California Joins Northwest Wildland Fire Fighting Compact

September 5, 2025 – California along with Nevada became the newest members of the Northwest Wildland Fire Protection Agreement. Joining the Northwest Compact will give California access to additional wildfire prevention and firefighting resources and expertise during major incidents. The Compact also will facilitate California’s firefighters gaining experience with fire suppression efforts in other member regions. The Northwest Compact was created in 1998 and is one of eight forest firefighting Compacts currently operating across North America. The purpose of the NW Compact is to promote effective prevention, suppression, and control of forest fires in the Northwest wildland region of the United States and western areas of Canada. It provides an efficient way for member states, provinces, and territories to cope with wildland fires that might be beyond the capabilities of a single member agency, through information sharing, technology, and resource distribution. The NW Compact’s existing members include Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Montana and Hawaii in the U.S., as well as the Canadian provinces Alberta, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, and the Yukon and Northwest territories.