National Interagency 

Coordination Center

Wildland Fire

Summary and Statistics

Annual Report

2014

Boles Fire, California
Table of Contents

Identifier Legend ............................................................................................................. 1

Preface............................................................................................................................ 2

2014 Fire Environment Summary.................................................................................... 3

National Fire Activity Synopsis ........................................................................................ 8

Military and International Mobilizations............................................................................ 9

Significant Wildland Fires ................................................................................................ 9

Significant Fire Activity .................................................................................................. 10

Wildfires and Acres Reported to NICC .......................................................................... 12

Prescribed Fire Projects and Acres ............................................................................... 22

National Preparedness Levels ...................................................................................... 26

National Preparedness Level Summary........................................................................ 27

Incident Management Team Mobilizations .................................................................... 28

Department of Defense Mobilizations............................................................................ 33

Crew Mobilizations ........................................................................................................ 33

Engine and Tactical Water Tender Mobilizations ........................................................... 36

Overhead Mobilizations................................................................................................. 39

Helicopter Mobilizations ................................................................................................ 41

Fixed Wing Aircraft Mobilizations .................................................................................. 45

Equipment Services Mobilization .................................................................................. 52

Radio and Weather Equipment Mobilizations................................................................ 54

NICC Benchmarks......................................................................................................... 56

Acronyms and Terminology ........................................................................................... 57

National Report of Wildland Fire and Acres Burned by State........................................ 58
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Identifier Legend 

Interagency Coordination Centers

NICC: National Interagency Coordination Center

NIFC: National Interagency Fire Center

CIIFC: Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre 

AK: Alaska Area

EA: Eastern Area

GB: Great Basin Area

NO: Northern California Area

NR: Northern Rockies Area

NW: Northwest Area

RM: Rocky Mountain Area

SA: Southern Area

SW: Southwest Area

SO: Southern California Area

Federal Government Agencies

FS: Forest Service

BIA: Bureau of Indian Affairs

BLM: Bureau of Land Management

FWS: Fish and Wildlife Service

NPS: National Park Service

FEMA: Federal Emergency Management Agency

ESF4: Emergency Support Function, Firefighting

NWS: National Weather Service

DOE: Department of Energy

DOD: Department of Defense

International Partners

AU: Australia

CN: Canada

MX: Mexico

NZ: New Zealand

Other Providers/Ownership

CNTY: County

OT: Other

PRI: Private

ST: State

ST/OT: State/Other Combined
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Preface

Statistics used in this report were gathered from the interagency Fire and Aviation 

Management Web Applications (FAMWEB) system, which includes the Situation Report 

and Incident Status Summary (ICS-209) programs. Previous National Interagency 

Coordination Center (NICC) annual reports and other sources were also used in this 

document. The statistics presented here are intended to provide a national perspective 

of annual fire activity but may not reflect official figures for a specific agency. The statistics 

are delineated by agency and Geographic Area. Pie chart figures are rounded to the 

nearest whole percentage point. This document and prior year annual reports are 

available electronically on NICC’s Intelligence web page. 

Resource mobilization statistics used in this report were gathered from the interagency 

Resource Ordering and Status System (ROSS), which tracks tactical, logistical, service 

and support resources mobilized by the national incident dispatch coordination system. 

Statistics presented in this report are the resources requested by one of the ten 

Geographic Area Coordination Centers and processed through NICC. Requests by FEMA 

are placed to NICC through Emergency Support Function (ESF) #4 (Firefighting). The 

resource ordering process and procedures may be found in the National Mobilization 

Guide. The National Mobilization Guide can be found at the NICC Reference Documents 

web page. 
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2014 Fire Environment Summary

Winter (December 2013 – February 2014)

A highly amplified weather pattern over North America brought several surges of Arctic 

air into the U.S. through the winter months, particularly for the eastern half of the country. 

Significant snow, cold temperatures, and ice storms were even noted through the deep 

South. Extremely cold conditions plagued the eastern half of the U.S. with temperatures 

10 to 15 degrees below normal. Much of the western U.S. was up to 10 degrees above 

normal, including the Southwest and the Great Basin.

Precipitation totals for the season ended up considerably below normal west of the 

Continental Divide, especially in California, the southwest, and much of the Great Basin. 

In contrast, above normal precipitation was recorded along and east of the Rockies. The 

northern Plains and the upper Midwest also had a wet season from Montana to the Great 

Lakes. 

Severe to exceptional drought conditions continued over the west from the western slope 

of the Rockies to the Pacific coast. Severe or worse conditions also continued from 

eastern New Mexico to the upper Mississippi region and through much of the southern

plains. Drought conditions also remained in portions of Hawaii and Puerto Rico.

Drought and precipitation deficits across the western U.S. led to heavier and higher 

elevation fuels not receiving critical moisture during the winter months. These conditions 

also led to stressed vegetation which was more available to burn. As consequence of 

poor winter and spring precipitation across much of the west, fine fuels experienced a 

lighter and less continuous fuel loading. This was especially important in areas where 

grasses are the main carrier of fire, limiting the ability of fires to spread rapidly without the 

addition of windy conditions to produce significant fire growth. 

East of the Rocky Mountains, grass crops were heavier from fall and winter precipitation. 

In the South and East, fuels remained moist; however, cold temperatures led to some 

frost kill which did elevate fire potential. Neither circumstance had enough ignitions to 

present a significant fire problem.

Spring (March – May)

Alaska and the southwest U.S. saw warm, dry, and windy conditions through the spring 

months. In contrast, the Pacific Northwest, the Gulf Coast, and the Rocky Mountains had 

unsettled conditions with a progressive pattern that delivered significant, late-winter 

precipitation. The northeast U.S. also saw frequent storms that brought river flooding to 

that region. 

