Pike & San Isabel National Forests
Cimarron & Comanche National Grasslands

Current Fire Season Outlook

• For the current fire season outlook across the nation, click here.
• For the current fire season outlook for the Rocky Mountain area, click here.

Fire Hire

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

Some firefighting and restoration work is done by contractors.

Fire Lookout Towers

Devil's Head is the only lookout tower on the forest.

Fire Prevention

Campers and other public land users need to follow basic campfire care.

Fire Restrictions

Check the local county (see link above) for possible restrictions.

Fire Safety

Check fire safety tips for forest and grassland visitors.

The following document (in English and Spanish) was created through Nevada's Living With Fire program, a multi-agency sponsored effort and provides excellent tips on what to do if a wildfire is threatening your home and you need to evacuate.

• If Wildfire Approaches - An Evacuation Guideline
• If Wildfire Approaches - An Evacuation Guideline (Espanol)

Fire Suppression

Find out about our firefighting program and forces, including interagency hotshot crews in the Rocky Mountain area.

• Monument Helitack, 2006 End-of-the-Year Report (PDF 368 Kb)
• Monument Helitack 2005 Report (PDF file, 922 KB)

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.

• Tamarisk (salt cedar) Irradiation Projects Comanche and Cimarron National Grasslands

Prescribed Burning

Wildland Fire Use

Front Range Fuels Treatment Partnership

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.

Fire Weather Index Page

National Weather Service forecasts covering Denver, Pueblo, Grand Junction and Goodlund area fire weather, fire danger warnings, and smoke management, National and Rocky Mountain Incident Management Situation reports, and more.

InciWeb
Current local and National wildliand fire incident information.

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

Prescribed Fire Status
Find our plans for prescribed burns.

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

Wildland Fire Status - (Pueblo Interagency Dispatch Center)

Incident Command System (ICS) Organizational Chart for Type 1 & 2 Incident Management Teams
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.eps version (2.82 MB)
.pdf version (868 KB)

Archives
(Hayman Fire and Rehab and Mason Gulch Fire Information)

Report a Fire
Call 911.

Fire Danger Map

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