Madison Fire Department

04/10/2026

🚨Evacuation Alert Lifted
Madison County deputies have cleared the fire scene. Multiple fire agencies remain on scene and have contained the fire.
Fire personnel will continue working over the next several days to extinguish remaining hot spots on scene.

04/10/2026

🚨Prepare for Evacuation🚨
The Madison County Sheriff’s Office is currently conducting door-to-door notifications for residences south of 6800 South and west of 2000 West.
If you live in this area, be prepared to evacuate due to the wildfire moving north from the river.
https://warn.pbs.org

🚨Prepare for Evacuation🚨

The Madison County Sheriff’s Office is currently conducting door-to-door notifications for residences south of 6800 South and west of 2000 West.

If you live in this area, be prepared to evacuate due to the wildfire moving north from the river.

https://warn.pbs.org

04/10/2026

Around 2:30 pm we were notified by Jefferson County that they had a brush fire on their side of the river with the likelihood that it could spread to Madison County's side of the river. It did indeed jump the river in the area of 3300 W on Madison's side. Regional mutual aid was requested to help fight the fire on both sides of the river in Jefferson County and Madison County. We have brush trucks, water tenders, overhead personnel, law enforcement, and even a SAR boat to help ferry firefighters to the fire's location. Access on Madison's side is very difficult. The size of the fire on Jefferson's side is around 15 acres, and we're still determining the current size of the fire on Madison's side. This burn resulted from a controlled burn that got out of control. Homes in the immediate area have been notified of the "Ready" evacuation status, to be "ready" to evacuate if necessary.

Madison County Sheriff Idaho
Central Fire District
Blackfoot Fire Department
Teton County Fire & Rescue
Idaho Falls Fire Department
Swan Valley Fire District 2
Idaho National Laboratory
county fire department
North Fremont Fire District
Bonneville County Fire District #1
City of Ucon
U.S. Wildland Fire Service
Idaho Department of Lands
U.S. Forest Service - Caribou-Targhee National Forest
Bureau of Land Management - Idaho

Eastern Idaho CERT (Community Emergency Response Team)

03/31/2026

HIRING FOR PART-TIME ESNA OFFICE ASSISTANT: this position assists with the education arm of the fire department, see www.esnalearning.com (assisting with the administration of EMS and Fire classes); M-TH 10 am-2 pm, F 10 am-1:30 pm; see full job info here: https://fdmadison.org/employment/ OPEN UNTIL FILLED

03/31/2026

HIRING FOR SEASONAL HYDRANT TESTING: full-time hours Monday--Thursday, mid-may to end of August; applications due by May 1st
See www.fdmadison.org/employment/ for full info.

03/31/2026

HIRING FOR SEASONAL OR PART-TIME ASSISTANT MECHANIC/TECHNICIAN: seasonal full-time hours not to exceed five months OR ongoing part-time 19.5 hours/week; see full job info here: https://fdmadison.org/employment/ OPEN UNTIL FILLED

***A burn ban is now in effect for Madison County and will remain in effect until September 30, 2025. Click on BURN REGISTRATION for more information.***

03/28/2026

🔥 Don’t Burn and Turn 🔥
Madison Fire Department is currently responding to a large number of out-of-control controlled burns across the county.

“Don’t Burn and Turn” is a safety campaign reminding residents to never leave a controlled burn unattended. If you light it, you stay with it—ensuring it remains safe, contained, and fully extinguished before you walk away.

Here’s what’s causing these fires:
• Not registering your burns, which means Madison Fire Department and Madison County Dispatch are unaware of them and who to contact in case of issues
• Burning during windy conditions
• Leaving burns unattended
• Not fully extinguishing fires
• Burning piles that are too large

Spring winds — especially in the afternoon — can carry embers long distances into brush, trees, and even structures. We recently had a controlled burn spread and catch an abandoned house on fire.

Right now, our crews are racing all over the county putting out fires. We are consistently having to empty stations and call in off-duty personnel, and request mutual-aid from neighboring counties’ fire departments – all of which delays responses to medical calls, car accidents, and other fires.

If you are going to burn, please:
✔ Register your burn
✔ Burn small piles
✔ Watch the wind
✔ Stay with your fire
✔ Make sure it is cold to the touch before you leave

Register your burn and review guidelines here:
https://fdmadison.org/register-a-controlled-burn/

Don’t Burn and Turn.

03/26/2026

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03/26/2026

03/26/2026

HIRING FOR MULTIPLE POSITIONS:

PART-TIME ESNA OFFICE ASSISTANT: this position assists with the education arm of the fire department, see www.esnalearning.com (assisting with the administration of EMS and Fire classes); located behind the fire station; open until filled

SEASONAL OR PART-TIME ASSISTANT MECHANIC/TECHNICIAN: seasonal full-time hours not to exceed five months OR 19.5 hours/week; open until filled

SEASONAL HYDRANT TESTING: full-time hours Monday--Thursday, mid-may to end of August; applications due by May 1st

See www.fdmadison.org/employment/ for full info.

03/18/2026

The season for outdoor burning is upon us. Please burn responsibly:
- know what you can and cannot burn
- follow the controlled burn guidelines and attend the fire at ALL times
- don't forget to register your burn before burning at https://fdmadison.org/register-a-controlled-burn/

03/12/2026