The northern U.S. and all areas east of the Rocky Mountains were cooler than normal for 

the period, with the Great Lakes and portions of New England 10 to 15 degrees below 
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normal. Most of the West escaped the cold with temperatures generally near normal, but 

warmer than normal along the California Coast. 

Severe to exceptional drought conditions continued over most of the west with the 

southwest quarter of the country recording the most extreme conditions. Severe or worse 

conditions also continued from the southern plains of New Mexico and West Texas 

eastward to the upper-Mississippi Valley. Little change came to Alaska, while portions of 

Hawaii and Puerto Rico remained abnormally dry.

In northern California, most dead fuels were very dry for the time of year, much more 

similar to early summer conditions. Green-up was fully underway across lower and mid 

elevations with some aspects already showing a bit of curing. Fuels reached critical 

dryness levels in the lower elevations by mid-May, expanding to all areas by mid-June. 

For southern California, vegetation showed significant green-up during the late winter and 

early spring period despite the dry conditions. Heavier fuels remain extremely dry, and 

there was an increased component of dead fuels in brush and shrubs. 

Across the Southwest late summer and fall precipitation led to an increased fine fuel crop 

which became available to burn. At higher elevations heavier fuels remain extremely dry 

and exposed from limited snowpack over the winter. The Great Basin saw fuels quickly 

dry out with curing occurring from late May through June. Fine fuels were more prevalent 

than last year thanks to well-timed precipitation during the spring. Heavier fuels were 

very dry due to drought stress and lack of precipitation; however, there was enough 

precipitation through the first half of May to keep these fuels from becoming a significant 

concern. In the central Rockies higher elevation fuels were under snow cover early in the 

month of May with snow-pack surpluses across northern Wyoming and to a lesser extent 

in the Black Hills. Otherwise, lower elevation grasslands across the eastern plains 

continued transitioning from cured to green during May. Across the northern Rockies a 

moist spring mitigated much of the fire concern until July and August. Unusual dryness 

and low snowpack observed over much of Oregon and lower elevations in eastern 

Washington boosted the potential for fires resulting from exposed, dry fuels. Fuels rapidly 

became snow-free across the southern two-thirds of Alaska. The northern Interior and 

northwestern Alaska became snow-free during the second week of May. In the eastern 

U.S. below normal fuel moistures persisted through much of April over portions of the 

mid-Mississippi Valley, western Oklahoma, West Texas, and southern Florida. Fuel 

moistures across the rest of the eastern U.S. are near normal.

Summer (June – August)

Early summer was characterized by a series of unseasonably strong troughs in the Pacific 

Northwest, and frequent thunderstorms with severe weather dominating the eastern twothirds of the country. The Southwest Monsoon abruptly began in early July with 

seasonably moist conditions at regular intervals. The moist flow around the high pressure 

ridge over the region also delivered two separate lightning events to the western U.S. in 

July, but both were accompanied by widespread precipitation.
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The first event, in the Northwest, ignited several large fires that were fanned by hot, dry 

and windy conditions for a few days before rain mitigated burning conditions. The second 

event unfolded in early August with scattered lightning that sparked fires across northern 

California and the Northwest. This same weather event brought heavy rainfall to the Front 

Range of the Rocky Mountains from Wyoming to New Mexico and into the southern 

Plains. A deep trough persisted over the eastern U.S. through mid-summer, and kept 

conditions cooler than normal with periodic rain. 

Moist, southerly flow produced unseasonably wet conditions through the West in late 

summer. This was punctuated by a slow-moving trough of low pressure that moved 

through the Northwest and northern Rockies with weather more characteristic of Autumn. 

Precipitation totals for late summer were over 400 percent of normal in parts of the 

northern Rockies and northern Great Basin. Much drier conditions prevailed for 

California’s central valley where less than 25 percent of normal rainfall fell in August. East 

of the Rockies, precipitation was near normal. Summer temperatures were slightly above 

normal in the western U.S. and slightly below normal east of the Rockies. 

Severe to exceptional drought continued across much of the West including California, 

southeast Oregon and western Nevada. The remainder of the western and southwest 

U.S. continued to see moderate to severe drought conditions, as did portions of the plains.

Fuel conditions across the country represented the dichotomy of the weather pattern of 

the past few months. In the western U.S. long term drought remained in place across 

most of the area west of the Rocky Mountains. In the east abundant precipitation fell and 

reduced fire potential to very minimal levels. Many of the significant fires occurred in the 

Pacific Northwest. Long term drought stressed some of the live fuels and provided a drier 

than usual condition in some of the heavier dead fuels. The fires that occurred were 

mainly in the finer fuels. It was expected that during August some of these fires will 

transition to heavier fuels. Fuels in the Northwest were also expected to be a concern 

well into September. In California long term drought remained in place and fuels were 

dry enough to support significant fires at any point. Ignition events were typically coupled 

with just enough moisture to temper fire activity until later in the season. Since fuel 

conditions remained critical and ignitions remained likely California continued to 

experience significant fires through the summer. In the remainder of the West, significant 

precipitation occurred throughout July. Fuels demonstrated that they are dry enough to 

support significant fires when hot and dry weather built in, but these fires tended to be 

short lived as regular surges of monsoonal moisture moderated fuel conditions. The East 

saw numerous extremely wet systems that kept fuels in a condition where significant fires 

were unlikely.

