Bureau of Land Management

The BLM, a leader in wildland fire management, conducts a broad range of actions to protect the public, natural landscapes, wildlife habitat, recreational areas, and other values and resources. The bureau’s national fire and aviation program, BLM Fire, which focuses on public safety as its top priority, consists of fire suppression, preparedness, predictive services, vegetative fuels management, community assistance and protection, and fire prevention through education. To meet its wildland fire-related challenges, the BLM fields highly trained professional firefighters and managers who are committed to managing fire in the most effective and efficient manner. 

As the largest and most complex fire program within the Department of the Interior, BLM Fire is directly responsible for fire management on more than 245 million acres. This land is commonly intermixed with other federal, state, and local jurisdictions, making partnerships and collaborative efforts crucial to the mission of safety and fire management. Overall, BLM Fire implements fire protection on approximately 650 million acres of public land with other fire management agencies. 

BLM Fire, located at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, manages program budget at a national scale, sets policy and program standards, and works closely with the DOI’s Office of Wildland Fire, DOI sister agencies, the USDA Forest Service, state and other organizations.

Check out our most recent video about our helitack crews! Learn more by downloading this suppression resources infographic. You can also listen to our Wildfire Matters podcasts

We are BLM Fire: Helitack Crews

Fire Restrictions

Check out the fire restrictions across the BLM. It's important to #KnowBeforeYouGo and #RecreateResponsibly while enjoying your public lands.

BLM Fire Facebook

It's International Dark Sky Week! 🌌 We’re celebrating with some incredible nighttime fire photos captured by Bureau of Land Management wildland firefighters. First up: the 2024 BLM Fire Employee Photo Contest Equipment ... category winner! Pictured is a BLM wildland firefighter walking a dozer out of the Short Draw Fire near Biddle, Montana. 📸 Photo by Ryan White, BLM. Follow DarkSky International for more dark sky content and information on the importance of keeping our skies dark. 🌌
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As National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week draws to a close, we'd like to highlight our telecommunications specialists. These Bureau of Land Management employees have the important job of ensuring wildland firefighters and ... other first responders have the latest equipment and technology they need to stay safe and informed about the latest weather, fire conditions, operations, and more. Thank you for everything you do! 📸 Photo by Mark Hall
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We see our friend, Smokey Bear at FIS Alpine World Cup Tour! Bureau of Land Management - Idaho shared tips to the public about fire ecology, wildfire prevention, and spread the word about public land partnerships at the 2025 World ... Cup International Ski Finals in Sun Valley, Idaho. Sun Valley Resort Take a look at the recap! 👇
It's Thursday; time for another throwback fire pic! Pictured here is a BLM firefighter conducting a prescribed fire in 2020 at Pompeys Pillar National Monument in Montana. This prescribed fire improved ecosystem health and reduced ... the amount of hazardous fuels on the ground. Fuels work is essential to reduce the risk of large, devastating wildfires later in the year! 🔥 Want more fire pics? Check out the National Interagency Fire Center's Flickr 👉 flickr.com/photos/nifc/albums/ 📸 Photo by Colby K. Neal, BLM
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The Bureau of Land Management is always looking for ways to make fighting fire and conducting prescribed burns more efficient and safer for our wildland firefighters 🔥 One of the ways we do this is by using UAS, or unmanned ... aircraft systems, to aid in #RXFire, which allows fire personnel to strategically place fire and monitor its progress. By burning vegetation in a controlled way during ideal weather conditions, it reduces available fuel before a wildfire starts, thus reducing the intensity and spread of wildfires in the future. 📸 Pictures 1 and 2: UAS pilots assist Bureau of Land Management - Wyoming with the Devil's Canyon prescribed burn. Pictures 3 and 4: UAS pilots use drones to ignite the Wild Horse prescribed burn with Bureau of Land Management - Montana/Dakotas in Miles City, MT.
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ICYMI: members of the BLM Alaska Fire Service Chena Hotshots came on our Wildfire Matters podcast to talk about fighting fire in Alaska! Listen in to hear more 👇
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Are you gearing up to go on a fire assignment this summer? Watch the National Interagency Fire Center's new video, "What to Expect on Your First Fire Assignment," to get prepared!
Are you ready for a job where you protect public land, form lifelong friendships, and push your boundaries? 🥾 Bureau of Land Management Fire has a place for you. 🎬 Watch "The Wild Land," a short film about BLM wildland ... firefighters on the National Interagency Fire Center's YouTube channel here 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aTkc_0v9cA 🔥 Visit the BLM Fire Jobs Portal to find current listings and tips on how to apply 👉 https://www.nifc.gov/careers/blm-fire-job 📸 Video by Matt Irving, BLM
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