The Bureau of Land Management, or BLM, is part of the United States Department of the Interior. It administers over a million square kilometres of public lands, mostly located in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.
Among its other responsibilities, BLM is responsible for wildland firefighting on the lands that it administers. BLM employs thousands of firefighters and support personnel, directed from the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) in Boise, Idaho.
As of 2025, the BLM firefighting fleet consists of approximately 413 pieces of dedicated wildland fire equipment The fleet is broken down into:
- 276 Engines
- 59 Crew Carriers
- 23 Dozer Crews
- 12 Water Tenders
- 2 Fire Boats
Wildland Fire Program[]
The Bureau of Land Management Wildland Fire Program is divided into 12 State Programs, which is then subdivided into respective District and Field offices, further divided into Fire Management Zones. BLM Fire holds one of largest and most complex fire program within the Department of the Interior. The Bureau maintains a number of modules including:
- Alaska Smokejumpers
- Aravaipa Interagency Hotshot Crew
- Billings Veterans Crew
- Bonneville Interagency Hotshot Crew
- Chena Interagency Hotshot Crew
- Craig Interagency Hotshot Crew
- Devil's Canyon Veterans Crew
- Diamond Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew
- Folsom Lake Veterans Crew
- Great Basin Smokejumpers
- Jackson Interagency Hotshot Crew
- Kern Valley Interagency Hotshot Crew
- Lakeview Interagency Hotshot Crew
- Medford Veterans Crew
- Midnight Sun Interagency Hotshot Crew
- Ruby Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew
- Silver State Interagency Hotshot Crew
- Snake River Interagency Hotshot Crew
- Spokane Veterans Crew
- Unaweep Wildland Fire Module
- Vale Interagency Hotshot Crew
- Vegas Valley Veterans Crew
| Class | Description |
|---|---|
| 186 | Fuel Tanker |
| 611 | Fire Dozer |
| 612 | Hydraulic Trailer |
| 613 | Water Tender Trailer |
| 614 | Tilt Deck Trailer |
| 615 | Tractor |
| 625 | Unimog |
| 626 | Unimog |
| 644 | Crew Carrier |
| 650 | Hummer |
| 651 | Command Truck (GAS) |
| 652 | Superintendent Truck |
| 653 | Command Truck (Diesel) |
| 654 | Command Truck Light Duty |
| 655 | Command SUV Light Duty |
| 656 | Small Command SUV Light Duty |
| 657 | Fire Crew Truck (Diesel) |
| 658 | Command Utility Truck (Diesel) |
| 660 | Light helitack support vehicle |
| 661 | Helitack Support |
| 662 | Type 6 Light Engine, up to 17,500 GVW |
| 663 | Light Engine (with slip-on), up to 12,500 GVW |
| 664 | Medium Engine, 21,000-26,000 GVW |
| 665 | Type 3 Interface Engine (Model 14) |
| 667 | Type 3/4 Heavy Wildland Engine (diesel) |
| 668 | Super Heavy (Engine or Tactical Tender) |
| 669 | Water Tender (diesel) |
| 670 | RAWS |
| 681 | Fire Boat |
| 925 & 926 | Unimog or equivalent special-purpose vehicle |
History[]
In 2018 the Department of the Interior completed its re-organization of its 49 regions across 8 bureaus to 12 unified Interior Regions. This re-organization moved the existing 9 BLM districts into the 12 unified regions.
External Links[]
Bureau of Land Management Fire and Aviation Program
Region Map[]
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