Wildfire Resources
Before lighting fire, please check for any local burn restrictions.
We are Washington state's largest fire department. Our approximately 600 permanent and temporary employees fight fires on more than 13 million acres of private and state-owned forest lands. Our fire protection and safety equipment requirements help your local fire district respond to wildfires. We also work with the National Weather Service to provide the fire weather forecasts and fire precaution levels for you, the firefighters, forest landowners, and the forest industry. We use hand crews, engines, dozers, water tenders, helicopters and planes to help put out wildfires. Here's how to provide equipment and services for fire suppression.
WILDLAND FIRE ACADEMIES - DNR hosts interagency wildland fire academies to provide quality wildland fire training at no-cost to Washington's in-state interagency firefighting partners. Each academy uses local, state and federal firefighters' expertise to teach the courses.
Outdoor Burning
Please check burn restrictions before lighting any fire.
The Department of Natural Resources regulates outdoor burning on all forestlands where DNR provides wildfire protection.
Did you know that 85 percent of Washington’s wildfires are caused by people? Be careful and help prevent wildfires.
Stay Connected
More and more people are making their homes in woodland settings - in or near forests, rural areas, or remote mountain sites. There, homeowners enjoy the beauty of the environment but face the very real danger of wildfire. To assist in defending against wildfire, it is important that communities develop a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP).
Check out the DNR Burn Risk Map to view the fire danger in your area.
