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Fire Program Statistics

2004 WUI Treatments by Region

Region	Number	RX Acres	Mech Acres	Other Acres	Total Acres
1 - Pacific	28	1,318	1,087	30	2,435
2 - Southwest	59	21,911	623	268	22,802
3 - Great Lakes-Big Rivers	118	16,449	395	97	16,941
4 - Southeast	243	79,490	1,816		81,306
5 - Northeast	34	1,353	1,336	2,450	5,139
6 - Mountain-Praire	26	3,007	103	160	3,270
7 - Alaska	2	6	13		19
8 - California/Nevada Ops	14	80	3,570	1,100	4,750
Total	524	123,614	8,943	4,105	136,662

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Interior Fire Program Assessment

Did You Know...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service manages public land in every U.S. state and territory, including 550 national wildlife refuges and 70 national fish hatcheries.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service manages more than 75 million burnable acres, including 24 million acres of forest/brushland and 4 million acres of grassland.

More than 80% of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lands in the continental U.S. (and more than 90% in Alaska) include fire-adapted ecosystems with vegetation dependent on periodic fire.

An average of 500 wildfires burn 300,000 acres each year on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lands. The Service also burns more than 350,000 acres a year using prescribed fire.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service annual fire program budget is approximately $80 million.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employs more than 500 permanent fire professionals, along with 200 seasonal and temporary fire employees during fire season.

More than 2,000 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees are qualified to assist with wildland fire management on an interagency basis.

The U.S. Fish and Wildland Service Fire Management Program protects more than 700 communities and wildland-urban interface areas.

Historically, an acre was the amount of land tillable by one man behind an ox in one day. This measures 90% of a football field. There are 640 acres in a square mile.

More than 90% of the hazardous fuels reduction by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is completed using prescribed fire.