Autumn (September – December)

Record heat accompanied several offshore wind events in the Pacific Northwest and 

northern California in early-Autumn. By mid-September the pattern changed as remnant 

moisture from Pacific hurricanes streamed northward through the southwest U.S. and 
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brought flooding rains to the Southwest and southern California. Widespread wetting rain 

resulted for most of the country as a longwave trough slowly tracked east. 

Thereafter, a series of several Pacific storms brought additional rainfall and mountain 

snow to the Northwest, California and the northern Rockies. This trend continued over 

much of the West through mid-October, including drought-stricken southern California. 

East of the Continental Divide, a stream of tropical moisture teamed up with a cold trough 

of low pressure and delivered widespread precipitation and thunderstorms as well as 

heavy rain in the central and southern plains. Widespread hard freeze conditions were 

recorded through the eastern U.S. on Halloween.

Intense low pressure systems through mid-November produced significant precipitation 

in the Great Lakes region and the Intermountain West, including drought-stricken 

California. Heavy snowfall was recorded in New England and the Appalachian 

Mountains, with snow extending as far south as the Carolinas. 

Another storm in early December brought over a foot of new snow to the northeast U.S., 

while another major storm brought several inches of rain and high-elevation snowfall to 

the West Coast during the same period. California received more precipitation in the first 

half of December than it measured over the previous three years combined. Significant 

precipitation also fell over much of the Northwest, the Great Basin and the Rockies.

Fall and early winter temperatures across the nation were generally above normal with 

the exception of record heat in southern California. Also, bitter cold November 

temperatures east of the Rockies were well below normal. Across the Western U.S., 

Rocky Mountains, and Atlantic regions 200 to 300 percent of normal precipitation was 

measured during the fall and winter. In contrast, severely-below normal precipitation was 

noted in the southern Rockies, lower Mississippi Valley, and Dakotas.

Despite the beneficial precipitation in the West, extreme to exceptional drought remained 

over California, western Nevada, and southern Oregon. Extreme to exceptional drought 

also remained over parts of western Oklahoma and northern Texas during the fall and 

early winter.

A significant precipitation event in late September mitigated much of the fuel concerns 

outside of central and southern California. Fuel conditions continued to ebb and flow 

across the Northwest, northern Rockies and northern portions of the Great Basin through 

the fall and occasionally were dry enough to support large fires. However, short days and 

cooler temperatures made these fires typically single burning period events. Much of the 

Rockies and the Southwest saw enough precipitation for fuels in these areas to be 

considerably wetter than normal. East of the Mississippi short term drying coupled with 

leaf drop never materialized enough to cause concerns for significant fires. The 

remainder of the western fire season continued to be confined to central and southern 

California. Long term drought continued to promote dry, and drought stressed vegetation. 

As the potential for offshore flow increased these conditions set the stage for significant 
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fire activity that never really presented itself even though conditions were there to support 

significant fires.

Hurricane and Other Non-Fire Incident Support

The 2014 Atlantic Hurricane season was the least active in twenty years with only eight 

named storms in the Atlantic basin. No named storms made landfall on the continental 

United States. In the Eastern Pacific Tropical Storm Iselle made landfall on August 8 on 

the Big Island of Hawaii. By the end of hurricane season no Type 1 or Type 2 incident 

management teams had been assigned to hurricane incidents.

Two Type 2 Incident Management Teams were assigned to provide assistance to 

Snohomish county in Washington state to the Oso landslide.
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National Fire Activity Synopsis

The 2014 fire season was below normal for number of reported wildfires (87 percent of 

the 10-year annual average). There were 63,612 wildfires reported nationally (compared 

to 47,579 wildfires reported in 2013). The number of acres burned in 2014 was 3,595,613

or 53 percent of the national 10-year average. Southern Area Geographic Area led the 

nation with 1.2 million acres burned (51 percent of its 10-year average). 

Based on an annual 10-year average, only the Northwest Geographic Areas reported well 

above average fire occurrences in 2014 while Northern California and Northern Rockies 

Geographic Areas experienced near normal fire occurrences.

Northern California (152 percent) and Northwest (214 percent) were the only Geographic 

Areas to experience above average acres burned. All other Geographic Areas were below 

their annual average acres. Nine fires exceeded 40,000 acres in 2014; eleven fewer than 

in 2013. (see Significant Fire Activity below for a list of those fires). 

A total of 1,953 structures were destroyed by wildfires in 2014, including 1,038 

residences, 874 minor structures, 20 commercial structures and 14 mixed 

commercial/residential structures. This is below the annual average of 1,372 residences, 

1,210 minor structures, and 49 commercial structures destroyed by wildfires (data from 

1999 to present). California accounted for the highest number of structures lost in one 

state in 2014: 341 residences, 15 commercial structures, 335 minor structures, and three 

mixed commercial-residential structures. Washington was second with 342 residences 

one commercial structure and 175 minor structures. 

Requests for firefighting resources placed to the National Interagency Coordination 

Center during the 2014 fire season were below the 10-year average in most categories. 

Filled requests for Type 2 helicopters and heavy air tankers exceeded their respective 10-

year averages.

National Type 1 teams were mobilized 33 times (up from 29 in 2013) and spent 411 days 

on assignments (up from 401 days in 2013). All 16 national teams had at least one 

assignment, and two had four assignments each. Type 2 Teams were mobilized 98 times 

(down from 110 in 2013), for a total of 971 days assigned to incidents (down from 1,247 

days in 2013). (Figures include both national and state teams.) There were no Area 

Command team mobilizations in 2014. National Incident Management Organizations 

(NIMO) mobilized 4 times in 2014 to both wildland fire and non-fire incidents.
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Military and International Mobilizations

Military: On July 20, Two MAFFS units were activated through a Request For Assistance 

(RFA) to the Department of Defense and MAFFS 1 and MAFFS 3 were positioned at 

Boise, Idaho to support fire suppression efforts in the western US. On August 17, MAFFS 

3 experienced a hard landing at Hill AFB. While no injuries occurred, the damage ended 

the service of MAFFS 3 for 2014, but MAFFS1 stayed in service until August 24. MAFFS 

units provided retardant delivery to the Great Basin, Northwest and Northern Rocky 

Geographic Areas while employed from July 20 through August 24, delivering a total of 

244,406 gallons while conducting 97 sorties. This is down from 2013 when 576 sorties 

were flown delivering 1,387,881 gallons of retardant.

