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Fire Center has initial attack responsibilities for all of
Eastern Idaho from Montana to Utah and Wyoming to Craters
of the Moon. This includes 7.2 million acres of BLM, Forest
Service, Fish and Wildlife, Idaho National Laboratory, State
and Reservation lands. Eastern Idaho Interagency Fire Center
(EIIFC) averages 150 fires a year with an average of 54,000
acres burned a year. Busy years such as 2000 and 2006 you
could see anywhere from 310,000 acres burned and up to 260
fires.
EIIFC
has 173 firefighters staffing 29 engines, 2 water tenders,
2 dozers, 1 Interagency Hotshot crew, 2 helicopters and
1 20-person handcrew. Also included at EIIFC is the Pocatello
Tanker Base with an air attack platform.
Firefighters
who fight fires in Eastern Idaho are generally stationed and
work in the area. Our firefighters also assist cooperating
fire departments with wildfires, which makes Eastern Idaho
an interagency group working together for the same purpose.
Firefighters, during the busy time of the summer, can also
travel from other states and areas of Idaho to assist EIIFC.
EIIFC
is also very strong in many management programs, including
Wildland Fire Use, prescribed fire, fuels reduction, suppression,
aviation, fire prevention, dispatch, fire information, safety,
training, recruitment and many other programs.
The purpose
of this web site is to provide a broad range of information
to the general public, news media, fire departments and agency
personnel.
For more
information, please contact a local fire
information officer.
East
Idaho Interagency Fire Center
1405 Hollipark Drive
Idaho Falls, Idaho 83401
208-524-7600
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