Fire & Aviation

 

Public Use Information Current Fire News and Public-Use Restrictions Current Industrial Fire Precaution Level (IPFL) and woodcutting restriction information. Call: 1-877-958-9663 InciWeb - Incident Information System Prescribed Burn Information  Drones (Unmanned Aircraft Systems-UAS)

Dispatch Centers

• Blue Mountain Interagency Dispatch Center - BMIDC (La Grande, OR) - BMIDC provides initial attack dispatching and logistical support for emergency response to wildland fire and all-risk incidents for the Umatilla National Forest (Walla Walla, Pomeroy and North Fork John Day Ranger Districts)  Wallowa Whitman National Forest, Oregon Department of Forestry - Northeast Oregon District, and Washington Department of Natural Resources -Southeast Region.
• John Day Interagency Dispatch Center - JDIDC (John Day, OR) - JDIDC provides initial attack dispatching and logistical support for emergency response to wildland fire and all-risk incidents for the Umatilla National Forest (Heppner Ranger District) Malheur National Forest, Oregon Department of Forestry - Central Oregon District, and Bureau of Land Management.
• Northwest Interagency Coordination Center (Portland, OR)
• National Interagency Dispatch Center - NIFC (Boise, ID)

Fire Hire

Umatilla National Forest Temporary Job Opportunities

• Please contact the Human Resources at (541) 278-3964 for questions concerning temporary employment on the Umatilla National Forest.
• https://www.fs.usda.gov/working-with-us/jobs

Fire Equipment Agreement Attachments

• Region 6- Aquisition Management Fire Procurement Website

Fire Information Links

• InciWeb - Incident Information System
• Active Fire Mapping - Here you will find information on current large fires, active fire maps, and fire imagery as seen by the MODIS instrument on board NASA's EOS satellites, Terra & Aqua.
• Blue Mountain Interagency Intel Site
• Community Wildfire Protection Plans
  • Oregon
  • Washington
• Blue Mountain Rappel Base
• Pendleton Weather Service
• 2023 Fire Media Brief