The American Industrial Hygiene Association® (AIHA) has launched Think and Act Fire Smart, a one-stop information center for wildfire preparedness and recovery. The resource center aims to raise awareness about the hidden dangers in the cleanup process that follows a devastating wildfire, especially in urban areas.
Data from Congressional Research Service show that over the past 10 years, an average of 67,000 wildfires have occurred annually and an average of 7.0 million acres have burned annually. In 2018, 58,083 wildfires burned 8.8 million acres nationwide, the sixth-largest figure on record in terms of acreage burned. As of June 26, 2019, 18,205 wildfires have burned 579,901 acres this year.