Wildfire Events

Dramatic images of wildfires in different ecosystems, capturing intense flames and smoke, associated with both destruction and ecological management.

A beneficial prescribed fire conducted in southwest Florida.

Wildfire damage around a road, Marievale Bird Sanctuary, South Africa

USA, Louisiana, Atchafalaya Basin, Franklin, burning of sugarcane fields.

Aerial ignition interior high rates of spread in open savannas. Subjects: Fires; Prescribed burning; Wildlife refuges. Location: Mississippi. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: MISSISSIPPI SANDHILL CRANE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. . 1998 - 2011.

fire in wood

FWS employee monitors a prescribed burn while riding an atv. Subjects: Fire management; Fires; Prescribed burning; Employees (USFWS); Vehicles; Wildlife refuges. Location: Florida. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: EGMONT KEY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. . 1998 - 2011.

Workers wearing fire resistant clothing burning the marsh at Metro Beach Metropark to eliminate the invasive Giant grass (Phragmites australis) and to restore native vegetation, Harrison Township, Michigan, USA, North America

Wildfire. Wildfire in Greece. Forest fire. Forest fire in progress. Fire. Large flames. Greece. Athens. Thessaly. Evro. Alexandroupolis. Dadia.

Controlled Burn In Wildlife Management Area

Forest fire in South Florida.

Intense heat produced by a forest fire.

Aerial Helicopter Tour from Hilo to Pu'u O'o Vent and Crater area, Big Island, Hawaii, USA

Wildfires, San Diego, CA, October 26, 2007 Northern California fire crews work into the night clearing fire line and monitoring a back burn that was set to stop the Poomacha fire from advancing westward. Currently the fires in Southern California have burned more than 355,000 acres. Andrea Booher/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

98 firefighters with support from three fire engines, two helicopters, two water tenders, a dozer and an air tanker battled to contain the 90 acre Rogers Fire located on Mt. Rogers five miles west of Aladdin, WA on the Coleville National Forest.

Cayla Tinney, 26, wears protective clothing as she helps burn parts of River Rouge Park with the aim of eliminating invasive species; after the fire the area will be seeded with native prairie plants, Detroit, Michigan, USA, North America

A firefighter sprays water on flaming stump.

Controlled burn a cool winter burn toreduce fire hazard the following summer, Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia

Intense heat produced by a forest fire, as firefighter looks on.

Fire fighter protects home from fire.

Onion Bayou Prairie prescribed burn at Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge in Texas - Pictured from left to right: Prescribed Fire Specialist Paul C. Charland, Assistant Fire Management Officer Craig Crenshaw, Range Technician Doug Head. Subjects: Fire; Prescribed burning; Grasslands; Employees (USFWS). . 1998 - 2011.

Marsh at Metro Beach Metropark is being burnt to eliminate the invasive Giant grass (Phragmites australis) and to restore native vegetation, Harrison Township, Michigan, USA, North America

Paul Stevko - Florida Panther NWR during the Deep fire in 2009. Subjects: Fires; Prescribed burning; Employees (USFWS); Work of the Service. Location: Florida. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: FLORIDA PANTHER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

Forestry Technician Tim Parry oversees a prescribed burn Feb. 13, 2023, along the railroad tracks on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The post prescribed burn team includes personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department; Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; and the Colorado State University Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, under contract with the post. Prescribed burns also improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities, and reduce wildfire potential. Prescribed burns benefit the environment many ways and are one of the tools we can use on a large scale to improve our wild habitat, said Fort McCoy Forester Charles Mentzel with the Directorate of Public Works Natural Resources Branch. Mentzel said prescribed burns help set back invasive species, and they burn up their seed ba

Firefighters control a forest fire

Wildland Firefighter hike in the fire

Firefighters control a forest fire

Wildfire. Wildfire in Greece. Forest fire. Forest fire in progress. Fire. Large flames. Greece. Athens. Thessaly. Evro. Alexandroupolis. Dadia.

Gamekeeper on shooting estate burning heather moorland, to provide good habitat for grouse, England, april

Prescribed fire in south Florida is responsible for fuel reduction and wildlife habitat management. Also can prevent catastrofic fires that destroy property.

Firefighter puts out fire in woods. Lifeguard pours water.

98 firefighters with support from three fire engines, two helicopters, two water tenders, a dozer and an air tanker battled to contain the 90 acre Rogers Fire located on Mt. Rogers five miles west of Aladdin, WA on the Coleville National Forest.

Controlled burn in prairie to improve habitat.

Severe Wildfire Threat, Springer, OK, January 16, 2006 Firefighters from Oklahoma, North Carolina, Virginia, and the U.S Fish and Wildlife Department do a burnout operation to contain a fire that eventually burned 350 acres. Over 400,000 acres have burned since November. Bob McMillan/ FEMA Photo.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Creator: Gerald Vickers. Subjects: Prescribed burning; Prescribed burning; fire management; fire; refuge; chesapeake marshlands NWR.

agricultural burn, ID

Firefighters spray water on forest fire.

