February 2nd, 2026 11:45 am
Flagstaff, AZ (2/2/2026) – The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) plans to conduct prescribed fire operations across Coconino County between February and March, with a goal of treating more than 12,000 acres to reduce wil...
October 30th, 2025 10:58 am
Flagstaff, AZ (10/30/2025) – Starting the week of November 3, the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) plans to take advantage of favorable weather and conduct two prescribed fire projects, both located southwest of Fl...
October 3rd, 2025 8:45 am
Pinetop, AZ (10/3/2025) – The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) begins a new fuels reduction project in Apache County in a continuous effort to protect Arizona’s residents and critical infrastructure and improve th...
September 22nd, 2025 11:39 am
Tucson, AZ (9/22/2025) – Starting Monday, September 22, the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) begins the Yellow Jacket fuels reduction project near Arivaca to proactively increase community wildfire resilience and enhanc...
September 15th, 2025 2:32 pm
Phoenix, AZ ( 9/15/2025 ) – The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) begins a new fuels reduction project in Maricopa County, continuing efforts to protect Arizona’s residents and critical infrastructure and improve t...
June 18th, 2025 2:54 pm
Payson, AZ (6/18/2025) – This year marks the 35th anniversary of the Dude Fire – a fire outside of Payson that took the lives of six firefighters from the Perryville Fire Crew. To pay tribute to those lives lost, the Arizona Department of...
June 17th, 2025 2:55 pm
An increased risk for wildfires due to hot and dry conditions prompt the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) to strengthen fire restrictions for some areas in northern Arizona. Starting Wednesday, and in conjunction with th...
May 29th, 2025 8:40 am
Flagstaff, AZ (5/29/25) – Dry conditions coupled with an uptick in fire activity prompt the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) to implement Stage 1 fire restrictions on State Trust lands within Coconino County.
On ...
May 21st, 2025 11:34 am
PHOENIX – Effective Friday, May 23, at 8 a.m. the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management and the Bureau of Land Management Colorado River District and Phoenix District will implement seasonal Stage 2 fire restrictions in central and...
May 12th, 2025 2:51 pm
Tucson, Ariz. (May 12, 2025) --- Due to severe and extreme drought conditions and an uptick in fire activity, Arizona State, federal agencies, and Tribal agencies representing southeast Arizona plan to implement Stage 2 fire restrictions.
Effecti...
May 1st, 2025 2:16 pm
Phoenix, AZ (5/1/2025) – On Saturday, May 3, residents of Oracle and other communities across Arizona will collaborate for Wildfire Community Preparedness Day, a nationwide campaign that encourages residents and organizations to take action to ...
March 31st, 2025 4:51 pm
Today, the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) along with local and federal partners briefed Governor Katie Hobbs on the outlook for Arizona’s upcoming fire season. Unlike year’s past, state and regio...
February 27th, 2025 3:26 pm
Holbrook, AZ – On Tuesday, February 25th, the voting members of the White Mountain Fire Coordinating Group (WMFCG) convened to assess current forest conditions and weather patterns throughout the region. The members voted to recommend...
February 10th, 2025 9:48 am
The Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) has started a fuels reduction project within Oracle State Park in an ongoing effort to protect Arizona’s communities and improve the health of the state’s diverse landscapes. DFFM fore...
February 7th, 2025 2:29 pm
Over the next few weeks, the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) plans to conduct pile burn operations at three Arizona state parks. DFFM supports Arizona State Parks and Trails every year with their fuels mitigation projects by...
December 17th, 2024 10:43 am
The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) announces $5 million in available funding to help Arizona’s fire districts with fire apparatus purchases. The money supports Arizona’s rural communities and allows fire distric...
November 25th, 2024 3:09 pm
Globe, AZ (11/25/2024) – A 40-foot Ponderosa pine takes center stage this year as the State’s Capitol Christmas tree. The tree, a gift from San Carlos Apache Tribal Chairman Terry Rambler to Governor Katie Hobbs, comes from the Point of P...
October 15th, 2024 3:30 pm
Phoenix, AZ (10/15/2024) – Over the fall and winter months, the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) plans to take advantage of seasonally cooler temperatures to accomplish multiple prescribed fire projects throughout Arizo...
September 30th, 2024 10:47 am
As part of the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management’s (DFFM) Healthy Forest Initiative (HFI), the agency earmarks $2 million for 10 fuels management projects that support wildfire risk reduction efforts.
