Osage Nation Wildland Fire Management

🚩 FIRE WATCH 🚩 Due to fire weather conditions, Osage Nation Wildland Fire Management will prohibit burning on restricted Indian lands on Tuesday, March 12 and Wednesday, March 13, 2024. Permits will be temporarily suspended during this time.

Please do your part to keep our lands and crews safe!

Thank you Pawhuska fire and Pawhuska WELA for letting Smokey come spend the morning with you!

Osage Nation Wildland Fire firefighters mopping up on the Behr fire west of Hominy.
Pictured firefighters: Jesse Carr, Joe Lynn, and Stewart Woodfin.

🔥💜🏈👑 King Conner Marshall and Queen Izzy Holding invite Buck Nation to come to the HOCO game tonight. The Coronation begins at 6:30, and the kickoff is at 7:00.
Hominy plays Pawnee in the 1st district game of the season so come out and cheer for the Bucks as they go ALL OUT ALL GAME ALL SEASON! Buck Pride!

Osage Nation firefighters working in eastern Montana with fuel breaks and tree thinning to help mitigate catastrophic wildfires in the future.

Osage Nation Wildland Fire resources mopping up on a fire just outside Pendleton, Oregon. Resources were sent up to staff an engine to help the Umatilla Agency. Pictured is Fire Fighter Sam Lumeyer.

Osage Nation firefighters in Eastern Montana fighting wildfires for the bureau of land management. We strive to maintain a good working relationship with these other agencies so when our fire season comes we will have there assistance to protect our own community.
Pictured from left to right Jonathon Surrette, Joesph Lynn, Jesse Carr, Jacy Gray, Dalton Maker and not pictured Benny Miller.

Osage Nation Wildland Fire resources out near Towaoc, Co. Connor Wadkins working as an IC trainee and Senior firefighter Paul Schmidt mopping up.

Osage Nation Wildland Fire resources out in Towaoc Colorado helping the Ute Mountain Agency. Pictured from right to left: Engine Boss Louis Dailey III, Firefighter/EMT Connor Wadkins, Firefighter Sam Lumeyer, Senior Firefighter Paul Schmidt.

Osage Nation Wildland Fire resources participated in a youth fire prevention event during their emergency fire detail out to the San Carlos Agency in Arizona.

Osage Nation Senior Firefighter Paul Schmidt raising the humidity out here in Arizona while mopping up.

Osage Nation Wildland Firefighters detailed out to the San Carlos agency to help out with wildfires in Arizona.

The Osage nation Wildland fire prevention department participated in the “week of the young child” event yesterday. Spreading fire awareness, providing s’mores, and reading to the Osage nation WELA and immersion programs. Please continue to be “fire wise” and remember ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT WILDFIRES!

We would like to thank everyone for the tremendous support we have received the last couple weeks. Specifically LeeAnn Ammons, El Jalisco Mexican Restaurant, Huskie Grill, and Drink Milo's. We appreciate everything you guys do for us. Thanks for the support!

ATTENTION | Due to ongoing inclement conditions, NO-BURN has been extended until Wednesday, April 5, 2023. Please continue to use extreme caution.

ATTENTION | Due to ongoing inclement conditions, NO-BURN has been extended until Monday, April 3, 2023. Please continue to use extreme caution.

A No-Burn Day has been issued today, March 31st, by the Osage Nation due to current inclement weather. All Osage Nation burn permits are void until tomorrow.

RED FLAG WARNING | Dangerous fire weather conditions are moving into Eastern Oklahoma, including Osage County. A Red Flag Warning has been put into effect until 8 pm central time. Outdoor burning is not recommended as dry conditions, low humidity, and high winds can cause a fire to spread out of control quickly. A cold front is expected late tonight.

Please report fires to 911 and stay safe!

Osage Nation wildland fire has been busy this week with wild fires we would like to thank the help of all our volunteers fire departments for assisting us with these wild fires.

We are amidst fire season. Before performing your RX burns please take the time to notify your local fire departments.

Osage Nation Wildland fire had some training this last week. We did some extraction training of a injured firefighter on the fire line. With trainings we strive to improve our department to be the best. We continue to learn and improve our professionalism, tactics, and techniques for wildland fire fighting. Our goal is to provide the best service for our constituents while safely fighting fires.

Osage nation suppressed a wild fire 3 miles west of Okesa with the help of Osage hills, Pershing, and a couple privately owned fire trucks we would like to say thank you for the help from our volunteers and privately owned departments for the help with this wildfire.

Current fire weather is in extreme and severe.

RED FLAG...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING

Southwest winds will gust near 30 mph at times at the 33 ft level
across southeast Oklahoma this afternoon. Very hot conditions
coupled with afternoon Relative Humidity values in the 12 to 20 percent range and
high end fuel dryness will create an environment favorable for
rapid fire growth and extreme behavior.

RED FLAG...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING

South winds will gust near 20 mph at times at the 33 ft level
across southeast Oklahoma this afternoon. Very hot conditions
coupled with afternoon Relative Humidity values in the 25 to 35 percent range and
high end fuel dryness will create an environment favorable for
rapid fire growth and extreme behavior. Any isolated
thunderstorms during the afternoon will be accompanied by erratic
and much stronger winds gusts. Across the remainder of eastern
Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas, afternoon RH values will fall
into the 20 to 30 percent range with very hot conditions once
again.

Warm and wind conditions today will create aggressive grassland
fire spread rates. Humdity values will remain above critical
values, however any fire starts could spread rapidly today
especially across portions of northeast Oklahoma. Any
controlled fires from recent days that have not been
full extinguished will be prime locations for renewed
fire development today. Winds will remain gusty into the
evening hours today impacting any ongoing fire suppression
efforts. All out door burning is strongly discouraged and if you see any smoke or wildfires call 911 to report them.

A RED FLAG WARNING has been issued from 12:00 until 8:00 pm this evening due to forecasted strong winds along with low air moisture. Any outdoor burning is strongly discouraged and if you see any wildfires or smoke please 911.