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Wildfire Matters

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is a leader in the nation’s wildland fire management. BLM Fire carries out a broad range of actions to protect the public, natural landscapes, wildlife habitat, recreational areas, and other values and resources. The national BLM Fire program focuses on public safety as its top priority, and consists of fire suppression, preparedness, predictive services, vegetative fuels management, prescribed fire, community assistance and protection, and fire prevention through education. To meet its wildland fire-related challenges, the BLM employs highly trained professional firefighters and managers who are committed to managing wildfire on our public lands. The BLM...

Turning Data into Decisions — Behind the Scenes of Fire Intel

56 mins; August 07, 2025

Two Roles, One Goal: Suppression with Stewardship

41 mins; June 25, 2025

Land management is fire management: an overview of the BLM Fuels Management program with TJ Clifford, Diane Mastin Dixon, Casey Cheesbrough, and Lance Okeson

73 hours 28 mins; May 06, 2025

Fighting wildfire in Alaska: a chat with Chena Hotshots Galen Milchman and Emily Evans

52 mins; April 09, 2025

What it’s like to be a BLM Pilot: winging it with Bob McCormick and Lisa Allen

48 mins; March 05, 2025

Beyond wildfire: all about all-hazard response with Mike Mattfeldt, Jim Schultz, and Scott Beacham

55 mins; December 11, 2024

How to land a fire job: building a “fire” application with Kim Darnall and Ben Patten

62 hours 35 mins; October 31, 2024

Talk dispatch to me: with Amy Lancaster, Tommy Hayes, and Katie Williamson

66 hours 6 mins; September 10, 2024

Taking flight with Matt Dutton: a discussion about the BLM Remote Pilots and Remote Systems program

50 mins; July 31, 2024

Getting the “skinny” on helitack: a conversation with Brandon Williams and Taylor Clelland

50 mins; June 28, 2024

Remote Automatic Weather Station operations: shooting the breeze with Robbie Swofford, Justin Dopp and Cindy Sherfick

60 hours 54 mins; May 29, 2024

The National Fire Equipment Program: talking shop with John Fitchner and Justin Lammers

47 mins; April 24, 2024

Looking at landscape ecology as it relates to wildland fire and fuels management: a conversation with Michele Crist

38 mins; March 27, 2024

Emergency Stabilization and Rehabilitation and the National Seed Warehouse System: a discussion with Jake Ferguson and Brandon Brown

45 mins; February 28, 2024

Learn about the Joint Fire Science Program with Coleen Haskell and Karen Dante-Wood

52 mins; January 31, 2024

Not your ordinary job: a Wildfire Matters look back at different careers in fire with Carrie and Jennifer

57 mins; October 18, 2023

Wildland Firefighting positions: Q&A with a panel of subject matter experts

61 hours 11 mins; September 06, 2023

Fire suppression preparedness and incident management: a discussion with Steve Shaw

55 mins; August 09, 2023

Alaska Fire Service: Managing wildfires in the great state of Alaska, part two

64 hours 37 mins; July 19, 2023

Alaska Fire Service: Managing wildfires in the great state of Alaska, part one

80 hours 29 mins; July 12, 2023

Veteran crew to engine crew: talking with second year firefighter Katrina Arguello

37 mins; June 01, 2023

Describing the BLM Honor Guard mission and services with Matthew Norden

50 mins; May 03, 2023

Explaining the BLM Operational Medical Support Program with Dr. Andrew Southard

58 mins; March 29, 2023

An Introduction to the National Wildfire Coordinating Group with Katie Wood

43 mins; March 01, 2023

Learning about the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center: a discussion with Kelly Woods

64 hours 3 mins; February 08, 2023

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