The 10 projects equate...
July 2nd, 2024 4:09 pm
Phoenix, AZ (7/3/24) – With the Fourth of July holiday upon us, the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) encourages Arizonans to leave the fireworks up to the professionals as fire danger remains high and activity persists....
June 19th, 2024 12:56 pm
Arizona Forestry Implementing Stage 2 Restrictions in Northern Arizona Due to Hot and Dry Conditions
Phoenix, AZ (6/19/24) – Lingering hot weather and a lack of moisture coupled with fire behavior intensity warrants the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management to increase fire restrictions across northern and northeastern Arizona. St...
June 5th, 2024 6:33 am
Phoenix, AZ (6/5/24) – Increasingly hot and dry conditions coupled with an uptick in human-caused fire activity trigger the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) to impose additional Stage 1 fire restrictions on State Trust ...
May 29th, 2024 11:34 am
Kearny, AZ (5/29/2024) – More than 100 personnel remain engaged with full suppression efforts on the Simmons Fire burning northwest of Kearny in Pinal County. Cooler overnight temperatures coupled with increased relative humidity levels kept fi...
May 28th, 2024 8:41 am
Prescott Valley, AZ (5/28/2024) – Within the next few weeks, the Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) begins a nearly 600-acre fuels reduction project south of Prescott Valley, northwest of Dewey, and southeast of the Stoneridge ne...
May 23rd, 2024 2:04 pm
The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) earmarks $4.3 million in grant money for 15 Arizona fire districts to invest in critical firefighting necessities. The funding stems from Senate Bill 1720 to help address significant infra...
May 22nd, 2024 1:12 pm
Phoenix, AZ (5/22/24) – Increasing fire activity coupled with warm temperatures and dry conditions prompt the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) to implement Stage 1 fire restrictions on State Trust lands within some area...
May 17th, 2024 4:10 pm
A WIN-WIN FOR ARIZONA: WILDLAND FIRE RESOURCES EXPAND THANKS TO NEW LEGISLATION
Phoenix, AZ (5/17/2024) – With the recent passing of House Bill 2751, the State of Arizona can now reach a bigger pool of wildland firefighting resources, includ...
May 16th, 2024 7:45 pm
Phoenix, AZ (5/16/2024) – The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management announces a multi-million-dollar investment into the state of Arizona provided through the USDA Forest Service as part of their Community Wildfire Defense Grants (...
May 13th, 2024 7:18 pm
Maricopa, AZ (5/13/2024) – A recent spike in wildfire activity in some parts of Pinal County is causing concern for state fire management officers. Since April 1 to May 9, the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) responded ...
April 15th, 2024 11:41 am
Phoenix, AZ (4/15/2024) – This year and to continue with tradition, the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) celebrates Arbor Day at the State Capitol with a tree planting ceremony and community recognition event. For nearl...
April 12th, 2024 12:42 pm
Apache Junction, AZ (4/12/2024) – Starting Tuesday, April 16, the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management in conjunction with Arizona State Parks and Trails and Superstition Fire and Medical District conduct a one-day pile burn proje...
April 3rd, 2024 1:14 pm
Starting Thursday, April 4, 2024, the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) begins a one-day pile burn operation at Picacho Peak State Park outside of Eloy. Over the past few years, DFFM has been collaborating with Arizona State P...
March 25th, 2024 3:36 pm
Phoenix, AZ (3/25/2024) – Starting Wednesday, the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) starts a two-day prescribed fire project near Buckeye, east of State Route 85, in Maricopa County. The Robbins Butte Pile Project is a 1...
March 18th, 2024 3:33 pm
Phoenix, AZ (3/18/2024) – The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) along with the Bureau of Land Management, the US Forest Service, and local cooperating fire agencies brief with Governor Katie Hobbs about the upcoming wild...
February 22nd, 2024 9:40 am
On Tuesday, February 27, the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) begins a one-day prescribed burn operation at Dead Horse Ranch State Park in Cottonwood. The project involves the removal of approximately 10 acres of debris piles...
December 20th, 2023 2:54 pm
Phoenix, AZ (12/20/2023) – The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) proudly announces nearly $5 million in grant funding to help Arizona’s fire districts with significant firefighting needs.
The funding is part of th...
