Baker County Interagency Fire Prevention Team

09/04/2026

🔥 While fire danger has improved with recent rain, restrictions are still in effect across Baker County. Know restrictions before you head out to recreate or hunt on the long weekend.

🔥 Visit the Blue Mountain Interagency Dispatch Center website at www.BMIDC.org to see what restrictions are currently in effect.

08/27/2026

A community meeting for the McCully Fire will be held tomorrow August 28 in Sumpter.

🔥A community meeting is planned for the McCully Fire tomorrow (8/28). The meeting will be live-streamed on the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest page if technology allows.

📆Friday, August 28, 2026
🕧6 p.m.
📍Sumpter Community Center | 475 N. Mill Street, Sumpter, Oregon

08/25/2026

There have been two illegal fires in Baker County in the past 48 hours.

Let’s be absolutely clear: WE ARE STILL UNDER EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND THE BURN BAN IS IN EFFECT.

This is NOT the time to burn. Not a burn pile. Not trash. Not brush. Not “just a small fire.”

🔥 DO NOT BURN. PERIOD.

Under these conditions, a fire can escape quickly and spread out of control, putting homes, property, wildlife, and firefighters at risk.

Please take the burn ban seriously. One careless decision can have devastating consequences for our entire community.

If you see someone burning illegally, report it.

Baker County: Do your part. Follow the burn ban. Prevent a wildfire. 🚫🔥

08/13/2026

🚩 RED FLAG WARNING 🚩

A Red Flag Warning is in effect for Baker County from 2:00PM August 13th through 7:00PM August 14th for scattered thunderstorms with gusty erratic winds up to 45mph.

Please help your local fire agencies by being cautious with your outdoor activities and promptly reporting any fires you see. Extreme fire danger still exists and firefighters will be busy with new lightning caused starts.

08/07/2026

Although temperatures will dip slightly going into next week, fire danger remains extreme in Baker County.

No relief in the forecast this weekend east of the Cascades and in Southern Oregon. The National Weather Service has a Red Flag Warning in place for the Lower Columbia Basin through Saturday. Much of Southern Oregon is under a heat advisory.

It's been a tough wildfire season. Please take steps to prevent sparking a new fire. We've got prevention tips on our website; from yard work to traveling, you can limit the risk of sparking an unintended fire.

We also have tips on how you can be prepared.

PREVENTION: https://www.oregon.gov/osfm/education/pages/prevent-wildfires.aspx
PREPARDEDNESS: https://osfminfo.org

07/31/2026

🚩 A Red Flag warning for high winds and low humidity with the passage of a dry cold front is in effect from 2PM-8PM tomorrow, August 1. This means that existing fires could experience rapid growth and all new starts could be hard to fight.

Please be cautious and avoid doing anything that could start a new fire during this time of critical fire weather!

07/27/2026

What do evacuation levels mean?
🟢 Ready
🟡 Set
🔴 Go
With 6 large fires burning in Baker County right now, many areas are under evacuation levels. Evacuation levels can change quickly in rapidly evolving fire situations. Door to door notifications will be made if possible but stay informed by following local resources.
Baker County Sheriff's Office
Powder River Fire Information
Salmon Fire OR 2026

07/17/2026

Fire prevention team partners are set up at the Miners Jubilee! Come by and see us to win prizes! It’s already been a busy fire season with multiple large fires in Baker County so we appreciate everyone who helps us with preventing fires.

04/09/2026

Smokey Bear and the fire prevention team have been busy visiting schools in Baker County and spreading the message of campfire safety.
Oregon Department of Forestry - Northeast Oregon District
Baker City Fire and Rescue Station 24