Resources

The Pacific Northwest Joint Collaboration on Prescribed Fire and Smoke Management is a multi-agency effort.

This regional joint collaboration for managing prescribed fire and smoke is an effort to:

• Communicate with the public and interested stakeholders about the agencies’ efforts to increase the pace and scale of prescribed fire implementation while minimizing impacts to air quality and public health.
• Engage other tribal, federal, state, and local agencies/departments with land management and public health roles to increase awareness and cooperation.
• Ensure timely and equitable community engagement, transparent health risk communication, and information on the actions communities can take to protect their health from smoke.

Read the Joint Statement here.

• 2024 Fire Summary (.pdf)
• Map: Pacific Northwest Large Fires over 20,000 acres, 2020-2023 (.pdf)
  • Map: Oregon Large Fires, over 20,000 acres, 2020-2023 (.pdf)
  • Map: Washington Large Fires, over 20,000 acres, 2020-2023 (.pdf)
• 2023 Fire Summary (.pdf)
• 2023 Cedar Creek Fire Interactive StoryMap
• 2020 Beachie Creek Fire Interactive StoryMap
• 2022 Fire Summary (.pdf)
• 2021 Fire Summary (.pdf)
• 2020 Fire Summary (.pdf)
• 2019 Fire Summary and Timeline (.pdf)
• 2018 Fire Summary and Timeline (.pdf)
• 2017 Fire Summary and Timeline (.pdf)
• Air Quality Summary Report for the 2015 Pacific Northwest Fire Year

• Active Fire Information- Incident Information System
• Northwest Interagency Coordination Center
• National Interagency Fire Center
• National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) US Forest Service Resource Tool Kit

Forest Service fire scientists develop knowledge and tools that help reduce the negative impacts of fire while enhancing its beneficial effects for society and the environment. The Forest Service has a network of fire labs and research stations across the country. Forest Service experts also work with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which provides satellite imagery and other resources to assist the Forest Service in fighting fires and preventing future ones.

Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team (FERA) - FERA's research mission is to inform management of natural resources through research and development in fuels and combustion science, fire and landscape ecology, and integration of the physical and ecological sciences

​Studies, publications & resources

• Exposure of human communities to wildfire in the Pacific Northwest (.pdf) -  This assessment identifies communities most threatened by wildfire.
• Oregon Post-Wildfire Flood Playbook (.pdf) - The handbook is primarily for city and county community officials after a fire. Emergency managers, floodplain managers, and hazard mitigation planners will find it most useful.
• The Oregon Wildfire Risk Explorer (Natural Resources Digital Library) - The Oregon Wildfire Risk Explorer is designed to increase wildfire awareness, give a comprehensive view of wildfire risk and local fire history, and educate users about wildfire prevention and mitigation resources.
• The Northwest Fire Science Consortium (website) - The Northwest Fire Science Consortium works to accelerate the awareness, understanding, and adoption of wildland fire science.