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Coordination and cooperation in wildland fire management.
Current National Statistics
17 Total
New Large Fires
3 Incidents
Total Large Fires
5,919 Acres
Burned in Large Fires
Last Updated:
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Not only is today #EarthDay, but it's also the start of #NationalParkWeek! We want to take the time to remind everyone to please #RecreateResponsibly while enjoying our National Parks and public lands.
Recreators play a valuable ... role in preventing wildfires. Always know before you go, plan and prepare, and respect fire. Learn more about recreating responsibly at ➡ https://www.recreateresponsibly.org/wildfireresponsibly.
Thanks to our own here at NIFC (National Park Service Fire and Aviation Management) for the work you do to provide leadership for the protection and preservation of NPS cultural and natural resources through wildland and structural fire management. Happy National Park Week!
Happy #EarthDay everyone! Wildland firefighting agencies at NIFC support and preserve our natural resources through wildland fire management and fuels treatment. Help mitigate human-caused wildfire this #FireYear2024 by recreating ... responsibly and promoting fire resilient landscapes.
We hope you find time to enjoy this Earth today.
📷California Landscape by Robert Wick; BLM
📷Just outside of Zion National Park at the edge of Smith Mesa, sagebrush, juniper, and cottonwood grows. Photo by Suzanne Allman
What better way to prepare for the #Fireline5K than grabbing some friends and getting out on a trail run?
We are still 6 weeks out from the Fireline 5K on June 2, which means you still have time to sign up and prepare for 3.1 ... miles of running, jogging or walking in support of #NationalWildlandFirefighterDay.
✅Sign up here -->https://runsignup.com/Race/ID/Boise/Fireline5K
🔥Don't forget about the virtual option starting on June 2 and counting down until #NWFFD on July 2. More information here https://www.nifc.gov/nwffd
We want you to join us and our partners, Boise Fire Department ,Fleet Feet Treasure Valley and the Wildland Firefighter Foundation. Either in-person or virtually, see you there!
#NationalWildlandFirefighterDay2024
(📷 Credit Matt Irving)
Only two weeks away on the first Saturday of May is #WildfirePrepDay2024.
This day aims to encourage people and organizations to come together to raise awareness and reduce wildfire risk. If you live in a Wildfire Urban ... Interface (WUI), it's always a good idea to be #Firewise and prepare your property for the potential of wildfire.
🔽What you can do today 🔽
✅Clean roof surfaces and gutters of pine needles, leaves, and branches regularly.
✅Remove portions of any tree extending within 10 feet of the flue opening of any stove or chimney.
✅Create a fuel break and maintain it around all structures.
✅ Ensure wood piles, fuel tanks and other burnable materials are 30 feet from structures.
For more fire prevention education visit https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/fire-prevention-education-mitigation
#NationalWildfireCommunityPreparednessDay
(📷Kari Greer 2012)
The U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management Fire and other federal wildland fire agencies will conduct annual training for Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems (MAFFS) personnel at Channel Islands Air National Guard (ANG) ... Station in Port Hueneme, California, April 23-27.
The training will include personnel from the Air Force Reserve’s 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, and the host unit, the California Air National Guard’s 146th Airlift Wing. Four military C-130 Hercules aircraft will be utilized during the training as well as several lead planes.
The recertification training includes classroom sessions, flying and ground operations for Air Force aircrews, civilian lead plane pilots and support personnel from the Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and other federal and state agencies. The exercise is one of two this spring for the MAFFS program. The Wyoming Air National Guard’s 153rd Airlift Wing and the Nevada Air National Guard’s 152nd Airlift Wing will undertake the same training session at Channel Islands ANG Station in May.
Read the news release here - https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/news-releases/national-aerial-wildland-fire-training-southern-california
MAFFS training photo courtesy 152nd Airlift Wing Public Affairs/Nevada Air National Guard.
NIFC is the home base of the Great Basin Smokejumpers, one of nine smokejumper bases in the United States! As the busy season approaches, these extraordinarily strong and disciplined firefighters are preparing their gear, their ... bodies, and their minds for the work - which means brushing up on the practice of bailing out of a fixed-wing aircraft at 3,000 feet. From rookies performing their first jumps to veterans with many seasons under their belts, this is an exciting time of year for jumpers.
Learn more about the Great Basin Smokejumpers at https://www.nifc.gov/about-us/what-is-nifc/smokejumpers!
(Video by Rebecca Paterson, BLM)
#FireJob❗️ The Bureau of Indian Affairs is hiring a GS-14 Aviation Program Manager (Aviation Branch Chief) at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho.
Details below from BIA Forestry and Wildland Fire ... Management.
Apply by May 1, 2024 -->https://www.usajobs.gov/job/787476800
#NationalFireNews: 18 new large fires were reported in the past week. Currently, three large uncontained wildfires are burning in Kansas, Virginia, and North Carolina. Wildland firefighters and support personnel contained 22 large ... fires this week.
A fuels and fire behavior advisory remains in effect for Northwest Texas, western Oklahoma, southwest Kansas, southeastern Colorado and far eastern New Mexico. Should unwanted ignitions occur, wildland fire personnel should expect extreme to unprecedented fire growth and intensity in these areas due to high fuel loads and windy and dry atmospheric conditions.
Year-to-date statistics show that 10,199 wildfires have burned 1,774,404 acres during this #FireYear2024.
More information---> https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/nfn
(Photo by Southern Area Gold Team Operations Section Chief Mark Jamieson. Strategic firing operations on Waites Run Road on the George Washington & Jefferson National Forests on March 26, 2024)
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.
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