Great Basin Fire

03/16/2025

Good evening all, just a reminder that we have classes coming up in a week. S131 will be held Saturday 9am at my house, I know a few will need that one. Then the recertification will be held Sunday March 23rd 10am at my house, that one is mandatory for all returning firefighters. Plan on the day here with pack testing at the track after. Also if you know anyone that wants the newbie class we are hiring and that will begin March 27th at 9am. They can call me at 801-916-8404 for more info.

03/03/2025

Forgot to post this yesterday but here is our March fire outlook. Also don’t forget that all our classes are coming up soon. If you know anyone that wants an amazing job have them get a hold of me, class starts March 27th and recert is March 23rd. FF1/S131 will be held March 22nd.

02/23/2025

Hello to all our returning firefighters and some new ones joining us this season. To the return firefighters that need S131 we will hold that class on March 22nd and the recert for everyone else will be on March 23, that class is mandatory with the pack test following after that, plan on the whole day.
Our beginning fire course will start March 27th if anyone has questions please call me at 801-916-8404

02/04/2025

Here is our February fire outlook, also I should have the dates for recertification and other classes come up in a couple of weeks.

01/19/2025

Sean found this one also in South Eastern Wyoming coming up soon if anybody is interested.

01/18/2025

For those that are interested and didn’t make it to UFRA fire school in the fall, Treasure Valley Community College has some great courses coming up this spring. A lot have asked about the S212 saw class and they have that also. Hal & I have taken classes there before and it’s a great fire school.

01/02/2025

Here is our January 2025 fire potential outlook.

01/01/2025

12/03/2024

Here is our December fire potential outlook.

11/01/2024

He is our drought and fire outlook for November 2024

10/31/2024

To all our FF1 firefighters if you are looking into becoming an engine boss they have classes coming up soon at the Utah Fire and Rescue Academy. S290 Intermediate Firefighter class starts next week, 11/05/2024 8 to 5 through 11/08/24. You can get ahold of me or call Emilee Stokes at the academy, number is 801-863-7709
They will also have the S230 & S231 later this year. The I200 you can complete online with FEMA. You can also call me with any questions.

10/22/2024

: The National has decreased to a 3 (PL3) as of 7:30 a.m. (MDT) today, October 22.

While significant fire activity continues across multiple Geographic Areas, more favorable and fall like weather has resulted in improving fuels conditions in other Geographic Areas. The National Interagency Coordination Center has also seen a significant decrease in the ordering of resources for the past several days and the availability of nationally shared resources is increasing for most resource types for this time of year.

🔥 More NFN: https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/nfn

10/17/2024

Well our fire season keeps going on. We have a couple engines on the Yellow Lake fire in Utah, couple of trucks on the Pack Trail fire in Wyoming and one on the Red Rock fire in Idaho still. Great Basin Fire has been super busy this season and our firefighters are doing well. Check out our Great Basin Fire page for more updates and give us a like.

10/08/2024

Pretty crazy for October. Trucks are out in Idaho, Wyoming and Utah on fires 🔥

: The National has increased to 5 (PL5) as of 7:30 a.m. (MDT) today, October 8. The latest we have been in PL5 in previous years was October 1, 2020. The five preparedness levels range from the lowest (1) to the highest (5).

Significant wildland fire activity remains in multiple Geographic Areas. Hurricane all-hazard response also remains significant and is projected to increase with the addition of another storm (Milton) scheduled to make landfall this week. Predictive Services at the National Interagency Coordination Center (NICC) indicate that the “extremely anomalous fire environment” will remain in place until at least mid-October for much of the country.

Resource demands continue to increase. NICC is increasingly engaging with Geographic Area Coordination Centers to coordinate and fill orders for all resource types.

More on Preparedness Levels: https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information

📸 Photo from InciWeb on the in Oregon.

10/04/2024

October 2024 fire outlook.