National Fire News

National Preparedness Level 1

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. 

Happy 2026 from NIFC.

Daily statistics
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
Year-to-date statistics
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
10-year average Year-to-Date
2016-2025 Fires: Acres:
Current Wildfires