A wildfire is an uncontrolled fire spreading through vegetative fuels, exposing and possibly consuming structures.

According to The National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), the annual average number of wildland fires that occurred in the U.S. from 2005 to 2014 was 24,134 fires, resulting in 961,983 acres burned. The NIFC website (available at: http://www.nifc.gov/fireInfo/fireInfo_statistics.html) provides statistics on current and historical wildland fires.