International: Saskatchewan, Canada provided a Convair 580 heavy airtanker and a 

Turbo-Commander 690 Bird Dog to NIFC, through the NIFC-CIFFC Agreement, for fire 

suppression mission use beginning on July 21. The airtanker group was in place until 

July 30, when it returned to Canada following a recall from Saskatchewan due to 

increased fire activity there.

Significant Wildland Fires

Fires and Complexes Over 40,000 Acres in 2014

Name GACC State Start 

Date

Last 

Report 

Date

Size In 

Acres Cause* Estimated Cost

Buzzard Complex NW OR 7/14 9/11 395,747 L $11,062,411

Carlton Complex NW WA 7/14 8/28 256,108 L $68,800,000

Funny River AK AK 5/19 8/14 195,858 H $11,496,627

Happy Camp Complex NO CA 8/14 12/4 134,056 L $88,214,725

King NO CA 9/13 10/9 97,717 H $119,000,000

Skunk SW AZ 4/19 6/26 73,622 L $1,800,000

Big Cougar NR ID 8/2 8/22 65,227 L $4,500,000

July Complex NO CA 8/3 9/25 50,042 L $50,295,981

Shaniko Butte NW OR 7/12 9/25 42,044 L $5,200,000

L – Lightning H – Human U – Undetermined NR – Not Reported

Information in the above table was derived from ICS-209 reports submitted in the Fire and Aviation 

Management Web Applications system (FAMWEB). Information shown may not reflect final official figures.
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Significant Fire Activity

There were 666 large or significant wildfires reported in 2014 (derived from ICS-209 

reports submitted through FAMWEB). Significant wildfires represented about 1.1 percent 

of total wildfires reported nationally in 2014. The maps below depict the locations of these 

fires.
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Significant fires are defined in the National Mobilization Guide as fires that are a minimum 

of 100 acres in timber fuel types, 300 acres in grass and brush fuel types, or are managed 

by a Type 1 or 2 Incident Management Team, WFMT or NIMO. 

Percent of Reported Significant Fires by Geographic Area

AK NW NO SO NR EB WB SW RM EA SA

1% 17% 5% 4% 5% 7% 2% 8% 6% 4% 40%
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Wildfires and Acres Reported to NICC

In 2014 there were 63,312 wildfires in the U.S., which burned 3,595,613 acres. Both fires 

and acres are below the five and 10-year national averages. The charts below depict fires 

and acres as a percentage of the national total.
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Wildfire Acres Reported to NICC
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Wildfire Activity Levels by Geographic Area

Percent of the ten year average for each Geographic Area. 
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Alaska Wildfire Activity

In 2014 Alaska burned less than 7 percent of all burned acres in the U.S. Over the past 

10 years Alaska has annually burned almost 17 percent of total acres nationally. The 

chart below compares annual acres burned between Alaska and the rest of the U.S. 

(including Hawaii).
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Wildfires by Agency
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Wildfire Acres by Agency
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Lightning Fires and Acres by Geographic Area

Number of Lightning Caused Fires

AK EA EB NO NR NW RM SA SO SW WB Total

55 34 937 477 1019 2417 689 922 259 840 284 7,933

Number of Lightning Caused Acres Burned

AK EA EB NO NR NW RM SA SO SW WB Total

10,652 286 62,187 292,861 114,263 1,235,931 6,522 80,876 6,136 156,022 47,107 2,012,843
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Human Caused Fires and Acres by Geographic Area

Number of Human Caused Fires

AK EA EB NO NR NW RM SA SO SW WB Total

329 6996 782 3,605 1,646 2,155 1,667 33,345 3,527 1,380 247 55,679

Number of Human Caused Acres Burned

AK EA EB NO NR NW RM SA SO SW WB Total

222,909 53,855 43,363 181,965 29,088 147,583 71,823 671,818 74,082 74,219 12,145 1,582,770
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Wildfires and Acres Burned by Agency

Wildland Fire Use (WFU) fires and acres were merged with the wildfire data above from 2005 to 2008. This affected the 10-year 

average in the table above.
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Wildfires and Acres Burned by Geographic Area

Wildland Fire Use (WFU) fires and acres were merged with the wildfire data above from 2005 to 2008. This affected the 10-year 

average in the table above.
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Prescribed Fire Projects and Acres

National reporting of prescribed fires began in 1998.
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Prescribed Fire Projects and Acres by Agency
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Prescribed Fire Projects by Agency and Geographic Area

National reporting of Prescribed Fire projects and acres began in 1998.

Prescribed Fire Projects by Agency
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Prescribed Fire Projects by Geographic Area
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National Preparedness Levels

In 2014 the national Preparedness Level (PL) was elevated to PL 2 on May 14 then was 

reduced back to PL 1 on June 3. On June 9 it was raised again to PL 2 then reverted back 

to PL 1 June 23. On July 2 it was raised once again to PL 2 where it remained for two 

weeks. On July 15 the PL increased to 3 and again was raised to PL 4 on August 3. On 

August 18 it was lowered to PL 3 and a week later was once again reduced to PL 2. On 

September 29 the PL was lowered to 1 where it remained for the rest of the calendar year.
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National Preparedness Level Summary

In 2014 there were 15 days at Preparedness Levels 4 and 5.

