Sunday, January 18, 2026

usfs will NOT be part of the new US Wildfire Service

https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/us-wildland-fire-authority.496044/

iirc the usfs is a much larger fire agency than the DOI

usfs - 1000 engines (TY3 and TY6) and 20 hand crews and 100 helos -
united states forest service under the Department of Agriculture

blm - 400 engines (TY4 and 6) and 20 helos and 10 hand crews - Bureau
of Land Managenent under Dept of Interior (DOI)

nps - 200 engines (TY3 and 6) and 20 ems/fire helos and 2 hand crews -
Natl Park Service under DOI

fws - 400 slip on engines and 10 ty 3 engines and 2 helos - US Fish
and Wildlife Service under DOI

bia - maybe 200 engines (TY3 and 6) and 5 helos and 10 hand crews -
Bureau of Indian Affairs under DOI - possibly most of these units are
operated by the local tribes but funded by DC

these are all very rough numbers meant to show the relative size of the agencies

TY 3 engine = 125 gpm and 500 gallon tank

TY 6 engine = 100 gpm pump and 250 gallon tank of water

TY 4 engine = 50 gpm pump and 750 gallon water tank

usfs cover mountains and forests

blm cover rangelands

usfws covers swamps

bia and nps cover a mixture of forests and rangelands

most of the large airtankers are controlled out of boise by NIFC -
they are shared among all federal wildfire agencies - some smaller
airtankers are operated by BLM in Nevada and elsewhere

state forestry agencies also operate a multitude of helos and some
smaller air tankers - they are NOT a part of this new federal fire
agency

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