NPS Fire Management Program
Fire Program Education Public and Media Career Development Employment
photo: Prescribed fire at Abó, Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument.
""

Shortcuts.
Policy:  Reference Manual #18

Obtaining a Job in Wildland Firefighting (pdf)

Job Search

Fire Monitoring Handbook

Programs
  Aviation
  Structural Fire
  Wildland Fire

Education

Public and Media
  Fire News
  Site Bulletins to Print
  Photo Contest

Career Development

Employment

Park Fire Websites

Park Contact Information
""
Fire and the Parks
""
NPS Fire & Aviation 2008 Photo Contest Now Open for Entries
Submit a photo to the contest! Contest closes for entries 11:59 PM, May 1, 2009
more
Fireside Chats
Interactive Flash presentations
View Flash presentations:
  • Living with Fire and Smoke
  • Prescribed Fire
  • Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER)
  • Homestead National Monmument of America
  • Canaveral National Seashore
  • Voyageurs National Park
    • more
    Fire Publications to Print on Demand
    Print quality publications to convey the message of fire and issues relating to fire management.
    more
    Photo Galleries
    A variety of National Park Service fire images from Acadia to Zion.
    View photo galleries of recent photo contests, engines, regeneration, fire in the night and more!
    more

    Fire History Timeline
    What events shaped today's fire management program?
    Learn the events of our past that have shaped the present (FLASH).
    more

    Map of drought index in the United States
    View Drought Index
    News Home
    About the Fire Program
    Contact Us
    Search NPS Fire
    Rick Gale, retired National Park Service Fire Director, passed away on Friday, March 27, 2009.
    ""
    Passing of Richard "Rick" Gale. Richard "Rick" Gale passed away unexpectedly on March 27, 2009 at his home in Boise, ID, from a heart attack. Post a remembrance about Rick at Sympathy Tree.

    05.01.2009
    GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, TN,NC
     Laurel Falls 2
    Park rangers discovered a fire on the Laurel Falls Trail on Monday afternoon, April 27, 2009. Hot, dry, and windy conditions caused rapid growth on Monday afternoon...
    more

    04.29.2009
    BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE, FL
     Deep Fire
    The fire was discovered by Big Cypress fire staff at noon on Wednesday, April 22, 2009. Assistance was requested from neighboring units and firefighters began working to put out areas of the fire near I-75...
    more

    04.28.2009
    CAPE COD NATIONAL SEASHORE, MA
     Lombard-Paradise Hollow Fire Management Research Area
    The Lombard-Paradise Hollow Fire Management Research Area encompasses approimately 30 acres of land within the Cape Cod National Seashore...
    more

    04.27.2009
    CAPE COD NATIONAL SEASHORE, MA
     Broom Crow 1
    Test plots of Broom Crowberry, Corema Conradii, were burned by hand ignition to research what effect..
    more

    04.26.2009
    BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TX
     Cuates
    The Cuates Fire was started by lightning and originally consisted of two seperate ignitions. One stopped spreading at 1.5 acres, whereas the second continued to burn...
    more

    utility links
    Home page. National Park Service Fire ResourcesInformation TechnologyNational Interagency Fire CenterPrivacy PolicyDisclaimer USA.govInsideNPS Fire