Nationwide, 11,287 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to incidents. Resources include 242 crews, 575 engines, 112 helicopters, and 7 complex incident management teams, assigned to 39 fires across the country.
Target shooting is a common cause of accidental fire starts in some areas. Always shoot in areas free of dry grass and bushes, and use targets that won't spark. Make sure your shooting area is clear of flammable materials, and keep a fire extinguisher or water nearby just in case. By being cautious and responsible, you can help protect public and private lands from the dangers of wildfire.
We’re all part of the solution, working together to protect communities, support firefighters, and reduce human-caused ignitions. Learn more about the national fire year themes and how each of us can make a difference: 2025 National Fire Year Themes.
Weather
Hot, dry, and breezy southwesterlies develop across inland California east of the Sierra and extend across the Great Basin to the West Slope, including areas of northern Arizona, northeast New Mexico, southern Idaho, and southwest Wyoming. Southwest winds of 15-25 mph with gusts 25-40 mph, minimum relative humidity of 3-15%, and poor overnight recovery, and elevated fire weather conditions are expected across the much of those parts, with critical conditions across Utah, northwest Colorado, and southeast Wyoming. Extreme heat continues to build over parts of the southwest. Isolated mixed wet/dry, thunderstorms are possible across parts of northeast California and the inland Pacific Northwest, across to western Wyoming and Montana, and possibly across northern Nevada and Utah. Note that any storms that develop over northern Utah, northern Nevada, or southern Idaho would be mostly dry an coincident with elevated fire weather conditions. Monsoon moisture lies mostly east of The Divide, where isolated to scattered wet thunderstorms are forecast. Isolated dry thunderstorms will remain possible on the western fringe of the moisture, including western parts of New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected across the Great Plains. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue across the south and southeast. Warm and dry weather will continue across Interior Alaska, while the strong trade winds in Hawai’i will ease slightly but locally critical conditions are possible as minimum humidity falls to 35-45%.
Daily statistics
Number of new large fires or emergency response * New fires are identified with an asterisk
