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Fire

To report a fire, please call 911! 

*Fireworks of any kind are always prohibited on National Forest lands under federal law. 

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest Fire Program

The Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest has a wide variety of ways we work with fire on the landscape, from our long-standing history of wildfire suppression to the more recent inclusion of prescribed fire for ecological restoration purposes.

Public Use Restrictions

Forest-wide and Lower Rogue River fire restrictions are not in place at this time.

There are seasonal fire and parking restrictions in place on the Illinois River Road.

Industrial Fire Precaution Level: 1

Effective Jun. 2, 2026, the Industrial Fire Precaution Level is Level 1 across the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest.

Incident and Restrictions Information

2022 National Wildfire Information

This page includes links to help you gain the insight you might need into ongoing incidents, fire restrictions, and fire danger ratings.

Prescribed Fire Information

2022 Prescribed Fire

The Rogue River-Siskiyou has an Inciweb page specifically to notify people of prescribed fire operations.

Aviation

2022 Aviation

The Medford Airtanker Base is a key element of a collaborative wildfire protection strategy developed in partnership with local, state and federal agencies. The Base further enhances local firefighting capability for a five county area that includes Jackson, Josephine, Coos, Curry and Douglas Counties.

Rogue River Interagency Hotshot Crew

2022 Rogue River Interagency Hotshot Crew

The Rogue River Interagency Hotshot Crew's mission is to provide land management agencies with a safe, highly-skilled and productive wildland fire management resource.

Siskiyou Rappel Crew

2022 Siskiyou Rappel Crew


The Siskiyou Rappel Crew is a 21-person U.S. Forest Service initial attack crew based out of Grants Pass, Oregon.

Fire Learning Center

2022 Fire Learning Center

Wanting to learn more about Fire Prevention and Education tools? This page is full of resources to help you, whether it's information on Firewise Communities, or Smokey Bear, or beyond!

Last updated June 4, 2026