PHOTO CREDITS
The photographs featured throughout this website are shared through the National Interagency Fire Center’s Flickr collection. Many offer a firsthand look at wildland firefighting, captured by firefighters and fire personnel working in the field.
We’re grateful to the photographers who document this work and offer a glimpse into the people, places, and realities of wildland fire.
Photo source: National Interagency Fire Center on Flickr
Night fire activity on Gunsight Fire 2024 BLM Employee Photo Contest Category - Fire Personnel A member of Engine 1603 observing the active nighttime fire activity on the Gunsight Fire, near Fredonia, Arizona. Photo by Casey Schlenker, BLM.
Milkweed seed in the black at Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge in Minnesota 2024 USFWS Fire Employee Photo and Video Contest - Post-Fire Category WINNE A milkweed seed lays in the black after a prescribed fire at Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge in Minnesota. Mike Budd/USFWS
Prescribed fire at Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge in South Carolina 2024 USFWS Fire Employee Photo and Video Contest - Post-Fire Category Smoke fills the air after a prescribed fire at Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge in South Carolina. Phil Millette/USFWS
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fire managers monitor a prescribed fire at a distance at Medicine Lake National Wildllife Refuge in Montana. Ryan Cheatham/USFWS
CL-415EAF Super Scooper The CL-415EAF Super Scooper is designed from the ground up for wildfire suppression. Unlike converted airtankers, Scoopers are engineered for sustained, direct attack, repeatedly delivering large volumes of water directly onto the active fire edge.
A wildland firefighter monitors fire activity on the Turkey Feather Fire on the Gila National Forest in New Mexico during burn operations. Paul Hensel/USFWS
Crane Fire Understanding the effects of lightning, rain and fire, second year firefighter Wade Crumley works in the rain and steam on the crane fire analyzing the effects of a lightning struck tree and how fire can still gain ground and burn hot enough to create steam while in torrential downpour. Photo by Zachary J Funk, BLM.
Firefighters on the Wapiti Fire hiking on the fireline, Idaho, September 2024 Firefighters on the Wapiti Fire on Boise National Forest hiking along the fireline. Photo by USDA Forest Service/Kyle Miller
Rabbit Hills Fire 2025 BLM Fire Employee Photo Contest Category - Fire Personnel Even during times of unavoidable misery like hiking up a 40° angle hill to a lightning fire as part of most backcountry fire suppression operations, (front to back) Hannah (Snacks), Wade (Squirrel), Quincy (D1) and Zachary (Funk) the crew of OR-LAD E-7475 still find a moment to keep morale and crew cohesion as part of daily operations. Photo by Hannah Suba, BLM.
Hotshot Sawyer 2 This is Rockwell Lathen, a sawyer on the Logan Hotshots. The crew had been flown in to a helispot and Rockwell was engaged in a snagging operation. Photo by Jeff Stebbins, BLM.
Black Canyon Fire, Utah, 2026 Firefighters walk through a sagebrush meadow on the Black Canyon Fire in Utah. Photo by Manti-Lasal National Forest