cluding size, percent contained, ….
cluding size, percent contained, and fire cause. It also includes information on the total number of fires and acres burned in Montana this calendar year.
As of Monday afternoon, there are currently 88 active fires in the state, with 13 starts in the last 24 hours. There have been 1,794 fires this year, with more than 468,158 acres burned to date this year. In the past week alone, the number of acres burned has doubled across Montana.
Dashboard data will be updated routinely throughout the day as soon as incident information is updated.
“Here at the DNRC, we continue to be intently focused on the 2021 fire season, and we hope that this new resource provides the public with the necessary information to keep them safe and informed,” Department of Natural Resources and Conservation director Amanda Kaster said.
The governor declared a statewide wildfire emergency on July 14 in response to the extremely dry and dangerous wildfire conditions and the national shortage of firefighting resources. The governor has since mobilized the Montana National Guard and secured wildfire support from Utah and California through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact to assist in the state’s wildland fire response.
The new dashboard can be accessed at mtfireinfo.org, a site launched by DNRC in June to keep Montanans and visitors to the state updated on current fire restriction information.
