Bureau of Land Management | National Interagency Fire Center

The BLM, a leader in wildland fire management, conducts a broad range of actions to protect the public, natural landscapes, wildlife habitat, recreational areas, and other values and resources. The bureau’s national fire and aviation program, BLM Fire, which focuses on public safety as its top priority, consists of fire suppression, preparedness, predictive services, vegetative fuels management, community assistance and protection, and fire prevention through education. To meet its wildland fire-related challenges, the BLM fields highly trained professional firefighters and managers who are committed to managing fire in the most effective and efficient manner.

As the largest and most complex fire program within the Department of the Interior, BLM Fire is directly responsible for fire management on more than 245 million acres. This land is commonly intermixed with other federal, state, and local jurisdictions, making partnerships and collaborative efforts crucial to the mission of safety and fire management. Overall, BLM Fire implements fire protection on approximately 650 million acres of public land with other fire management agencies.

BLM Fire, located at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, manages program budget at a national scale, sets policy and program standards, and works closely with the DOI’s Office of Wildland Fire, DOI sister agencies, the USDA Forest Service, state and other organizations.

Check out our most recent video about our helitack crews! Learn more by downloading this suppression resources infographic. You can also listen to our Wildfire Matters podcasts.

We are BLM Fire: Helitack Crews

Fire Restrictions

Check out the fire restrictions across the BLM. It's important to #KnowBeforeYouGo and #RecreateResponsibly while enjoying your public lands.

BLM Fire Facebook

When wildfires break out, the news often shows the flames, helicopters, and airtankers dropping retardant. But what about the work happening behind the scenes? That’s where Fire Incident Business Specialists come in. They ... secure land use agreements for helicopter dip sites, coordinate and set up agreements with caterers and showers for firefighters and support staff, and help secure locations for Incident Command Posts, all to ensure the incident response runs smoothly. Check out this #WeAreBLMFire video to see the vital role these specialists play in wildfire response.

Right there near the fireline and our wildland firefighters are Remote Automatic Weather Stations (RAWS), providing real-time data like wind speed, relative humidity, and air temperature. This information helps fire management ... and firefighters make safe, strategic decisions. Bureau of Land Management employees manage the RAWS program nationwide, supporting many of our interagency partners and wildfire operations nationwide. 📸Post Fire, photo by Brenden Jasper.

Today we honor and remember Spencer Koyle, who lost his life on this day in 2006 fighting the Devil's Den Fire in Utah. Spencer was a lifelong firefighter, serving 15 years between the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest ... Service. His career began in high school where he worked as a seasonal firefighter during the summers. At the time of his death‚ Spencer was the Fire Operations Supervisor for the Fillmore Interagency Fire Crew. Spencer was a great mentor and touched countless lives. Many appreciated his dependability‚ integrity‚ and work ethic‚ and admired the love he had for his profession. Spencer is never forgotten. Read more on Spencer's life and legacy: https://www.firehero.org/fallen-firefighter/spencer-s-koyle/

Wildfire recovery starts here, meet one of the BAER teams! After the South Rim Fire in Colorado, the Burned Area Emergency Response team stepped in to address emergency stabilization, protect the public, and prevent further ... damage. Read or listen to more below!

Throughout the summer, Boise Smokejumpers travel to multiple states to “boost” by positioning themselves in key locations, ready to support initial attack efforts when fires start. Great to see the smokejumpers are supporting ... Burns Interagency Fire Zone and also getting some practice jumps in!

Did you know the Great Basin Cache issued over 20,000 pieces of equipment and supply line items last year? This behind the scenes team keeps firefighters and support personnel equipped with the materials they need year-round. ... Within the cache system, the Returns Warehouse refurbishes durable supplies for reuse, saving taxpayers significant dollars. Inventory is put back on the shelf for use on the next incident. It takes all of us in wildland fire. Photos by Caleb Ashby and Rebecca Paterson.

Across the nation, BLM firefighters and support personnel have been working to protect communities and your public lands. Spotted in Utah on the Beulah Fire are BLM fire management and firefighters working alongside our ... interagency partners. Photo by Andrea Good, BLM Fire.

The best way to help a wildland firefighter is to prevent a human-caused wildfire!