The National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, reports that specialized military aircraft have been mobilized to assist with wildfire suppression efforts. The National Multi-Agency Coordinating Group (NMAC) has raised the National Wildfire Preparedness Level to 4 (out of 5), as wildfires take hold across the west. NIFC reports that a total of 37,878 wildfires have already burned 2.6 million acres in the U.S. so far this year. 37 large fires are burning across several western states, with more than 15,000 wildland firefighters and support personnel deployed across these incidents, according to a statement released by NIFC. Two C-130 aircraft equipped with firefighting systems have been deployed from California and Nevada to assist wildland firefighting operations out of Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, Port Hueneme, California.
