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August 24, 2024 - Right now, 58 large active wildfires are being managed with full suppression strategies nationwide. These wildfires have burned 2,067,910 acres. About 18,900 wildland 
firefighters and support personnel are assigned to wildfires, including 21 complex and 2 Type 1 incident management teams, 439 crews, 751 engines, 120 helicopters, and two Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems, or MAFFS.
Each year, thousands of fires in the United States are caused by people. The major causes of these fires are from loss of control of debris burning; unattended and improperly extinguished or not extinguished campfires; and sparks or heat transfer from the use of vehicles and equipment like chain saws or recreational vehicles including trailers. Become a part of the solution. Learn more on how you can safely play and work around our natural resources on our public lands. Prepare for wildfire - Ready, Set, Go! Wyoming (4)
Sixty fireline management personnel from Australia and New Zealand are assigned to support large fires in the Northwest Area. For more information about the mobilization of wildland firefighters from Australia and New Zealand visit the international support page.
Two hundred forty-five soldiers from the 14th Brigade Engineer Battalion and the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment based out of Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM) are deployed in support of wildland fire operations on the Boise National Forest. NIMO (Team 2) is assigned to support the military contingent. To learn more about military mobilizations, visit the military support page.
There are fuels and fire behavior advisories in place for Northwest Texas, Colorado's Front Range and Eastern Wyoming, Southwest Oregon, the region east of the Cascades in Oregon and Washington, and California. Residents, travelers, or workers on their way to any of these states should be advised and familiarize themselves with the elevated risks.
Note: The current reporting from source data for year-to-date figures appears to be underreporting fire acreage in some geographic areas affecting the overall national statistics. Given the very high tempo and scale of national current fire activity, there will be delays in reconciling, especially from areas with large fires and dynamic fire activity. Adjustments may occur as the accuracy of fire locations, mapping and final fire reporting is reconciled.
South to southwest winds of 15-30 mph with gusts of 30 to 40 mph amid relative humidity of 10-20 percent are expected across the eastern Great Basin up into Wyoming and central and eastern Montana today. Above normal temperatures and minimum relative humidity below 25 percent are likely to continue east of the Divide in the Southwest into the Southern Plains. Mixed wet/dry storms are forecast over the northern Great Basin into parts of the Northern Rockies. Showers will persist from the Cascades westward. Cooler temperatures and higher humidity levels will spread further south and east from the Pacific Northwest and northern California into the northern Great Basin and the western tier of the Northern Rockies curtailing significant fire potential. Monsoon moisture will continue to shift slowly eastward on Saturday creating areas of showers and mainly wet storms across eastern Arizona, eastern Utah, New Mexico west of the Divide, and western Colorado. Temperatures in the southern Plains will remain above normal with afternoon relative humidity as low as 15% and southwesterly winds of 12-20 mph and gusts 20-25. In the Deep South, very warm and dry conditions with relative humidity as low as 35% will persist. Dry air will remain in place across the Appalachians and Ohio Valley with temperatures warming to above normal levels.
| Number of new large fires or emergency response * New fires are identified with an asterisk |
4 | States currently reporting large fires: |
| Total number of active large fires Total does not include individual fires within complexes. |
48 | |
| Acres from active fires | 1,018,720 | |
| Fires contained | 3 |
Year-to-date statistics
| 2024 (1/1/24-8/24/24) | Fires: 31,948 | Acres: 5,594,429 |
| 2023 (1/1/23-8/24/23) | Fires: 37,911 | Acres: 1,848,103 |
| 2022 (1/1/22-8/24/22) | Fires: 41,478 | Acres: 6,016,408 |
| 2021 (1/1/21-8/24/21) | Fires: 41,284 | Acres: 4,665,285 |
| 2020 (1/1/20-8/24/20) | Fires: 38,531 | Acres: 3,714,355 |
| 2019 (1/1/19-8/24/19) | Fires: 32,219 | Acres: 3,915,907 |
| 2018 (1/1/18-8/24/18) | Fires: 42,697 | Acres: 6,239,106 |
| 2017 (1/1/17-8/24/17) | Fires: 43,595 | Acres: 6,647,184 |
| 2016 (1/1/16-8/24/16) | Fires: 39,276 | Acres: 4,324,962 |
| 2015 (1/1/15-8/24/15) | Fires: 42,735 | Acres: 7,573,139 |
| 2014 (1/1/14-8/24/14) | Fires: 37,875 | Acres: 2,685,721 |
10-year average Year-to-Date
| 2014-2023 | Fires: 39,771 | Acres: 4,713,062 |
Source: NIFC
