Nationwide, eight large fires are being suppressed in eight different states in the Southern and Eastern geographic areas. All eight fires making good progress towards containment.
Many jobs in wildland fire for 2026 are currently open and accepting applications on www.usajobs.gov. These jobs include wildland firefighters, dispatchers, equipment operators, materials handlers, and more. If you are planning to work in wildland fire next year, make sure that you do not miss these application windows.
November is Native American Heritage Month! Right now, the Bureau of Indian Affairs Division of Wildland Fire Management is partnering with the Bureau of Indian Education to establish the new Native Youth Firefighter Training Program, which will introduce high school students at BIE-funded schools to the fundamentals of wildland firefighting. Learn more about this exciting initiative in the Intertribal Timber Council's fall 2025 newsletter.
November 19 was National GIS Day. The National Interagency Fire Center and the broader wildland fire community rely on the efforts of many skilled professionals in the field of geographic information systems. Every time we look at a fire map, we have a GIS person to thank. Our hats are off to GIS staff for the essential work that they do.
Many land managers are focused on fuels management projects, including prescribed burning, throughout the fall. Wildland fire agencies apply a variety of fuels management techniques to reduce the amount of available fuel (vegetation) that fuels unwanted wildfires. By proactively removing fuel, fire agencies are better protecting local communities from risk of wildfire. Read about this and our other areas of focus in the National Fire Year Themes.
Weather
A cold front will move through the Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeast through tomorrow, with light rain and cooler temperatures behind the front. Meanwhile, an upper-level low will move through southern California and the Southwest with showers and high-elevation snow. As the low moves into the southern Plains Sunday and Monday, heavy rain with potential flooding is expected across much of central and eastern Oklahoma and Texas into the Lower Mississippi, Lower Ohio, and Tennessee Valleys. Lighter rain will spread north and east into the Appalachians and East Coast mid-next week. Behind the low, dry conditions are expected across the West into much of next week with an upper-level ridge except for a weak atmospheric river moving into the Northwest Sunday and Monday with rain and high elevation snow for Washington and the northern Rockies. Dry conditions are expected across much of the northern Plains and Upper Midwest through next Friday, with temperatures well above normal through Tuesday before cooling. Light snow will continue across portions of Alaska today before colder and drier air arrives this weekend into mid-next week. Light to moderate trade winds are expected across Hawai’i next week, with generally dry conditions except for a few light windward showers.
Daily statistics
Number of new large fires or emergency response * New fires are identified with an asterisk
