Kentucky Division of Forestry

Next month marks the start of the Kentucky Division of Forestry’s fall forest fire season, which enacts statewide burn restrictions. That comes as the U.S. Drought Monitor reports 80 percent of Kentucky is already experiencing a drought.

Firefighters from the southeast United States are undergoing training in Pineville this week to learn how to safely operate heavy machinery.

The Kentucky Division of Forestry says a forecasted drop in humidity early next week could see eastern Kentucky continue to be at risk for more wildfires.

What a difference a few weeks makes when it comes to the fall forest fire season. September found drought conditions in many sections of the Commonwealth…

Kentucky Division of Forestry officials say the spring fire season is well underway with wet conditions for much of 2019 thus far. Still, wildfires remain…

Kentucky’s fall forest fire hazard season officially begins today. It runs until mid-December and prohibits open burning between 6:00 a.m and 6:00 p.m.…

This week marks the start of Kentucky’s Forest Fire Hazard Season. A leading state forest fire official hopes this fall’s burnings are fewer and less…

Firefighters from Kentucky’s Division of Forestry are heading west to help battle wildfires in Arizona.The 15 crew members left Wednesday and are expected…

Most state fire crews pulled out of southeastern Kentucky Wednesday leaving local departments to manage the mop up.Not all the fires in Appalachian…

Wild fires continue to rage in Southeastern, Kentucky representing a 664 percent increase in November fires over 2015. Five hundred people are still…