KBIC Fire and Emergency Management

10/12/2026

KBIC Fire personnel were dispatched to assist the Ottawa NF with this fire and remain assigned to this incident.

10/09/2026

08/28/2026

Keweenaw Bay fire personnel have completed a successful assignment to the Boundary Waters in Minnesota. Personnel performed a variety of tasks from working with heavy equipment, backhauling hose and pumps, to suppression repair. Incidents like these are complex with many moving parts. Coordinating these efforts is a huge undertaking and showcase the professionalism, work ethic, and teamwork of the wildland firefighting community.

07/23/2026

KBIC personnel recently returned from a 14 day assignment to the Santa Fe National Forest in New Mexico. Assignments such as these strengthen interagency relationships while providing agencies with additional resources during periods of high fire danger. The national preparedness is currently at PL5, the highest level which means multiple geographic areas are experiencing high fire occurrence in addition to low resource availability.

06/08/2026

Please pardon our noise. As the Harvey hazardous fuels reduction project progresses, we have begun limbing the pines near homes to reduce the risk of a fire transitioning from the ground and into the crowns of the trees. This will make any wildfire easier to suppress if the need arises.

06/02/2026

As chipping operations begin at Harvey, tribal members may take the chips for mulch. We are also piling wood from the damaged jack pine that residents can take for camp fire wood.

05/27/2026

KBIC Fire personnel will be working in and around the Harvey housing area in the coming days to reduce the hazardous fuels from this past winter storms. Operations will include felling and chipping of damaged and down jack pine. Please slow down when driving near where personnel are working close to the road ways. Thank you.

05/26/2026

Miinan (blueberries), 1 year after prescribed fire at Sand Point in Baraga. New growth of highly productive stems is the expected result of properly implemented burning.

05/19/2026

As our second spring assignment to Minnesota draws to a close, we assisted Fond du lac, Bois Forte, and Grand Portage with IA response, staffing coverage during high fire danger periods and helped conduct prescribed fire treatments for community fuels reduction and culturally important blueberry.

04/24/2026

KBIC Fire personnel have been on assignment to Mille Lacs, MN assisting with local initial attack and conducting prescribed fire treatments as weather allows.