National Fire Activity – Preparedness Level 3

NIFC is at PL 3. Initial attack continues to be light. Twenty-eight uncontained large fires are burning nationwide, down seven from Monday’s total.

Fire Weather Forecast

Dry and warm conditions will spread across the West. Surface high pressure will cover most of the East with cool and dry conditions. A cold front will push through the South, bringing scattered showers and thunderstorms to the Gulf Coast and Southeast coast states.

To see a NOAA map of today’s critical fire weather areas, click on this link: http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/fire_wx/fwdy1.html

Fire Summary (Five Day Trend)

National Resource Commitments (Five Day Trend)

NPS Fire Summaries

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For additional information on all fires, check the following National Park Service and NIFC web sites:

NIFC

• Summary of current fires – http://www.nifc.gov/nicc/sitreprt.pdf
• Detailed reports on major fires – http://www.inciweb.org/
• Fire news and fire year in perspective – http://www.nifc.gov/fireInfo/nfn.htm
• Map of fire locations – http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/lg_fire2.php

NPS

• Details on current NPS fires – http://www.nps.gov/fire/wildland-fire/fires.cfm
• InsideNPS Fire and Aviation – http://inside.nps.gov/fire
• InsideNPS Structural Fire – http://inside.nps.gov/fire/structuralfire
• NPS Fire and Aviation - http://www.nps.gov/fire