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Fire & Aviation

Current Fire Conditions

For information on current Ongoing Fires and Emergencies, Fire Weather, or Fire Restrictions, please refer to our Current Conditions page. The Incident Information System (InciWeb) displays any ongoing incident in the Pacific Southwest Region.

Employment / Fire Hire

Numerous positions are open nationwide. The Lassen, Plumas and Modoc National Forest will be filling several permanent and temporary fire positions.

Prevent Wildfires

[image] Wildfire Jobs Please visit our Prevent Wildfires! page for tips on Outdoor Fire Safety, as well as information on Residential Fire Safety.

Emergency Equipment Rental Agreements (EERA's)

If you are interested in signing up equipment to respond to wildland fires, please see "Doing Business With Us".

Prescribed Fire

[Image] Prescribed Fire The Lassen National Forest is a leader in the Prescribed Burning Program. Prescribed burning is used as a land management tool to reduce the amount of fuel --dead wood, ground litter such as needles and small twigs, and other material -- that has built up on the forest floor. This reduces the risk of high intensity catastrophic wildfire.

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The Lassen Fire Organization

[image] Hotshots on Backburn The Lassen Fire Organization includes an Airbase,a Dispatch Center, a Hotshot Crew and a Helitack Crew. In addition, there are fourteen fire engines with crews, three ten person handcrews, three watertenders staffed, six fire lookout towers staffed, six fire prevention technicians, five fuels officers, and six fire management officers/assistants stationed at one of three districts on the forest.