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Coordination and cooperation in wildland fire management.

Current National Statistics
26 Total
New Large Fires
18 Incidents
Total Large Fires
18,743 Acres
Burned in Large Fires
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Multiple #FireJob openings in the Pacific West region, National Park Service Fire and Aviation Management, including Assistant Engine Captain, Assistant Module Leader of a Type 2 Wildland Fire Module, and Helitack Squad Boss!
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Check out these #firejobs, hiring at multiple Air Forces bases for the U.S. Air Force Wildland Fire Program!
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Today is national #weedappreciation day, and we can’t let this day pass without acknowledging Fireweed! Did you know that Fireweed, (Chamerion angustifolium) gets its name from its ability to rapidly colonize areas burned by ... fire? It was one of the first plants to appear after the eruption of Mt. St. Helens in 1980. Fireweed provides soil stabilization on burned and other disturbed areas. It’s also a preferred food for ungulates in some western states, and is consumed by some wild animals such as woodland caribou, mountain goats, and small mammals. Fireweed is a nectar source for hummingbirds and butterflies. (Photos courtesy of USFS – closeup of fireweed plant) and Charlie Rudacille, NPS - Fireweed along the Dalton Highway in Alaska, 2022)
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#FireJobs from multiple Department of U.S. Department of the Interior agencies, which will be offered at the upcoming hiring fair in Denver, April 6-7, are online - check them out and apply at: ... https://doifirescareers.usajobs.gov/search/results/?d=IN&k=DOISHARE&s=startdate&sd=desc&p=1
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The U.S. Department of the Interior is hosting a wildland fire Career Fair in Denver, April 6-7. Find your dream #FireJob!
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Here's an exciting #FireJob opening as a Lead Helicopter Manager with Bureau of Land Management - Alaska Fire Service, based in Fairbanks!
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This #WomensHistoryMonth. we recognize Rose Vaughn, a fire lookout at one of the highest and most remote lookouts in the Sierras, at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks who suppressed a wildfire by herself! In 1945, during a ... severe storm, lightning struck close to her station, setting fire to a mass of logs and debris, which would have quickly spread without her quick response. With no one else nearby to help, Mrs. Vaughn grabbed a shovel and went to work. As she worked, she went back to the lookout to watch for other lightning strikes - she reported 3 other lightning-caused fires and when help arrived, she had her fire under control. #womeninwildfire
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Sheri Ascherfeld, highlighted today by Bureau of Land Management Fire, is one of our dedicated staff here at NIFC, with a career history in wildland fire! #WomeninWildfire #WomensHistoryMonth
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Welcome to the Nation's Logistical Support Center

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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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