Wildfires, San Diego, CA, October 26, 2007 Northern California fire crews work into the night clearing fire line and monitoring a back burn that was set to stop the Poomacha fire from advancing westward. Currently the fires in Southern California have burned more than 355,000 acres. FEMA photo/Andrea Booher.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Bush fire with burning grass and tree, Gambia, january

Slash-and-burn agriculture in the miombo woodland that forms a buffer zone around Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique; Mozambique

Fire In The Dry Grass Field Big red fire in the dry grass field in a summer day Copyright: xZoonar.com/tudorxantonelxadrianx 1497405

Forestry Technician Tim Parry oversees a prescribed burn Feb. 13, 2023, along the railroad tracks on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The post prescribed burn team includes personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department; Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; and the Colorado State University Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, under contract with the post. Prescribed burns also improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities, and reduce wildfire potential. Prescribed burns benefit the environment many ways and are one of the tools we can use on a large scale to improve our wild habitat, said Fort McCoy Forester Charles Mentzel with the Directorate of Public Works Natural Resources Branch. Mentzel said prescribed burns help set back invasive species, and they burn up their seed ba

Wildfires, San Diego, CA, October 26, 2007 Northern California fire crews set fire back burn to stop the Poomacha fire from advancing westward. Currently the fires in Southern California have burned more than 355,000 acres. Andrea Booher/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Smoke, firefighter and men in team with emergency, disaster management or damage control in bush. Mountain, flame and people helping in fire rescue, volunteer service or safety in nature conservation

Smoke, forest and firefighter team with disaster management, emergency and damage control in bush. Mountain, flame and people help with fire rescue, volunteer service or safety in nature conservation

Forest fire in South Florida.

Prescribed Burn in longleaf pine forest, The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve, Telfair County, Georgia, USA

Fire in a clearing in a city park

Wildfires, San Diego, CA, October 26,2007 Northern California firefighter checks Relative Humidity factor (RH) during a burnout operation on the Poomacha fire. Currently over 355,000 acres have burned during the California fires. Andrea Booher/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Forest in California with panoramic aerial wildfire is burning trees smoke fire dry grass. Forest in California with panorama aerial wildfire is burning trees dry grass

A beneficial prescribed fire conducted in southwest Florida.

Fire set by prescribed burn. Subjects: Prescribed burning; Wildlife refuges. Location: Mississippi. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: GRAND BAY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. . 1998 - 2011.

Fire in wetland. West Demerara Conservancy, West of Georgetown, Guyana

Forestry Technician Tim Parry oversees a prescribed burn Feb. 13, 2023, along the railroad tracks on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The post prescribed burn team includes personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department; Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; and the Colorado State University Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, under contract with the post. Prescribed burns also improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities, and reduce wildfire potential. Prescribed burns benefit the environment many ways and are one of the tools we can use on a large scale to improve our wild habitat, said Fort McCoy Forester Charles Mentzel with the Directorate of Public Works Natural Resources Branch. Mentzel said prescribed burns help set back invasive species, and they burn up their seed ba

Hand piles are burned in the snow at Bear Valley NWR. Subjects: Fire.

red fire in dry herb

Man made fires to encourage the growth of Elephant-grass Kaziranga NP, Assam, India

Prescribed fire in south Florida is responsible for fuel reduction and wildlife habitat management. Also can prevent catastrofic fires that destroy property.

Gamekeeper starting a fire on grouse moor in spring. Yorkshire Dales, UK.

Trees burning in forest fire, Almora, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia Copyright: xJagdishxAgarwal/DinodiaxPhotox

Creator: Gerald Vickers. Subjects: Prescribed burning; Prescribed burning; fire management; fire; refuge; chesapeake marshlands NWR.

Virginia, Rockbridge County. Forest Fire

Severe Wildfire Threat, Springer, OK, January 16, 2006 Firefighters from Oklahoma, North Carolina, Virginia, and the U.S Fish and Wildlife Department do a burnout operation to contain a fire that eventually burned 350 acres. Over 400,000 acres in Oklahoma since November. Bob McMillan/ FEMA Photo.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Ash from burn dry grass in pine forest, with this careless make many forest fire, especial in hot season, branch of tree were cut, damage ecology cause change climate, unsafe for environment

Severe Wildfire Threat, Springer, OK, January 16, 2006 Firefighters from Oklahoma, North Carolina, Virginia, and the U.S Fish and Wildlife Department do a burnout operation to contain a fire that eventually burned 350 acres. Since November over 400,000 acres in Oklahoma have burned. Bob McMillan/ FEMA Photo.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Sicily, Provincia di Messina, traditional forest fire

Fire Fighters Walking Along The Edge Of A Controlled Burn

Deforestation and slash and burn agriculture in Mayotte

A firefighter working to put out a forest fire in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming during the historic 1988 fire.

Controlled burn in prairie to improve habitat.

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Prescribed Burn by Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR). Prairie Ridge State Natural Area. Marion County, Illinois, USA.

