Wildfire Statistics

Abstract

Wildfires are unplanned and unwanted fires, including lightning-caused fires, unauthorized human-caused fires, and escaped prescribed fire projects. States are responsible for responding to wildfires that begin on nonfederal (state, local, and private) lands, except for lands protected by federal agencies under cooperative agreements. The federal government is responsible for responding to wildfires that begin on federal lands. The Forest Service (FS) - within the U.S. Department of Agriculture - carries out wildfire management and response across the 193 million acres of the National Forest System (NFS). The Department of the Interior (DOI) manages wildfire response for more than 400 million acres of national parks, wildlife refuges and preserves, other public lands, and Indian reservations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 15, 2021
Accession Number
AD1143321

Entities

People

  • Katie Hoover
  • Laura A. Hanson

Organizations

  • Congressional Research Service

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • California
  • Communities
  • Congress
  • Fires
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Lightning
  • National Governments
  • National Parks
  • Natural Resources
  • New Mexico
  • Personnel Management
  • Puerto Rico
  • Quality Of Life
  • Statistics
  • United States
  • Wildfires

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Fire Suppression Systems Design.
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.