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Current National Statistics

5 Total

New Large Fires

13 Incidents

Large Fires Being Suppressed

1,064,187 Acres

Burned in Large Fires

Last Updated:

Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 07:36

* Source for statistics is the Incident Management Situation Report published by the National Interagency Coordination Center.

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#NationalFireNews: The National #PreparednessLevel has decreased to a 2 (PL2) as of 7:30 a.m. (MDT) today, October 29. Due to more favorable fuels and fire weather conditions, significant wildland fire activity continues to ... decrease in multiple Geographic Areas. The National Interagency Coordination Center has also seen a notable reduction in the ordering of all resource types for several days. There continues to be good availability for most nationally shared resources for this time of the year. 🔥More NFN: https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/nfn 📸Photo of the #ElkFire from InciWeb.

Today on #NationalFirstRespondersDay, we want to say THANK YOU to our wildland firefighters. These courageous individuals are dedicated to protecting our communities and natural resources, often setting their own lives to the ... side. We hope you realize how much your service is appreciated.

#NationalFireNews: October 28, 2024. Nationally, 11 large wildfires are currently active and have burned 1,073,226 acres. About 4,000 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to incidents, including 6 complex ... incident management teams, 56 crews, 180 engines, and 35 helicopters. Wildland firefighters and support personnel continue to assist with hurricane relief efforts in North Carolina. Two Canadian crews are assisting with suppression efforts in the Great Basin area. The Southern Area Coordination Center's predictive services unit has issued a fuels and fire behavior advisory for parts of Mississippi and Alabama, in conjunction with state and federal partners. The advisory notes the return of drought in these areas, which previously saw considerable tree mortality due to past drought stress and southern pine beetle infestations. 🔥Mississippi and Alabama advisory: https://www.nifc.gov/sites/default/files/NICC/2-Predictive%20Services/Fuels-Fire%20Danger/Fuels_Fire_Behavior_Advisory_SouthernArea_MS_AL_20241022.pdf 🔥 More NFN: https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/nfn

#NationalFireNews: October 25, 2024. Nationally, 16 large wildfires are currently active and have burned 1,112,048 acres. About 5,200 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to incidents, including 6 complex ... incident management teams, 92 crews, 301 engines, and 46 helicopters. Wildland firefighters and support personnel continue to assist with hurricane relief efforts in North Carolina. Two Canadian crews are assisting with suppression efforts in the Great Basin area. The Southern Area Coordination Center's predictive services unit has issued a fuels and fire behavior advisory for parts of Mississippi and Alabama, in conjunction with state and federal partners. The advisory notes the return of drought in these areas, which previously saw considerable tree mortality due to past drought stress and southern pine beetle infestations. ➡️ https://www.nifc.gov/sites/default/files/NICC/2-Predictive%20Services/Fuels-Fire%20Danger/Fuels_Fire_Behavior_Advisory_SouthernArea_MS_AL_20241022.pdf 🔥 More NFN: https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/nfn 📸 Photo one on the #EvergreenFire in Minnesota. Photo 2 on the #ElkFire in Wyoming. Photo 3 on the #SummitLakeFire in Michigan.

Want to expand and develop the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Fire wildland firefighter health and wellbeing program? Applications are OPEN for this GS-13 position located at NIFC. #FireJob. 🔥 www.usajobs.gov/job/815659400

#FireJob! Interested in a helitack or engine position with National Park Service Fire and Aviation Management? Take a look at the opportunities at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks!

Great interagency collaboration and efforts! Kudos to our wildland firefighters and support personnel with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Fire and Bureau of Land Management Fire! #ItTakesAllOfUs

Don’t miss this Women in Wildfire opportunity with the U.S. Forest Service - Shasta-Trinity National Forest! ⏰ Application deadline is November 1.

Welcome to the Nation's Logistical Support Center

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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