Year PL1 PL2 PL3 PL4 PL5 Total Days at 

PL 4 & 5

1990 247 74 31 6 7 13

1991 255 103 7 0 0 0

1992 278 67 15 6 0 6

1993 268 97 0 0 0 0

1994 235 26 54 4 46 50

1995 254 96 15 0 0 0

1996 99 178 60 8 21 29

1997 216 149 0 0 0 0

1998 157 172 30 6 0 6

1999 159 165 33 8 0 8

2000 179 73 61 13 40 53

2001 188 142 9 10 16 26

2002 187 76 14 26 62 88

2003 92 155 60 10 48 58

2004 249 57 60 0 0 0

2005 233 44 47 41 0 41

2006 110 145 44 16 50 66

2007 212 76 17 21 39 60

2008 209 84 15 36 22 58

2009 275 62 28 0 0 0

2010 231 134 0 0 0 0

2011 207 93 58 7 0 7

2012 212 49 60 45 0 45

2013 253 46 42 17 7 24

2014 242 82 26 15 0 15

5-yr Avg 229 81 37 17 1 18

10-yr Avg 218 82 34 20 12 32
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Incident Management Team Mobilizations

In 2014, National Incident Management Organization (NIMO) teams were assigned to 

wildfire incidents twice and support assignments three times for a total of 69 days. There 

were no Area Command assignments in 2014.

Type 1 Incident Management Team Mobilizations

Sixteen national Type 1 Teams were available in 2014. Of the 33 team assignments, 

seven were mobilized through NICC. Type 1 teams were assigned a combined total of

411 days in 2014, up from 401 assignment days in 2013. The record was set in 2002

when Type 1 Teams were assigned 85 times for a total of 999 days.
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Type 1 IMT Assignments by Geographic Area

Number of Type 1 Teams assigned by incident Geographic Area.

Number of Type 1 Teams mobilized by team home Geographic Area. 
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Type 2 Incident Management Team Mobilizations

Of the 98 total Type 2 Team assignments in 2014, eight were filled through NICC. Teams

were assigned a total of 981 days in 2014, down from 110 assignments and 1,247 days 

assigned in 2013. There were two Type 2 team assignments to the Oso Landslide in 

Washington state in 2014. The following charts and tables summarize total requests by 

agency and Geographic Area.
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Type 2 IMT Assignments by Geographic Area

Number of Type 2 Teams assigned by incident Geographic Area.

Number of Type 2 Teams mobilized by team home Geographic Area.
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Incident Management Team Mobilizations

Incident Management Team summary: The tables below depict total Type 1 and Type 2 

Incident Management Teams requested through NICC.

By Requesting Agency

By Requesting Geographic Area
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Department of Defense Mobilizations

No battalions or task forces were mobilized by the Department of Defense in 2014. The 

number of Army battalions and task forces deployed annually is shown below.

Crew Mobilizations

NICC processed 1,464 crew requests in 2014. Of these requests, 825 were filled, 146

requests were canceled, and 493 were UTF. There were 809 Type 1 crew requests, 102

Type 2 crew requests and 553 Type 2 IA crew requests placed to NICC.
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Tactical crews include Type 1, Type 2 and Type 2 IA.
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Crew Summary by Requesting Agency and GACC
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Engine and Tactical Water Tender Mobilizations

The NICC processed 1,384 engine requests in 2014. Of these requests, 1,250 were filled, 

90 were canceled and 44 were UTF. There were 43 requests placed to NICC for tactical 

water tenders, of which 40 were filled, two canceled, and one UTF.
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Engine Summary by Requesting Agency
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Engine Summary by Requesting Geographic Area
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Overhead Mobilizations

A total of 9,803 requests for overhead positions were processed by NICC in 2014. Of 

these requests, 7,471 were filled, 750 were canceled and 1,582 were UTF. The chart 

below shows total overhead requests filled annually through NICC.
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Overhead Requests Summary by Requesting Agency and GACC
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Helicopter Mobilizations

A total of 831 Type 1, 2 and 3 helicopter requests were processed by NICC in 2014: 578

were filled, 53 were canceled and 200 were UTF. Of the 262 Type 1 helicopter requests 

placed to NICC: 170 were filled, 19 were canceled and 73 were UTF. Of the 417 requests 

placed to NICC for Type 2 helicopters: 302 were filled, 20 canceled and 95 were UTF. 

And of the 152 requests placed to NICC for Type 3 helicopters: 106 were filled, 14

canceled and 32 were UTF. 

Type 1 Helicopter Summary
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Type 2 Helicopter Summary
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Type 3 Helicopter Summary
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Helicopter Summary by Requesting Geographic Area
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Fixed Wing Aircraft Mobilizations

The categories for fixed wing aircraft requests include heavy air tankers, single engine air 

tankers (SEAT), lead planes, aerial supervision modules (ASM), air attack, infrared, and 

smokejumper aircraft. A total of 3,112 fixed wing requests were received at NICC: 2,610

were filled, 105 were canceled and 397 were UTF. 
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Air Tanker Mobilizations

A total of 1,401 Type 1 and 2 heavy air tanker requests (civilian and military MAFFS) were 

processed by NICC in 2014. Of that total, 1,189 (civilian) and 8 (MAFFS) requests were 

filled, 29 were canceled and 175 were UTF.

Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems (MAFFS)
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Aircraft Summary by Requesting Agency
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Aircraft Summary by Requesting Geographic Area
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Large Transportation Aircraft

In 2014 there was one exclusive use contract for large transportation aircraft. The contract

was filled with a B737-200 jet aircraft. The exclusive use jet flew 48 times, with no

additional large aircraft charter flight.
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Exclusive Use and Charter Large Transport Summary by 

Requesting Agency and Geographic Area
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Light Cargo and Passenger Flights by Requesting Agency 

and Geographic Area
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Equipment Services Mobilization

A total of 96 requests for mobile food services were processed at NICC: Of these 91 were 

filled, three were canceled and two were UTF. A total of 123 shower units were requested: 

Of these 117 were filled, three were canceled and three were UTF.
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Equipment Services by Requesting Agency

Equipment Services by Geographic Area
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Radio and Weather Equipment Mobilizations

A total of 658 requests for radio kits and weather equipment were received at NICC in 2014. Of that total, 634 were filled, 

11 were canceled and 13 were UTF. 

Radio and Weather Equipment Summary by Requesting Agency
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Radio and Weather Equipment Summary by Requesting Geographic Area
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NICC Benchmarks

Records set during the year of this report are in bold. Military and resource figures 

constitute what was processed through the National Interagency Coordination Center.

Team mobilizations include both wildfire and non-fire incidents.

Category Record Year Record 2014 Stats 

Wildfires 2006 96,385 68,988

Wildfire Acres Burned 2006 9,873,745 3,595,613

Significant Fires 2006 1,801 666

Days at Preparedness Level 4 2012 45 15

Days at Preparedness Level 5 2002 62 0

Type 1 IMT Mobilizations (fire & nonfire) 2002 85 33 

Type 2 IMT Mobilizations (fire & nonfire) 2000 58 11

Dept. of Defense Battalions/Task 

Forces 1988 8 0 

MAFFS (millions of gallons delivered) 1994 5.03 0.25

Tactical Crew Mobilizations 2003 1,796 825

Engine Mobilizations 2007 2,267 1,250

Overhead Mobilizations 2000 17,898 9,803

Type 1 Helicopter Mobilizations 2006 288 170

Type 2 Helicopter Mobilizations 2006 323 302

Heavy Airtankers (VLAT/LAT/MAFFS) 2014* 1,197 1,197

Large Transport Flights 1994 552 48

Mobile Food Units 1994 195 91

Shower Units 1994 256 117
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Acronyms and Terminology 

Air Attack – Light aircraft (airplane or helicopter) that carries the ATGS.

ASM – Aerial Supervision Module, light twin-engine airplane that combines the lead plane

function and tactical supervision (pilot and air tactical group supervisor - ATGS). 

ATMU – Atmospheric Theodolite Meteorological Unit (also known as an All Hazard Meteorological 

Response System – AMRS).

CWN – Call when needed, refers to aircraft that have a call when needed contract.

DOD – Department of Defense (DDQ is also used in some tables in this report).

EXCL – Exclusive use contract. Refers to aircraft that have an exclusive use contact with an

agency.

FAMWEB – Fire and Aviation Management Web Applications system.

FUMT – Fire Use Management Team (changed to Wildland Fire Management Team).

IA – Initial attack. 

IMT – Incident Management Team (see also NIMO).

Infrared – Aircraft outfitted with infrared sensing equipment.

Large fire – A large fire is defined as 100 acres or greater in timber, 300 acres or greater in grass/brush, 

or a Type 1, Type 2 or NIMO team assigned.

Lead Plane – Light twin-engine airplane that guides air tankers over a fire.

MAFFS – Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (military C-130 aircraft). 

NIMO – National Incident Management Organization.

Pax – Passengers.

RAWS – Remote Automated Weather Station.

ROSS – Resource Ordering and Status System.

Starter, Repeater and Tactical – All refer to portable radio kits.

SEAT – Single engine air tanker.

Type 1, 2, 2-IA, 3, 4, etc. – Various resources are “typed.” Type designation refers to the 

capability or configuration of a particular resource, such as a crew, engine, helicopter, etc.

UTF – Unable to fill resource request (the requested resource couldn’t be filled).
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National Report of Wildland Fire and Acres Burned by State

Figures from the Fire and Aviation Management Web Applications Program.

Alabama

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

FWS 0 0 1 250

NPS 0 0 2 4,000

OTHR 840 17,690 0 0

ST 1,208 20,714 0 0

USFS 45 2,123 129 97,257

Totals: 2,093 40,527 132 101,507

Alaska

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

BIA 0 0 0 0

BLM 59 31,532 7 59,591

DOD 0 0 0 0

FWS 0 0 0 0

NPS 0 0 0 0

OTHR 0 0 0 0

ST 301 202,022 0 0

USFS 24 7 0 0

Totals: 384 233,561 7 59,591

Arizona

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

BIA 373 114,363 16 14,049

BLM 87 1,220 6 1,449

DOD 0 0 0 0

FWS 6 4 4 1,933

NPS 42 7,576 1 936

OTHR 0 0 0 0

ST 389 5,077 1 75

USFS 586 75,917 105 46,463

Totals: 1,543 205,199 133 64,905
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Arkansas

