Wildland Fire News

A selection of news releases and stories related to wildland fire management. For details about ongoing wildfires, visit the National Interagency Fire Center.

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dotGov Notes: Apply now for wildland firefighter jobs (www.usajobs.gov)
A firefighter carrying a drip torch through a burning forest
10/21/2019
Bureau of Land Management seeks temporary employees to work on wildland firefighting crews in several western states.
October Tech Update
Two firefighters show off a FireNet enabled cell phone on the Vader Fire
10/17/2019
In today’s modern landscape, technology, and accessibility to that technology, is as important to the wildland firefighter on the ground as the chainsaw and Pulaski.
Fall pile burning projects in Grand Teton National Park (www.nps.gov)
Small logs and branches gathered into a pile.
10/8/2019
Teton Interagency Fire personnel will be burning slash piles created from fuel reduction projects along the Signal Mountain Summit Road and Pacific Creek Road as well as other areas of Grand Teton National Park this month.
Reflecting on mental health (Part 2 of 2)
Peer Support L.C.E.S
10/8/2019
Looking at some of the mental health resources available to wildland firefighters.
Reflecting on mental health (Part 1 of 2)
A firefighters sprays water around a rustic cabin as a fire approaches.
10/8/2019
Reflecting on what we can do to understand, support, and care for our firefighters and emergency responders throughout the year.
dotGov Notes: Fire Prevention Week (www.usfa.fema.gov)
A young person holding a drawing
10/7/2019
This year’s campaign works to educate everyone about the small but important actions they can take to keep themselves and those around them safe from home fires.
Bureau of Land Management transfers wildland fire engines to rural fire readiness partners (www.blm.gov)
Five people standing in front of a wildland fire engine
10/4/2019
The Bureau of Land Management Twin Falls District Fire Management Program transferred wildland fire engines to the Bliss Rural Fire District, Notch Butte Rangeland Fire Protection Association, Raft River Rural Fire Protection District, Saylor Creek Rangeland Fire Protection Association, and the Shoshone Basin Rangeland Fire Protection Association.
dotGov Notes: Annual report on firefighter fatalities in the United States (www.usfa.fema.gov)
Flags fly at half-staff behind a stone memorial
10/4/2019
U.S. Fire Administration study aims to identify and analyze all on-duty firefighter fatalities to increase understanding of their causes and how they can be prevented.
dotGov Notes: Wildfires: how do they affect our water supplies? (www.epa.gov)
Wildfire flames leaping from a mountain ridge.
10/4/2019
Environmental Protection Agency researchers have begun to look at the impact of wildfires on water supplies: the natural resource we depend on for drinking, irrigation, fishing, and recreation.
dotGov Notes: Eyes on the sky: a day in the life of an incident meteorologist (www.weather.gov)
Two people launching a weather balloon
9/30/2019
Incident meteorologists help keep fire crews safe by enabling fire managers to plan operations taking into account one of the most variable aspects of fire— the weather.
Aravaipa veterans crew certified as interagency hotshots (www.blm.gov)
A group of people posting for a photo next to a canyon.
9/27/2019
The Bureau of Land Management’s Gila District announced today that the Aravaipa Veterans Fire Crew has achieved certification as an Interagency Hotshot Crew.
As a mild fire season comes to an end, here’s how the Department of the Interior prepared for the worst
Firefighters cutting brush in a forest
9/25/2019
The Denver Post publishes an op-ed about wildfire preparedness from Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt.
North Zone Fire Management hosts their first Women in Wildfire boot camp (www.nps.gov)
A group of people in fire gear posing for a photo
9/20/2019
The Kaibab National Forest and Grand Canyon National Park joined together to facilitate a Women in Wildfire boot camp.
dotGov Notes: Fire Forecasting Goes Into the Wild (www.nasa.gov)
Two firefighters standing in front of a column of wildfire smoke
9/19/2019
Researchers with NASA’s Applied Science Program use a prescribed fire to test fire forecasting models in the wilderness.
Fast Fire Facts from USGS (www.usgs.gov)
A fire burning through grasses below a canopy of trees.
9/16/2019
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has researchers studying and modeling the impacts of wildland fires from Florida to Alaska. Here’s what you need to know about wildland fire and the USGS role in wildland fire science.

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