The National Multi-Agency Coordination Group raised the national wildland fire preparedness level one step higher to Preparedness Level 3. The Group is composed of wildland fire representatives from each wildland fire agency based at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho. “Peak fire season is here, and we have created the most prepared and coordinated wildfire-fighting force in the world,” said Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins. “We are taking this fire season seriously, and our federal wildland firefighters are prepared to respond.” Right now, Rollins said several active fires are burning across the country, and the U.S. Forest Service is actively responding. As of June 1, the Forest Service has hired 96 percent of its 11,300-firefighter hiring target, with full staffing expected by mid-July. This is ahead of where the agency has been in previous years, and the Forest Service is ready for the fire season ahead.
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