DESTRUCTION - AMAZON, BRAZIL.Vicinitiy Rio Branco. Burning the forest to enlarge cattle ranches. . In the last ten years alone 10% of the Amazon has been cleared. The land usually remains fertile for only a few years then more forest is cleared.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A firefighter manages the progress of a controlled burn in the vicinity of the Industrial Area at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.The burn, managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, targeted 2,174 acres near Kennedy's administrative complex. Shifting winds caused the fire to flare up in places to dramatic effect. Limited visibility caused by the smoke required NASA Security to close some roadways. The burn, which began during the 8 o'clock hour this morning, is expected to be extinguished this evening. Controlled burns are commonplace on the center to reduce the likelihood of an unplanned brush fire during Central Florida's dry season.

Wildland firefighter hikes through smoke

Deforestation, Central America

Creator: Zoppetti, Greg. Subjects: fire; prescribed fire; FWS fire Employees (USFWS); PFTC. . 1998 - 2011.

Creator: Olson, Jeff. Subjects: fire; prescribed fire; USFS; USFWS; firefighters; smoke; training. . 1998 - 2011.

Prepare for wildfires before they happen. Learn more at ready.gov/wildfires. Prepare for wildfires before they happen. Learn more at ready.gov/wildfires. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Lakewood, Colorado, August 4, 2008 Wild land ground crews from West Metro fire district get to work on mop up of the Green Mountain fire. Photo Michael Rieger/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

CalFire and US Fish & Wildlife Service Engine 58 crew implement a progressive hoselay to protect the community of Spring Valley from the Jamacha Fire burning on the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge. Subjects: Fire management; Scientific personnel (USFWS); Wildlife refuges; Wildlife impacts. Location: California. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: SAN DIEGO NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE COMPLEX.

Waldo Canyon Fire. Colorado Weber Fire. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Controlled forest burn in northern Michigan

Creator: Klamath Basin NWRC. Subjects: Fire; Wildfire; Burnout; Clear Fire 2001; CA; Clear Lake NWR; Modoc Hotshots.

Severe Wildfire Threat, Springer, OK, January 16, 2006 Firefighters from Oklahoma, North Carolina, Virginia, and the U.S Fish and Wildlife Department do a controlled burnout operation to contain a fire that eventually burns 350 acres. Since November over 400,000 acres have burned in Oklahoma. Bob McMillan/ FEMA Photo.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

A man attempts to extinguish a burning rainforest area in the state of Para, off the Trans Amazonica highway, Brazil.

Severe Wildfire Threat, Springer, OK, January 16, 2006 Firefighters from Oklahoma, North Carolina, Virginia, and the U.S Fish and Wildlife Department do a burnout operation to contain a fire that eventually burned 350 acres. Over 400,000 acres in Oklahoma have burned since November. Bob McMillan/ FEMA Photo.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Worker of the National Park Service wearing fire resistant clothing intentionally burns part of Big Meadows to preserve the open view and prevent the invasion of woody plants, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, USA, North America

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Joshua Paculan, 49th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, observes a brush fire during a prescribed burn at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, Oct. 3, 2022. Prescribed burns ensure that the environment and wildlife on base remain healthy.

A controlled fire burn occurs near Whitfield in the King Valley, Victoria, Australia, Oceania

Firefighters performing controlled burn in forest

98 firefighters with support from three fire engines, two helicopters, two water tenders, a dozer and an air tanker battled to contain the 90 acre Rogers Fire located on Mt. Rogers five miles west of Aladdin, WA on the Coleville National Forest.

Wildfires, San Diego, CA, October 26, 2007 A Northern California fire crew member shoots a flare to set a back burn to stop the Poomacha fire from advancing westward. Currently the fires in Southern California have burned more than 355,000 acres. FEMA photo/Andrea Booher.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

San Diego Wildfires

Intense heat produced by a forest fire, as firefighters look on.

A firefighter with the U.S. Air Force Wildland Fire Branch, uses a drip torch to light dry vegetation on fire during a controlled burn at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Jan. 13, 2024. The drip torch fuel mixture ignites via a lit wick at the end of the torch and drips onto the ground. The controlled burn aimed to reduce the fuel loads, such as brush and plant matter, to lower the risk of uncontrolled wildfires.

Gamekeeper with traditional fire beating stick, on shooting estate burning heather moorland, to provide good habitat for grouse, Cumbria, England, March

Emergency, forest and firefighter team with disaster management, smoke and damage control in bush. Mountain, flame and people help with fire rescue, volunteer service or safety in nature conservation

A man attempts to extinguish a burning rainforest area in the state of Para, off the Trans Amazonica highway, Brazil.

Forestry Technician Tim Parry oversees a prescribed burn Feb. 13, 2023, along the railroad tracks on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The post prescribed burn team includes personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department; Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; and the Colorado State University Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, under contract with the post. Prescribed burns also improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities, and reduce wildfire potential. Prescribed burns benefit the environment many ways and are one of the tools we can use on a large scale to improve our wild habitat, said Fort McCoy Forester Charles Mentzel with the Directorate of Public Works Natural Resources Branch. Mentzel said prescribed burns help set back invasive species, and they burn up their seed ba

The use of Fire in Agriculture

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