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          31 Total
  New Large Fires
                                  7 Incidents
  Total Large Fires
                        21,352 Acres
  Burned in Large Fires

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      This week the International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF) is holding their 7th International Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference in three locations: Canberra, Australia; Tralee, Ireland; and Boise, Idaho. IAWF attendees from...the Boise conference had the opportunity to join us for a tour of the NIFC campus, the nation's support center for wildland firefighting. 

IAWF members were able to hear from our wildland fire experts and asked many engaging and forward-thinking questions. They traveled from all around the world to Boise for the conference. Many are from across the United States and Canada, and others traveled from as far as Australia, Sweden, Spain and France. 

Thank you for your dedication to wildland fire and thank you to those that joined us here at NIFC.   

#FireYear2024 #ItTakesAllOfUs #PrepareForWildfire 

(📷 BLM External Affairs)Show MoreDid you hear the news? The U.S. Department of the Interior recently announced $79 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support wildland fire management.Highly skilled individuals combined with dedication, communication, cooperation and compassion is what it takes to work at a dispatch center. The national dispatch coordination system is based on a three-tier response model.

🔺...Tier 1 - National Interagency Coordination Center (NICC) 
🔺 Tier 2 - Geographic Area Coordination Center (GACC) 
🔺 Tier 3 - Local Level Dispatch Centers 

It's a complex system where the primary mission is the timely, cost-effective and efficient coordination, mobilization, and demobilization of wildland fire resources. Dive deeper into the three-tier system with this overview video produced by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG). 

#NationalPublicSafetyTelecommunicatorsWeek #NPSTW2024 #ItTakesAllOfUsShow MoreCheck out this #DYK from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Fire about #RxFIRE and the fire clouds that can come from it.Curious about what the #FireJob of a wildland fire dispatcher entails? Check out this video by Bureau of Land Management Fire to hear from dispatch employees themselves. 

Dispatchers are the eyes and ears of our ground and aerial...resources as they work to protect our public lands. They usually work in an office setting and their job is interagency by nature. Many dispatch centers will work with multiple federal agencies and their local state and county resources. Watch this video to hear why dispatchers enjoy the hard work they do. 

#NationalPublicSafetyCommunicationsWeek #NPSTW2024Show MoreTake a look at these #WildfirePrevention tips from the U.S. National Weather Service (NWS). 

One less spark is one less wildfire.This week is #NationalPublicSafetyTelecommunicatorsWeek, and we want to take the time to recognize and thank our wildland fire dispatchers.  

Dispatchers play a pivotal role in wildland fire programs. From taking the first phone...report of a new fire to mobilizing crews, engines, smokejumpers, showers and other assets around the country in support of fire suppression, dispatchers always stay busy, and we are grateful for the important work they do! 

Don't forget to thank someone in dispatch this week for the invaluable role they have in wildland firefighting efforts. 

#NPSTW2024Show MoreThanks for following along as we shared #Firewise landscaping ideas to decrease wildfire risk to homes and communities. 

When it comes to protecting homes and communities from wildfires, firefighters can not do it alone. As more...of us live in the urban interface where homes and communities meet the wildlands, wildfire prevention and protection become everyone’s responsibility. #FireYear2024

Simple Firewise steps can help homeowners minimize the risk from wildfire and maximize safety. Learn about Fire Adaptive Communities here: http://fireadapted.org/

Photo: Firewise landscaping around this Idaho property provided a defensible space when a wildfire burned through the area. Photo by Idaho Firewise.Show MoreWelcome 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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