National Interagency Fire Center

#NationalFireNews: October 9, 2024. Yesterday, the National Multi-Agency Coordinating Group (NMAC) at NIFC increased the National Preparedness Level (PL) to 5 (the highest level on a scale of 1 to 5). It's only the second time the nation has been at PL 5 in October, and previously, the latest date in the calendar year at PL5 was October 1, 2020. Significant wildland fire activity continues in multiple geographic areas. Hurricane all-hazard response is significant and will likely increase as #HurricaneMilton makes landfall this week. The National Interagency Coordination Center (NICC) Predictive Services indicates that the “extremely anomalous fire environment” will remain in place until at least mid-October for much of the country. NICC is fully engaged with Geographic Area Wildland fire activity continues in seven states where 29 large active wildfires have burned 1,249,107 acres. Nearly 12,000 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to incidents, including 16 complex incident management teams, 205 crews, 621 engines, and 82 helicopters. This #FireYear2024, 40,140 wildfires have burned 7,661,234 acres. These numbers continue to be below the 10-year average for wildfires, and more than one million acres above the average acres burned. 🔥 More NFN: https://lnkd.in/gTj5mZB 📸 Photo of the #BinghamFire in Oregon, from InciWeb.

#NationalFireNews: October 17, 2024. The National Interagency Coordination Center in cooperation with the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center have mobilized two Canadian crews to assist with suppression efforts in the Great Basin area. The crews attended an orientation session earlier this week and will be hosted by the USDA Forest Service Salmon-Challis National Forest on the #RedRockFire. Wildland fire activity continues in 7 geographic areas, where 28 large active wildfires have burned 1,148,348 acres. About 9,900 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to incidents, including 12 complex incident management teams, 158 crews, 483 engines, and 108 helicopters. Wildland firefighters, complex incident management teams and support personnel continue to assist with hurricane relief efforts in Florida and North Carolina. 🔥 More NFN: https://lnkd.in/gTj5mZB 📸 Photo 1 of Canadian Crew from Parks Canada at orientation/training in Missoula, MT. Photo 2 on the #LavaFire, photo by Mike McMillan. Photo 3 on the #YellowLakeFire, photo from InciWeb.

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! The Bureau of Land Management and employees from NIFC had a quality 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 Boise State University Career Services

Do you want to help maintain and repair weather stations responsible for collecting weather data in remote and wild areas? Here's your chance for an amazing #FireJob! The Remote Automatic Weather Station program is looking to hire three Electronics Technicians to work in the RAWS field office in Carson City. Fun fact: RAWS attract animals and birds, which contribute to the need for repair and maintenance. They have been used by birds and geckos for nesting, chewed on by bear and cattle, and deer and elk utilize the antennas to rub off antler velvet. Read more about RAWS here https://lnkd.in/gJzyd3ni Listen to Episode 27 of the Wildfire Matters podcast to hear from other RAWS employees, "Remote Automatic Weather Station operations: shooting the breeze with Robbie Swofford, Justin Dopp and Cindy Sherfick" https://lnkd.in/g2G7aY5W 📍 Carson City, NV 🔥 Apply here by 10/24: https://lnkd.in/g6nwqCZG Open to federal employees, veterans, CTAP, LMWFA, PLC, (see listing for other special hiring authorities) Photo of an IRAWS near the Yellow Lake Fire, by Brenden Jasper, BLM RAWS Electronics Technician. #NotYourOrdinaryJob #WeAreBLMFire #RAWS

Calling all Broncos! We are excited to meet and talk with you tomorrow at the Boise State University Career Services Career Fair! Come by the Bureau of Land Management booth where we are partnering with BLM Idaho, BLM Fire, and representing the National Interagency Fire Center. Learn about opportunities in the world of wildland fire. See you tomorrow!

#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://lnkd.in/gAwgmrQp . 🔥 More NFN: https://lnkd.in/gTj5mZB 📸 Line Fire, California. Photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Pagan 163D Attack Wing, California Air National Guard.

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.

#Hiring! Bureau of Land Management Fire is hiring a new public affairs specialist to join our team at the National Interagency Fire Center! If you'd like to put your creativity to use communicating and promoting all aspects of the BLM Fire program through news releases, special stories, videos, social media content, and more, this is the #FireJob for you. Other duties include coordinating media coverage of BLM Fire activities, arranging interviews with subject matter experts, and serving as a spokesperson for NIFC. 🔥 GS-1035-11/12 💰 $72,553 - $113,047 per year 📍 Duty location in Boise, ID (National Interagency Fire Center) ✈️ Relocation expenses are reimbursable in accordance with agency policy. ⏰ Open NOW through October 23, 2024. Learn more and apply online at https://lnkd.in/g4fw-AHS

Another #BehindTheScenes face at the National Interagency Fire Center! Meet Timothy, an engineering intern with Bureau of Land Management Fire. As a US Navy Veteran where he was a Damage Controlman (shipboard firefighter) and current student at Boise State University studying Civil Engineering, he jumped on the opportunity to combine his skills of fire and engineering at NIFC. One of his memorable projects includes a roof replacement on campus. With many moving projects all in different stages, it's rare to see one through as an intern. Timothy was able to see the entire roof replacement process unfold in its entirety. His favorite part about interning here is seeing the diversity of work that's done. It's frequent that he encounters new faces around campus as the campus is big and small at the same time. One of the best parts of interning here is the length of the internship, he's been with us for a year and just renewed his time for another year. He wants to continue in the public sector and have the ability to make an impact on our countries infrastructure. Through federal service, he knows that goal is attainable. 📸 Photo provided by Timothy Hilton.

#NationalFireNews: October 10, 2024. With the nation currently at preparedness level 5, the highest level, wildland firefighters across the West continue to manage wildfires in multiple states. Federal resources are also supporting the many communities in North Carolina who were impacted by #HurricaneHelene, and prepositioning and responding to #HurricaneMilton, currently impacting communities in Florida. The wildland fire community in the U.S. is a world-class emergency response force, trained not just to fight massive wildfires, but also to support response efforts in any kind of disaster. Federal employees are working beside state, local and Tribal partners to provide resources and assistance for Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton. Currently, about 260 people, including complex incident management teams (IMTs), saw modules, and interagency hotshot crews, are assisting efforts in North Carolina. One of the many tasks of IMTs is to handle the logistics of bringing in supplies, store and stage those supplies, and get them out to the people that need them. This includes life essentials such as food, water, and ice. The saw modules and hotshot crews bring their expertise with chainsaws and other heavy equipment to clear and open roadways for emergency responders, and to help companies access power lines. From the National Interagency Fire Center, our thoughts are with every person affected by these unprecedented events, as well as those that are anxious for the wellbeing of their loved ones in these areas. We thank everyone working tirelessly to support communities and each other in the face of these disasters. Wildland fire activity continues in seven states where 30 large active wildfires have burned 1,253,183 acres. Nearly 12,700 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to incidents, including 16 complex incident management teams, 204 crews, 579 engines, and 117 helicopters. 🔥 More NFN: https://lnkd.in/gTj5mZB 📸 Photo on the #GoatFire, photo from InciWeb by Andy Lyon.