews: October 9, 2024. Wildland fire activity continues in seven states where 29 large active wildfires have burned 1,249,107 acres.
Nearly 12,000 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to ... incidents, including 16 complex incident management teams, 205 crews, 621 engines, and 82 helicopters.
Significant wildland fire activity continues in multiple geographic areas. Hurricane all-hazard response is significant and will likely increase as #HurricaneMilton makes landfall this week. The National Interagency Coordination Center (NICC) Predictive Services indicates that the “extremely anomalous fire environment” will remain in place until at least mid-October for much of the country. NICC is fully engaged with Geographic Area Coordination Centers to coordinate and fill orders for all types of resources.
This #FireYear2024, 40,140 wildfires have burned 7,661,234 acres. These numbers continue to be below the 10-year average for wildfires, and more than one million acres above the average acres burned.
🔥More NFN: https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/nfn
📸 Photo 1 of the #ElkFire, from InciWeb. Photo 2 on the #RailRidgeFire, from InciWeb. Photo 3 of the #ValleyFire by Robbie Johnson, IDL.
Welcome to the Nation's Logistical Support Center
The nation’s federal wildland fire community is a large and complex organization across the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service. These agencies manage wildland fire on nearly 700 million acres of federal public land, or one-fifth of the total land area in the United States.
NIFC is home to the national fire management programs of each federal fire agency, along with partners including the National Association of State Foresters, the U.S. Fire Administration, and the National Weather Service. A Department of Defense liaison was added as a permanent partner at NIFC in 2008. Working together, these partners provide leadership, policy oversight and coordination to manage the nation’s wildland fire programs.
In recent years, the role of the agencies 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 umbrella is designed to achieve not only suppression goals, but to accomplish a broad spectrum of natural resource objectives, and do so in an efficient, cost-effective manner.
For Our Firefighters
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