A Wildland Firefighters First Assignment from NIFC

Direct link to the April 2025 video from the National Interagency Fire Center on YouTube

I have been referencing videos shared by the National Interagency Fire Center this week and I continue sharing NIFC videos today. The NIFC website has a lot of good information, it may be found here. One of the ways I learn more about wildland firefighting and keeping up with current events in the wildland fire community is through videos and social media. The video that I shared above offers a quick look at what a wildland firefighter's first assignment under NIFC will be like. I suspect that the experience of a wildland firefighter in a State system, e.g. New Jersey, will be different as some State wildfires are not under NIFC.

Mobilization of Resources to Wildfires Through the National Interagency Coordination Center

Direct link to March 2022 video from the National Interagency Fire Center on YouTube

I do know that aerial and ground resources from one state can be deployed to a wildfire in another state through the National Interagency Coordination Center (NIFC) . But I was not quite certain of how these deployments work. Thanks to this march 20222 video that I just found today on the NIFC website I am finally able to share some good and reliable information with you about how emergency resources are mobilized. The video is a little over eight minutes long.