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

FWS317 1,686

NPS 16 1235 5,095

OTHR0000

ST 1,238 16,64200

USFS 45 3,398 130 127,524

Totals: 1,302 20,164 142 134,305

California

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

BIA 137 5498 95

BLM 114 19,086 12 628

C&L8 233 112

DOD 125 24,12000

FWS 24 889 50 8,588

NPS 96 7,422 32 2,716

ST 5,900 103,21100

USFS 1,460 399,713 409 24,857

Totals: 7,868 555,044 515 36,997

Colorado

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

BIA 67 653 174

BLM 260 9,007 33 2,664

C&L 261 14,693 71 457

DOD206 965

FWS30 16 2,427

NPS 22 410 10 270

OTHR000 20

ST5 66300

USFS 210 111 100 12,830

Totals: 830 24,949 239 19,807

Connecticut

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

FWS0000

NPS0000

OTHR0000

ST 28 694 34

Totals: 28 69

4 34
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Delaware

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

OTHR 0 0 0 0

ST 0 0 0 0

Totals: 0 0 0 0

Florida

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

BIA 0 0 79 15,071

DOD 28 3,382 132 111,858

FWS 56 6,135 85 44,177

NPS 3 24 13 31,931

OTHR 0 0 0 0

ST 2,294 88,198 0 0

USFS 55 3,860 162 157,831

Totals: 2,436 101,599 471 360,868

Georgia

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

DOD 0 0 0 0

FWS 3 3 39 21,442

NPS 0 0 0 0

OTHR 0 0 0 0

ST 3,532 18,464 0 0

USFS 27 732 33 32,015

Totals: 3,562 19,199 72 53,457

Hawaii

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

C&L 0 0 0 0

NPS 0 0 0 0

ST 0 0 0 0

Totals: 0 0 0 0
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Idaho

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

BIA 26 2,807 55 8,020

BLM 127 49,581 20 2,092

C&L 47 6,34090

DOD0000

FWS0011

NPS0000

OTHR0000

ST 351 79,989 38 8,897

USFS 624 38,800 223 26,006

Totals: 1,180 189,430 321 39,050

Illinois

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

FWS2 2657 455

OTHR1 1132 467

ST 10 267 84 4,450

USFS 23 82 21 8,983

Totals: 36 727 114 14,355

Indiana

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

DOD201 38

FWS1 15 11 5,382

NPS 15 228 1,065

OTHR3 870 38

ST4 478 725

USFS 29 1058 1,480

Totals: 54 276 36 8,728

Iowa

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

BIA00 61 8,993

FWS3 21100

NPS0000

OTHR0000

ST 574 11,136 277 10,233

Totals: 577 11,347 338 19,226
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Kansas

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

BIA 11 375 12 2,348

C&L 37 26,436 0 0

DOD 1 1,400 0 0

FWS 18 955 30 3,332

NPS 1 2,095 4 6,647

ST 0 0 1 0

USFS 0 0 0 0

Totals: 68 31,261 47 12,327

Kentucky

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

NPS 0 0 0 0

OTHR 0 0 0 0

ST 1,410 40,292 0 0

USFS 56 2,907 16 7,341

Totals: 1,466 43,199 16 7,341

Louisiana

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

FWS 8 2,352 19 2,081

NPS 0 0 0 0

OTHR 0 0 0 0

ST 944 8,862 0 0

USFS 53 14,123 96 121,673

Totals: 1,005 25,337 115 123,754

Maine

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

BIA 0 0 0 0

FWS 0 0 12 78

NPS 0 0 0 0

OTHR 282 158 0 0

ST 0 0 8 196

Totals: 282 158 20 274
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Maryland

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

DOD 0 0 0 0

FWS 5 82 16 7,622

NPS 3 0 0 0

OTHR 0 0 0 0

ST 117 1,720 40 1,089

Totals: 125 1,802 56 8,711

Massachusetts

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

DOD 0 0 0 0

FWS 2 27 9 62

NPS 0 0 29 222

OTHR 0 0 0 0

ST 1,167 1,170 26 368

Totals: 1,169 1,197 64 652

Michigan

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

BIA 2 1 0 0

FWS 1 20 4 214

NPS 0 0 0 0

OTHR 0 35 0 0

ST 167 550 105 9,816

USFS 98 110 45 6,303

Totals: 268 716 154 16,333

Minnesota

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

BIA 452 681 47 58,209

FWS 26 660 215 30,223

NPS 0 0 0 0

OTHR 0 0 0 0

ST 467 2,902 169 14,019

USFS 45 124 131 5,601

Totals: 990 4,367 562 108,052
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Mississippi

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

FWS 13 560 33 7,975

NPS 5 4 8 270

OTHR 0 0 0 0

USFS 79 9,489 142 152,880

Totals: 97 10,053 183 161,125

Missouri

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

FWS 4 139 14 1,465

NPS 5 5 9 4,026

OTHR 3 1,250 0 0

ST 1 59 0 0

USFS 92 4,154 19 39,678

Totals: 105 5,607 42 45,169

Montana

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

BIA 322 6,572 0 0

BLM 91 6,689 48 8,234

C&L 507 20,179 0 0

FWS 6 1,221 13 4,003

NPS 6 2 6 390

OTHR 1 55 0 0

ST 267 628 66 4,589

USFS 446 2,772 336 30,635

Totals: 1,646 38,118 491 53,693

Nebraska

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

BIA 22 681 3 1,406

FWS 2 204 11 2,285

NPS 1 0 4 644

OTHR 0 0 1 286

ST 4 61 0 0

USFS 9 46 7 1,089

Totals: 38 992 25 5,424
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Nevada

