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Number of fires annually averages approximately 200 for 90,000 acres burned

Interagency Leadership Board includes an Agency Administrator from each cooperative agency

The dispatch center employs a combination of BLM and Forest Service Dispatchers

Operation — 24 hours a day / 7 days a week during peak fire season

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Fire Suppression Staff and Equipment generally consists of:

250 + firefighters, 1 Forest Service Interagency Hotshot Crew, 47 Wildland Fire Engines, 5 Water Tenders, 2 or more SEATs, 2 or more Helicopters - one Type II and one Type III minimum, 1 Air Attack, Aircraft, 1-5 Bulldozers, 12 Smokejumpers with Jump Aircraft, two - 150 person Initial Attack caches.

Fully operational Air Base which can service SEATs, Heavy Airtankers, and Helicopters.

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Dispatching Fire Fighting Resources for:

U.S Department of Agriculture

U.S. Forest Service - Sawtooth National Forest

U.S. Department of the Interior

Bureau of Land Management - Twin Falls District including:

Burley, Jarbidge, and Shoshone Field Offices

Bureau of Reclamation

Snake River Area Office—East

National Park Service

Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve

City of Rocks National Reserve

Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument

Minidoka Internment National Monument

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Hagerman National Fish Hatchery

Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge

State of Idaho

Department of Lands (South Central Area Office)

- Department of Parks and Recreation -

Billingsly Creek State Park

Box Canyon State Park

Castle Rocks State Park

Crystal Springs State Park

Malad Gorge State Park

Niagara Springs State Park

Three Island Crossing State Park

United States Air Force

Mountain Home Air Force Base

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South Central Idaho Interagency Dispatch Center
213 West F Street
Shoshone, Idaho 83352
208-886-2373

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