Today, the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) and the annual Wildland Fire Safety Training Annual Refresher (WFSTAR) are in the spotlight for the NIFC Behind the Scenes - Winter Edition series! Thank you, Joe Schindel for the inside look at some of the required training that both #wildlandfirefighters and support personal attend prior to #FireYear2024. To learn more about NWCG and the WFSTAR program, please visit: NWCG 👉https://www.nwcg.gov/ WFSTAR 👉https://www.nwcg.gov/publications/t

TEXAS WILDFIRE OUT OF CONTROL The Smokehouse Creek wildfire is raging in the Texas panhandle and parts of Western Oklahoma. The cause of the blaze is currently unknown, but it started Monday evening and has already burned more than 1 million acres. It’s now the largest wildfire in Texas history and the second-largest wildfire in US history. Here, footage from first responders and storm chasers shows the intensity of the flames as clouds of acrid smoke billow over the land — and some of the smoke