Great Basin Fire

09/02/2024

September looks like it’s going to be busy also.

08/10/2024

Our crews have been super busy this season. Trucks are in Nevada and all over Idaho at this moment. I haven’t seen these guys in over a month now. They are all doing an amazing job out there.

08/09/2024

Happy Birthday Smokey the Bear 🐻

08/01/2024

August is looking a little spicy, stay safe out there my friends.

07/18/2024

: As of today, July 18, the national has increased to PL5.

Significant wildland fire activity is now occurring in most geographic areas with a high potential for additional large wildland fires to emerge. National resources like hotshot crews, airtankers, smokejumpers and communications equipment, are heavily committed and the National Interagency Coordination Center is coordinating requests for these resources with geographic area coordination centers. Active geographic areas are intensively engaged in prioritization of incidents and reallocation of resources as needed to ensure effective incident operations.

The National Multi-Agency Coordination Group establishes the level throughout the year. Their decision is dictated by fuel and weather conditions, fire activity, and fire suppression resource availability throughout the country. The five preparedness levels range from the lowest (1) to the highest (5). For more information on preparedness levels visit our website here ➡ https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information



📸Photo from the by Southeast Region-Department of Natural Resources.

07/17/2024

Well we have been busy, we have trucks scattered all over. The engines and crew are on two different fires in Utah, Tenders are in California and engines up in Stanley Idaho also. Wanted to wish our guys safe travels, this is shaping up to be a busy season.

07/10/2024

: As of today, July 10, the National has increased to PL4.

Significant wildland fire activity continues to increase in several Geographic Areas. The potential for additional large wildland fires to emerge based upon the forecast from Predictive Services over the next several days is high.

The National Interagency Coordination Center has had to increasingly engage with Geographic Area Coordination Centers to coordinate and fill orders for all National Resource types daily. Drawdown of multiple resource types on less active Geographic Areas is occurring and will pose a challenge if existing fuel and fire weather conditions change.

📸The seen from Lake Chelan. Photo credit Justin Dominguez.

07/08/2024

Four of our trucks are off to in Marysvale Utah. Safe travels.

07/04/2024

07/01/2024

July looks like it could get interesting, make sure all your bags packed and ready for that call. We have a truck in New Mexico still working.

06/28/2024

: Due to significant wildland fire activity occurring in several Geographic Areas with the potential for additional large wildland fires emerging, the has increased to 3 (also known as PL3) as of today, June 28.

Over the last several days, the National Interagency Coordination Center has had to increasingly engage with Geographic Area Coordination Centers to coordinate and fill orders for most national resource types. Further, a drawdown of resources on non-active Geographic Areas may pose a challenge if existing fuel and fire weather conditions change in those areas.



📸 Photo on Monday evening, June 24, the burns toward the Tanana River. Photo by Ethan Paul, BLM AFS.

06/20/2024

And they are off to Ruidoso New Mexico, be safe guys.

05/01/2024

Here is our May fire outlook, it’s starting to dry out finally.

04/01/2024

Here is our April 2024 fire potential outlook.

03/18/2024

Hello all, just a reminder that the recertification class is this Sunday at 10am and the newbie FF2 course will start March 28th, please feel free to call me if you have any questions. 801-916-8404

03/04/2024

Here is our March 2024 outlook. Reminder we have recertification class on March 24th, 10am my house and a beginning fire course FF2 starting March 28th. If you need any information call me at 801-916-8404

02/24/2024

Hello all, I have been getting calls about a recertification class. Everyone is getting excited about the new fire season coming up.
March 24th at 10am for the RT-130 recert class at my house and we will go pack test at one of the high schools close by that day also.
I am thinking about holding a FF2 beginning fire course also, maybe seeing how many are interested. That would start March 28th. Call Vaughn at 801-916-8404 if interested.

02/03/2024

Here is our February fire outlook.

11/03/2023

Here is our 2023 November outlook.

10/08/2023

The type 6 engines are having a blast in the Wasatch Back. Burned lots of acreage on the Racetrack RX and now burning thousands of slash piles all over the forest.

10/03/2023

Here is our October fire outlook.

09/29/2023

Sorry, I haven’t posted any updates lately. It’s been a pretty slow start to the fire season. We have had four trucks in California the past month and are home safe now. The type 6s are up on the Racetrack RX and might be there for a bit, quite a bit of burning going on and hundreds of slash piles to burn.

08/17/2023

: This morning, the National Multi-Agency Coordinating Group increased our National Preparedness Level to Preparedness Level 4 (PL4). This is due to significant wildland fire activity in multiple Geographic Areas with the potential for additional large wildland fires. More than 20 Incident Management Teams are managing wildfires in several geographic areas. The National Interagency Coordination Center is working closely with Geographic Area Coordination Centers to coordinate and fill orders for .

There are more than 10,600 wildland firefighters and support personnel assigned to incidents nationwide. Eleven new large fires were reported yesterday, six in California and Arizona, Florida, Hawaii, Montana and Washington each had one.

The sun and smoke created an orange glow on the U.S. Forest Service - Willamette National Forest. Photo by Willamette NF, InciWeb.