October 30th, 2023 5:00 pm
Flagstaff, AZ (10/30/23) – The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management’s (DFFM) prescribed fire program resumes this week starting with two projects southeast of Flagstaff in Coconino County.
The 250-acre Log Cabin prescr...
September 27th, 2023 2:54 pm
Phoenix, AZ (9/27/23) – The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) proactively treats 9,332 acres in prescribed burn projects since January, and over the spring burn period, thanks to Mother Nature and last year’s signi...
August 14th, 2023 1:31 pm
Flagstaff, AZ (8/14/23) – In the next few weeks, the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) begins a six-month fuels project southwest of Flagstaff to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire, protect nearby communities, impr...
July 31st, 2023 2:57 pm
Safford, AZ (7/31/23) – Lightning associated with monsoon storms continues to send wildland firefighting resources in all directions picking up new starts across the state, including the approximately 5,000-acre Treadway Fire located within the...
June 27th, 2023 4:32 pm
Phoenix, AZ (6/27/23) – Dry and hot weather prompt the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management to implement fire restrictions throughout the high country out of firefighter and public safety.
Starting Thursday, June 29, 2023, at 8am...
June 7th, 2023 2:30 pm
Phoenix, AZ (6/7/23) – An increase in fire activity, along with dry and warm weather prompt the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) to implement Stage 1 fire restrictions on State Trust lands within parts of Central Arizon...
May 31st, 2023 8:42 pm
Flagstaff, AZ (5/31/23) – Over the next few weeks, the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) implements two prescribed burn projects to reduce hazardous fuel on State Trust land and safeguard communities within Coconino Coun...
May 25th, 2023 3:06 pm
Phoenix, AZ (5/25/23) – Starting tomorrow, Friday, May 26, 2023, the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management implements Stage I fire restrictions on State Trust Lands within La Paz, Mohave, and Yuma Counties.
DFFM fire managers say ...
May 15th, 2023 11:36 am
Phoenix, AZ (5/15/23) – This fire season, the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management deploys a modern wildland firefighter accountability and response system to better equip the agency’s firefighters while out in the field, wi...
May 11th, 2023 1:14 pm
Flagstaff, AZ (5/11/23) – Starting next week, the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management begins a week-long prescribed fire project in Coconino County. The 750-acre Observatory RX Burn is located five miles west of Flagstaff, west o...
April 24th, 2023 12:31 pm
Sonoita, AZ (4/24/23) – Upcoming favorable weather allows the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management to begin ignitions on a multi-day prescribed burn project nine miles southeast of Sonoita in Santa Cruz County.
The Babacomari Ra...
April 20th, 2023 2:02 pm
Phoenix, AZ (4/20/23) – The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management proudly announces a multi-million dollar investment into the state of Arizona and the agency’s Urban and Community Forestry program through the Investing in Am...
April 18th, 2023 3:53 pm
Favorable Weather Conditions Allow Arizona Forestry to Begin Two Prescribed Burns in Coconino County
Flagstaff, AZ (4/18/23) – The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management begins two prescribed burn projects over the next few weeks in Northern Arizona as upcoming, favorable weather conditions allow. Both projects help with wildfire r...
March 27th, 2023 9:15 am
SOUTHWEST WILDFIRE AWARENESS WEEK BEGINS: TEAMWORK IS KEY WHEN IT COMES TO WILDFIRE PREVENTION AND RISK REDUCTION
Phoenix, AZ (3/27/23) – Every year, wildfires burn thousands of acres across the state. Fires destroy properties, harm Arizona&rs...
December 5th, 2022 2:27 pm
Phoenix, AZ (12/5/2022) – Upcoming and favorable weather conditions allow the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management to conduct two prescribed burn projects in Graham and Coconino Counties starting this week.
Roper Lake State Park ...
November 3rd, 2022 1:35 pm
Phoenix, AZ (11/3/2022) – The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management in conjunction with Arizona State Parks and Trails begin pile burn operations at four state parks across the state over the course of a few weeks.
Upcoming and fa...
May 24th, 2022 9:39 am
Start date – Monday, May 23, 2022
Size – 4,000 acres
Containment – 0%
Location – ¼ mile NE of Elgin
Cause- Under Investigation
Elgin, AZ (5/24/22) – Fueled by winds and pockets of dry vegetation, the fire sta...
