There is no way one agency can fight all the wildland fires that occur in Eastern Idaho. For the past several years, the land management and fire fighting agencies on many levels of government have worked together under a very carefully coordinated system to fight fires as they arise.

The command center for most fires in Eastern Idaho originates at the Eastern Idaho Interagency Fire Center (EIIFC) in Idaho Falls. Housed at the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Forest Service offices, the main staff consists of personnel from the BLM and the Forest Service. Additional help comes on-demand, as fire needs dictate, from city and county fire departments, and from fire crews from the Ft. Hall Indian Reservation, the Idaho National Laboratory, the Idaho Department of Corrections and other partners.

In addition to local resources, EIIFC staff can also draw upon fire fighting resources from throughout the country through the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), the national interagency command center located in Boise. When wildfires are burning in several parts of the country, or when local fires become increasingly complex, NIFC can dispatch specialized teams to help local firefighters plan and coordinate their resources.