Shoshone National Forest

Fire Hire

The Forest Service hires permanent and seasonal firefighters. Look for job series #0462, which includes most fire-related jobs, when searching Rocky Mountain Region, USAJobs, and other listings.

Some firefighting and restoration work is done by contractors.

Fire Restrictions

None

Fire Management Plan

The Shoshone's 2008 Fire Management Plan was updated and approved in July 2008. (All documents are PDF.)

Shoshone National Forest Fire Management Plan (389k)

List of appendices (14k)

Appendix A1 - Clarks Fork Fire Management Unit (1.5mb)

Appendix A2 - North Fork Fire Management Unit (1.3mb)

Appendix A3 - South Fork Fire Management Unit (1.3mb)

Appendix A4 - Greybull Fire Management Unit (1.2mb)

Appendix A5 - Wind River Fire Management Unit (1.4mb)

Appendix A6 - Washakie Fire Management Unit (1.0mb)

Appendix A7 - Shoshone Wildland Fire Management Resource Protection Guidelines (33k)

Other appendices are available upon request. Fire Management Plan documents are available in hard copy or on CD. Please call 307.578.5114 or email spdouglas@fs.fed.us to request documents. Thank you.

Fuels Management

To protect homes and improve the health of the forest, we can use several methods to reduce thick forest vegetation (fuels) where the forest may be subject to a destructive wildland fire.

Read the Fuel Treatment Effectiveness Report that describes the fuel treatments that were implemented in the North Fork Shoshone River corridor and how those treatments affected management of the 2008 Gunbarrel Fire. The Report is a PDF document 2 mb in size.

National Fire Plan

The region has expanded fire assessment, suppression, and prevention programs to carry out the National Fire Plan.

Protecting Your Home

Find information on home protection, safe debris burning, the FireWise program and more.

Rocky Mountain Area Coordination Center
Coordinates multiple-agency management of wildland fires and other emergency incidents.

National Interagency Fire Center
Nationwide clearinghouse for information on wildland fire status.

Prescribed Fire
Find our plans for prescribed burns. See maps of prescribed burn projects.

Wildland Fire

See http://inciweb.org for current wildland fire info across the nation as well as on the Shoshone.

Current Fire Danger on the Shoshone go here to find more information.

Report a Fire
Call 1-800-295-9954.

Evacuations
None at this time.