May 2nd, 2022 4:50 pm
Phoenix, Ariz. (May 2, 2022) – Effective Thursday, May 5 the following agencies will implement campfire and smoking restrictions:
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Phoenix and Colorado River Districts;
Coconino, Kaibab [Williams and Tusayan R...
March 28th, 2022 1:11 pm
Phoenix, AZ (3/28/2022) – Each year, nine out of ten wildfires across the country are started by people. In 2021, 71% of Arizona’s fires were human-caused. As the temperatures start to rise and vegetation starts to dry out, the state will...
November 12th, 2021 10:11 am
Pine-Strawberry, AZ (11/10/21) - Upcoming and favorable weather conditions provide an ideal window for the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management and the Pine-Strawberry Fire District to begin a multi-day, prescribed burn near the communi...
August 20th, 2021 12:51 am
Phoenix, AZ (8/20/21) – As part of a $100 million investment into the state of Arizona, the Department of Forestry and Fire Management develops the Post-Wildfire Infrastructure Assistance Program to help public and private landowners with repai...
July 21st, 2021 10:17 pm
As of 8 am, on Wednesday, July 21, 2021, all remaining fire restrictions on Arizona State Trust Land have been lifted. With all restrictions lifted, we ask the public to be mindful of their surroundings. Wildfires can start at any time of the year in...
July 7th, 2021 1:40 pm
Phoenix, AZ (7/7/21) – On Friday, July 9, at 8 am, the Department of Forestry and Fire Management rescinds recreational closures on State Trust Land in all 15 counties and places some areas back into Stage II restrictions.
With the rescinding ...
July 1st, 2021 1:34 pm
Phoenix, AZ (7/1/21) – With the 4th of July holiday around the corner, the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management urges the public to not use fireworks as more than half of the state remains in an exceptional drought status and fire...
June 23rd, 2021 1:35 pm
Phoenix, AZ (6/23/21) – Due to extremely high fire danger, exceptional drought conditions, resource availability, and increased fire activity, the Department of Forestry and Fire Management and the Arizona State Land Department will implement c...
May 6th, 2021 8:59 am
Pinetop, AZ (5/6/21) – Extreme and exceptional drought status, dry fuels, an uptick in human fire starts, coupled with upcoming critical fire weather, prompts the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management to implement fire restrictions...
March 22nd, 2021 8:21 am
Phoenix, AZ (3/22/21) – Fire managers with the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management say current conditions continue to line up for another potentially active fire season across all corners of the state.
Once temperatures warm up,...
January 27th, 2021 1:57 pm
Arizona experiences one of the worst fire seasons in nearly a decade driven by a multitude of factors, including unseasonably warm conditions, a lack of moisture, an overabundance of fine fuels, and increased recreational traffic across the state.
In...
August 12th, 2020 10:49 am
Phoenix, AZ (8/12/20) – Unfavorable weather conditions, high fire danger, and continual fire activity means fire restrictions must go back in place on some state lands this weekend.
Due to public and firefighter safety, come Friday, August 14...
May 11th, 2020 10:58 am
Fire restrictions being implemented in more areas across Arizona
Fire prevention is critical to the health and safety of communities
and emergency responders
PHOENIX - Beginning May 12, 2020, the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management...
April 8th, 2020 12:07 pm
Phoenix, AZ (4/8/20) - This year, the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management predicts another potentially active fire season in certain parts of the state with conditions very similar to what Arizona saw last year.
The winter rain and sn...
June 21st, 2019 11:29 am
Phoenix, AZ (6/21/19) - As fire activity gains momentum and fire suppression resources remain spread thin across Arizona, the Department of Forestry and Fire Management will implement fire restrictions to some state lands on Friday.
Starting F...
June 6th, 2019 11:12 am
Phoenix, AZ (6/6/19) - Due to the uptick in fire activity in the Northwestern portion of Maricopa County, the Department of Forestry and Fire Management plans to hold a public meeting in Wittmann, next week, in an effort to reduce the number of fire ...
May 6th, 2019 1:46 pm
Phoenix, AZ (5/6/19) - Recent moisture and ideal weather conditions allow the Department of Forestry and Fire Management to burn off hundreds of acres of debris piles this week around the Flagstaff-area.
The Mill Park Rx Burn is a 510-acre debris pi...
