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IDL is responsible for fire prevention, fire mitigation, and fire suppression. The ten Forest Protective Districts and two Timber Protective Associations are responsible for the protection of more than 6 million acres of state and private forest and rangelands. The department works with tribal and interagency partners across jurisdictional boundaries to ensure statewide fire protection.
Mission
To conserve and protect six million acres of private, state and federal forestlands by preventing and/or suppressing all unwanted fire; to enhance forest management on state endowment lands by utilizing fire as a management tool; and to help local communities better cope with wildfire in the wildland urban interface.
- 10-Year Statewide Fire Data, 2007-2017
- 2017 IDL Fire Program Review Summary (Updated June 2017) | Full Report
- Map – IDL protected areas
- Coeur d’Alene Interagency Fire Cache
- IDL FIRE “RED BOOK” – Managing Fire on Lands Protected by the State of Idaho: A Handbook for Policymakers, Landowners, and Idaho Citizens
- View as interactive version
- Download as Single Pages | Two-Page Spreads
- Working with communities before, during, and after a wildfire
- Forester Forums – Short informational publications covering various aspects of forest management practices
- FAQ-Fire Protection Standards for Forest Operations
- IDAPA 20.04.01 – Rules Pertaining to Forest Fire Protection
- IDL Forest Industry/Equipment Operator Survey
- Northwest Management, Inc
- Inland Forest Management, Inc
- Northern Rockies Coordination Center Training Providers
- Associated Logging Contractors, Inc
- MT-ID Airshed Management System
- National Wildfire Coordinating Group Publications
- NWCG Handbook (May 2005) Wildfire Origin and Cause Determination Handbook
- National Interagency Fire Center
- National Weather Service Forecast:
- Western States Fire Information Resource
- National Wildfire Coordinating Group
- Northern Rockies Coordinating Group
- Great Basin Coordinating Group
- National Wildland Fire Training
Public Service Announcements
- Building a Greener Idaho radio interview, Jan. 17, 2017
- Radio ads – State Forester:
- Interagency Fire Prevention PSA
Contacts
For questions specific to a geographic location or fire incident:
Contact Area Office or Fire District
For statewide programmatic questions:
Fire Management / Coeur d’Alene Staff Office
(208) 769-1525
Clearwater-Potlatch Timber Protective Association (Orofino)
(208) 476-5612
Southern Idaho Timber Protective Association (McCall)
(208) 634-2268
Latest Fire News
January 21, 2021Idaho Department of Lands Achievements for FY20
January 15, 2021
Thousands of trees burned in Woodhead Fire harvested quickly to help fund Idaho schools
November 18, 2020
IDL GIS and Remote Sensing staff selected for the 2020 ESRI Special Achievement in GIS award
November 10, 2020
Idaho’s next steps in shared effort to reduce wildfire risk and epidemics of forest disease
October 5, 2020
Idaho’s shared effort toward reducing wildfire risk has new coordinator