Fire Season 2023

The new map breaks Coconino County into 10 different zones to ease the evacuation process and give residents advance notice of which areas are most at risk during a major emergency event.

Fire crews on the Coconino National Forest have now contained more than 30 percent of a lightning-caused wildfire near Sedona.

Officials say the Miller, Volunteer and Willow fires were all caused by lightning.

Construction crews have begun a major flood mitigation project north of Flagstaff. It follows two devastating wildfires last summer that put some 1,500 homes in danger of catastrophic flooding.

Fire managers on the Coconino National Forest are letting one fire to burn and are considering allowing another consume woody debris.

A wildfire in the Secret Mountain Wilderness near Sedona has grown to about 35 acres. Forest service officials now say the fire was caused by lightning.

A wildfire in the Secret Mountain Wilderness near Sedona has grown to about 19 acres.

A bill introduced in Congress would permanently raise pay and other benefits for wildland firefighters. It comes as temporary increases are set to expire in the coming months.

Fire crews in Grand Canyon National Park this week began a large prescribed burn along Desert View Drive on the South Rim.

Coconino National Forest officials will continue a series of prescribed burns this week.