May 2nd, 2019 1:43 pm
Phoenix, AZ (5/2/19) - Multiple wildfires in the Wickenburg and Wittmann-areas spur the Department of Forestry and Fire Management to investigate further the factors leading to an uptick in fire activity in Northwestern Maricopa County.
In the past ...
April 25th, 2019 1:40 pm
Phoenix, AZ (4/25/19) - With eleven wildfires in nearly five months, Mohave County is one of the most active counties in the state, second only to Cochise.
The most recent fire, the Beach Fire – along the Colorado River, consumed almost 55 acr...
March 27th, 2019 1:37 pm
Phoenix, AZ (3/27/19) - The recent winter moisture across Arizona provided some much needed relief to the state after struggling with a lack of moisture and severe drought conditions over the last couple of years.
Even with all of our rain and...
March 22nd, 2019 1:35 pm
Phoenix, AZ (3/22/19) - On Monday, the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management will begin a two-day prescribed burn nine miles southeast of Sonoita.
The Babacomari Ranch Rx Burn is slated for 2,000 acres, and objectives include, redu...
March 22nd, 2019 1:29 pm
Phoenix, AZ (3/22/19) - The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management releases a new tool for residents to capture just how likely their property may or may not withstand a wildfire in their area.
The Arizona Wildfire Risk Assessment P...
March 4th, 2019 1:27 pm
Phoenix, AZ (3/4/19) - The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management announces the release of a new mobile phone application that provides local fire and forestry information to the user.
The application offers wildland fire information, fi...
February 7th, 2019 12:14 pm
Phoenix, AZ (2/7/19) - Next week, the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management will be holding a community meeting to discuss the agency’s 35,000 acre prescribed burn planned for Southern Arizona.
On Tuesday, February 12th at 6pm, DF...
January 24th, 2019 12:47 pm
Phoenix, AZ (1/24/19) – Arizona’s 2018 wildfire season started with an unfavorable forecast. The lack of moisture and severe drought conditions set the stage for what could possibly be a very active fire season across the state.
But proa...
December 5th, 2018 12:53 pm
Phoenix, AZ (12/5/18) - Weeks after a super typhoon hit the Mariana Islands in the Western Pacific, the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management’s All Hazard Incident Management Team traveled to Saipan to help survivors displaced by t...
November 19th, 2018 1:11 pm
Phoenix, AZ (11/19/18) - A White Fir takes the spotlight as Arizona’s 2018 Capitol Christmas tree and the Department of Forestry and Fire Management recently cut the tree down to be put on public display.
On Thursday, crewmembers with the agen...
November 10th, 2018 1:09 pm
Phoenix, AZ (11/10/18) - In less than 24 hours, the Department of Forestry and Fire Management deploys nearly 150 firefighters to California to help with wildfire suppression efforts in that state.
As of today, 144 firefighters with 42 engines are e...
November 6th, 2018 1:00 pm
Phoenix, AZ (11/6/18) - Starting Tuesday, November 6th, the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management will begin a prescribed burn in Apache County, five miles northwest of Eagar.
The Grasslands Rx Burn consists of burning 375 acres of...
October 16th, 2018 1:03 pm
Phoenix, AZ (10/16/18) - Ideal weather conditions mean the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management will take advantage of the cooler temperatures and recent moisture in Apache County and begin a one-day pile burn operation on We...
October 12th, 2018 1:14 pm
Phoenix, AZ (10/12/18) - The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management awards nearly $1.1 million dollars to multiple entities across the state to help with project work in some of Arizona’s at-risk communities.
Recently, State Forest...
September 25th, 2018 1:16 pm
Phoenix, AZ (9/25/18) - Favorable weather conditions allow the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management to resume ignitions to hundreds of acres of debris piles outside of Flagstaff.
This is the second week of the agency’s pile burn ...
July 30th, 2018 12:48 pm
The State of California is calling for help and Arizona is ready to answer that call.
Recently, the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management received multiple orders for personnel and equipment to head to California to help wi...
July 27th, 2018 12:49 pm
With the summer storms, comes the lightning. And with the lightning, comes the fires. Today, firefighters with the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management are working multiple lightning-sparked fires across the state.
BIRD FIRE:&n...
July 17th, 2018 12:50 pm
Additional rainfall, along with increased humidity levels, have decreased the fire danger enough to allow the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management to lift more closure orders and fire restrictions on state-owned and managed lands.
At 0...