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Coordination and cooperation in wildland fire management.
Current National Statistics
5 Total
New Large Fires
28 Incidents
Large Fires Being Suppressed
1,148,348 Acres
Burned in Large Fires
Last Updated:
* Source for statistics is the Incident Management Situation Report published by the National Interagency Coordination Center.
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With NIFC just a few miles from Boise State University, we couldn’t miss the opportunity to spend the day talking to Broncos about the many possibilities for careers in wildland fire! Employees who work at NIFC for the Bureau of ... Land Management Fire alongside the Bureau of Land Management - Idaho had a productive day talking with students, helping many with simply navigating the application process for federal jobs.
Many Broncos are destined to join us in public service! #ItTakesAllOfUs
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🔥Want to learn about more career options? Visit https://www.nifc.gov/careers .
#NationalFireNews: October 16, 2024. Wildland fire activity continues in 7 geographic areas, where 24 large active wildfires have burned 1,199,994 acres.
More than 10,000 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned ... to incidents, including 17 complex incident management teams, 172 crews, 459 engines, and 113 helicopters.
Seven complex incident management teams and hundreds of wildland firefighters and support personnel continue to assist with hurricane relief efforts in Florida and North Carolina.
As firefighters get a wildfire under control, another group of experts move into the area to start the healing of the land. After a wildfire, the land may need to be stabilized to prevent loss of topsoil through erosion and prevent the movement of dirt into rivers and streams. Land management specialists and volunteers jump start the renewal of plant life through seeding and planting annuals, trees and native species that help retain soil and fight invasive weeds. It is a long-term process that comes alive as the fires die down. For more information on the work these scientists are doing, visit https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/accessible-view?combine=BAER&field_state_target_id=
🔥 More NFN: https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/nfn
Hey Broncos! We hope to see you at the Boise State University Career Fair tomorrow. Come stop by our booth with Bureau of Land Management - Idaho and Bureau of Land Management Fire to learn about careers with the BLM and in the ... world of wildland fire!
See you there Broncos.
#NationalFireNews: October 15, 2024. Wildland fire activity continues in 9 states where 27 large active wildfires have burned 1,183,610 acres.
More than 10,500 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to ... incidents, including 19 complex incident management teams, 185 crews, 472 engines, and 89 helicopters.
Seven complex incident management team along with hundreds of wildland firefighters and support personnel continue to assist with hurricane relief efforts in Florida and North Carolina.
A fuels and fire behavior advisory has been reissued for the Great Basin area. The fire environment across nearly all of the geographic area has returned to unusually high fire danger as persisting hot and dry conditions have resulted in critically low fuel moisture levels. The flammability of Great Basin fuels has been demonstrated daily with the aggressive fire behavior on existing large fires in western Wyoming, central/southern Idaho, northern Nevada, and northern Utah. For more information visit https://www.nifc.gov/nicc/predictive-services/fuels-fire-danger .
🔥More NFN: https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/nfn
Here's a #FireJob in the great state of Alaska that you don't want to miss. The National Park Service Fire and Aviation Management is hiring an Assistant Fire Management Officer at Denali National Park and Preserve! Applications ... are open through October 21.
🔥https://www.usajobs.gov/job/812655100
#NationalfireNews: October 14, 2024. Wildland fire activity continues in 11 states where 31 large active wildfires have burned 1,234,067 acres. Nearly 11,000 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to incidents, ... including 19 complex incident management teams, 182 crews, 550 engines, and 104 helicopters. #FireYear2024
Support for relief efforts continues in North Carolina and Florida. Wildland fire managers prepare for potentially strong winds the next couple days in the Great Basin, Southwest and Rockies.
During hunting season, dirt bikes, ATVs, and side-by-side vehicles are used to travel to hard-to-get places and carrying out the prized deer or elk. If your plans for getting outside include some motorized adventure, please be cautious when driving or parking on dry grass or brush. Check for fire restrictions and abide by that guidance. #RecreateResponsibly #WildfireSafety
🔥More NFN: https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/nfn
📸Photos from InciWeb. Photo 1 from #DalyFire in Montana. Photo 2 from the #PackTrailFire in Wyoming. Photo 3 from #LavaFire in Idaho.
On #IndigenousPeoplesDay we honor and celebrate America's first inhabitants and the Tribal nations that continue to persevere and thrive today. We celebrate their history and determination to preserve cultures and honor their ... contributions they've made to the world.
#NationalFireNews: October 13, 2024. Wildland fire activity continues in nine western states, Missouri and Florida, where 30 large active wildfires have burned 1,236,380 acres. Nearly 11,700 wildland firefighters and support ... personnel are assigned to incidents, including 18 complex incident management teams, 196 crews, 556 engines, and 108 helicopters. #FireYear2024
Complex incident management team and wildland firefighting personnel continue to support relief efforts for Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton.
Our forests, parks, and rangelands are a natural treasure so please do your part in protecting the open spaces we all value. Enjoy your public lands and protect them by doing your part in fire prevention. Remember to #RecreateResponsibly and teach campfire safety to your children. Make sure your campfires are dead out by using dirt and water when stirring the coals. Use a shovel to help properly extinguish your campfire and keep it nearby, just in case. Be careful with matches and lighters and carefully extinguish all smoking materials. Together we can prevent unwanted wildfires. #ItTakesAllOfUs
🔥More NFN: https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/nfn
📸Photos from InciWeb. Photo 1 from the #GoatFire. Photo 2 from the #ValleyFire. Photo 3 from #TigerCreekFire.
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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