as of October 10, 2025 at 7:30 a.m. MDT (on a scale from 1 to 5)
Current hours for the National Fire Information Center are
(MST) 8:00 am - 4:30pm, Monday - Friday
208-387-5050
This report is currently updated on Fridays.
Please check the IMSR for more information.
January 2, 2026
Due to technical issues with the 2025 SIT/209 data archive, no incident management situation report (IMSR) is available today. This narrative will be updated with new data next Friday.
As we approach the first anniversary of the devastating Palisades Fire and others in the greater Los Angeles area, the affected communities are deep in the process of rebuilding. These destructive 2025 fires are a stark reminder of the complexity of fire suppression in the wildland urban interface, especially when factoring in extreme weather conditions like high winds. While the average person cannot control extreme weather conditions, there are proactive steps homeowners can take to make their homes and neighborhoods less vulnerable to wildfire. Firewise USA has lots of information to get started.
Are you or someone in your life interested in working in wildland fire in 2026? Numrous seasonal firefighting jobs, fire support jobs, and leadership positions are currently open on USAJobs, the federal government employment portal. Search "firefighter" or "wildland fire" to see what's available.
Happy 2026 from NIFC.
| Number of new large fires or emergency response * New fires are identified with an asterisk |
0 | States currently reporting large fires: |
| Total number of large fires | 0 | |
| Acres from all active large fires | 0 | |
| Fires contained | 0 |
| 2026 (1/1/26-1/02/26) | Fires: | Acres: |
| 2024 (1/1/24-1/02/24) | Fires: 58 | Acres: 385 |
| 2023 (1/1/23-1/02/23) | Fires: 11 | Acres: 2 |
| 2022 (1/1/22-1/02/22) | Fires: 23 | Acres: 285 |
| 2021 (1/1/21-1/02/21) | Fires: 55 | Acres: 129 |
| 2020 (1/1/20-1/02/20) | Fires: 24 | Acres: 1,425 |
| 2019 (1/1/19-1/02/19) | Fires: 22 | Acres: 43 |
| 2018 (1/1/18-1/02/18) | Fires: 111 | Acres: 283 |
| 2017 (1/1/17-1/02/17) | Fires: 15 | Acres: 171 |
| 2016 (1/1/16-1/02/16) | Fires: 1 | Acres: 0 |
| 2016-2025 | Fires: | Acres: |