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

BIA 2 15 0 0

BLM 323 32,516 4 991

C&L 1 1 0 0

FWS 4 1 1 300

NPS 18 9 8 2,027

OTHR 27 33 0 0

ST 38 1,088 8 152

USFS 118 25,589 6 421

Totals: 531 59,252 27 3,891

New Hampshire

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

DOD 0 0 5 27

FWS 0 0 2 40

NPS 0 0 0 0

ST 61 45 0 0

USFS 1 0 6 67

Totals: 62 45 13 134

New Jersey

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

DOD 43 3,891 0 0

NPS 0 0 0 0

OTHR 0 0 0 0

ST 919 6,509 208 15,171

Totals: 962 10,400 208 15,171

New Mexico

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

BIA 137 734 4 707

BLM 92 1,191 15 19,236

DOD 0 0 0 0

FWS 4 533 3 26

NPS 5 851 0 0

OTHR 0 0 0 0

ST 206 9,300 1 245

USFS 284 10,831 42 15,878

Totals: 728 23,440 65 36,092
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New York

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

DOD 0 0 0 0

FWS 0 0 0 0

NPS 8 41 2 100

OTHR 0 0 0 0

ST 86 541 9 235

Totals: 94 582 11 335

North Carolina

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

BIA 25 362 0 0

DOD 2 11 623 65,439

FWS 4 3 0 0

NPS 0 0 0 0

ST 4,458 13,374 720 68,297

USFS 136 1,851 59 27,188

Totals: 4,625 15,601 1,402 160,924

North Dakota

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

BIA 542 3,205 4 361

BLM 0 0 0 0

FWS 9 672 59 10,376

NPS 5 7 4 3,122

OTHR 2 37 0 0

ST 0 0 0 0

USFS 9 148 6 1,649

Totals: 567 4,069 76 15,632

Ohio

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

FWS 0 0 0 0

NPS 0 0 0 0

OTHR 4 114 0 0

ST 20 296 0 0

USFS 39 274 7 3,031

Totals: 63 684 7 3,031
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Oklahoma

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

BIA 500 115,418 20 3,827

FWS 1 1 2 382

NPS 0 0 0 0

OTHR 2 27,172 0 0

ST 504 14,489 0 0

Totals: 1,007 157,080 22 4,209

Oregon

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

BIA 103 50,575 4 1,280

BLM 340 700,330 240 28,337

C&L 0 0 0 0

FWS 6 29 25 3,856

NPS 44 326 2 26

OTHR 15 42,917 0 0

ST 1,169 71,172 14 1,805

USFS 1,415 131,193 373 53,583

Totals: 3,087 984,629 658 88,887

Pennsylvania

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

FWS 0 0 0 0

NPS 0 0 10 800

OTHR 0 0 0 0

ST 871 4,511 156 6,083

USFS 6 8 1 73

Totals: 877 4,519 167 6,956

Puerto Rico

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

FWS 57 498 0 0

OTHR 0 0 0 0

ST 3,590 15,794 0 0

USFS 0 0 0 0

Totals: 3,647 16,292 0 0
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Rhode Island

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

FWS 1 0 0 0

NPS 0 0 0 0

OTHR 0 0 0 0

ST 0 0 0 0

Totals: 1 0 0 0

South Carolina

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

DOD 20 1,989 26 3,624

FWS 2 396 23 5,825

NPS 0 0 1 389

OTHR 1,060 4,225 6,263 223,994

ST 260 896 2,536 47,338

USFS 32 806 75 62,416

Totals: 1,374 8,312 8,924 343,586

South Dakota

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

BIA 384 2,498 19 1,364

BLM 1 1 8 1,473

C&L 0 0 0 0

FWS 5 174 50 12,388

NPS 0 0 8 2,404

OTHR 0 0 0 0

ST 486 10,443 21 3,611

USFS 42 11 38 14,265

Totals: 918 13,127 144 35,505

Tennessee

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

NPS 0 0 1 18

OTHR 0 0 0 0

ST 1,192 154,541 0 0

USFS 57 1,850 34 18,163

Totals: 1,249 156,391 35 18,181
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Texas

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

BIA0000

BLM0000

C&L 9,079 56,95200

DOD0000

FWS7 4293 2,151

NPS8 2,60400

ST 580 70,90900

USFS3 244 55 96,096

Totals: 9,677 131,138 58 98,247

Utah

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

BIA 39 2900

BLM 261 10,735 11 1,704

DOD2 5,00000

FWS104 2,183

NPS 12 836 44

ST 505 6,648 38 1,807

USFS 215 5,760 54 10,063

Totals: 1,035 28,255 113 15,801

Vermont

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

FWS0000

NPS0000

OTHR0000

ST 53 9100

USFS008 118

Totals: 53 91

8 118

Virginia

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

FWS0000

NPS3 1315 177

OTHR0000

ST 710 10,0221 10

USFS 23 293 18 22,950

Totals: 736 10,446 24 23,137
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Washington

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

BIA 227 31,193 8 2,510

BLM 29 6,379 3 2,198

C&L 0 0 0 0

FWS 52 513 6 499

NPS 43 2,927 5 75

OTHR 55 1,440 6 143

ST 798 212,540 0 0

USFS 276 131,980 70 9,772

Totals: 1,480 386,972 98 15,197

West Virginia

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

NPS 2 129 0 0

OTHR 51 371 0 0

ST 613 7,749 0 0

USFS 5 37 9 1,294

Totals: 671 8,286 9 1,294

Wisconsin

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

BIA 0 0 6 208

FWS 7 411 63 8,726

NPS 0 0 5 175

OTHR 0 0 315 8,011

ST 592 2,743 208 20,313

USFS 14 114 27 3,362

Totals: 613 3,268 624 40,795

Wyoming

Agency Wildland 

Fires Acres Rx Fires Acres

BIA 58 52 0 0

BLM 115 2,458 22 3,714

C&L 134 2,481 1 1

FWS 2 1 0 0

NPS 3 0 7 367

ST 12 527 1 4

USFS 74 2,314 21 2,904

Totals: 403 7,836 52 6,990