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Contact Us

Mailing Address:
3833 South Development Avenue
Boise, Idaho, 83705 - 5354

Phone: 208-387-5583
Email: fire_webmaster@fws.gov

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Bureau of Land Management

Department of the Interior

National Interagency Fire Center

National Park Service

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

U.S. Forest Service

Thank you for your interest in Fire Management – a program of the Fish & Wildlife Service, a Federal agency within the Department of the Interior. We are happy to hear from you and will make every effort to respond quickly to your question or comments. If you require a faster response, please call 1-800-344-WILD between 8:00 AM and 8:00 PM Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service manages public land in every U.S. state and territory, including 547 national wildlife refuges and 69 national fish hatcheries.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service manages 75 million burnable acres, including 24 million acres of forest/brushland and 4 million acres of grassland.

More than 50% of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lands in the continental U.S. (and more than 90% in Alaska) include fire-adapted ecosystems with vegetation dependent on periodic fire.

An average of 500 wildfires burn 260,000 acres each year on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lands. The Service also burns about 300,000 acres a year using prescribed fire.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service annual fire program budget is approximately $80 million.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employs more than 530 permanent fire professionals, along with 270 seasonal and temporary fire employees during fire season.

More than 3,000 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees are qualified to assist with wildland fire management on an interagency basis.

The U.S. Fish and Wildland Service Fire Management Program protects more than 700 communities and wildland-urban interface areas.

Historically, an acre was the amount of land tillable by one man behind an ox in one day. This measures 90% of a football field. There are 640 acres in a square mile.

More than 90% of the hazardous fuels reduction by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is completed using prescribed fire.