Annual Reports & Fact Sheets

Annual Reports

• 2025 Annual Report
• 2024 Annual Report
• 2023 Annual Report
• 2022 Annual Report
• 2021 Annual Report
• 2021 Annual Report: Addendum
• 2020 Annual Report

Other Reports and Fact Sheets

2025 Colorado Statewide Strategy for Prescribed Fire on Non-Federal Lands

This Statewide Strategy for Prescribed Fire is the product of two years of collaborative work by stakeholders from across Colorado. It began as one idea among many for ways the Colorado Fire Commission could advance the conversation and effort around prescribed fire in our state. It became the priority work item for the Commission's Prescribed Fire Subcommittee, resulting in hours upon hours of research, conversation, workshopping, and writing. It represents the wisdom and ambition of prescribed fire professionals and government agencies at all levels throughout the state.

Through discussion with professionals around the state, the Prescribed Fire Subcommittee identified several primary barriers to increasing the pace and scale of prescribed fire in our state:

1. unclear and difficult-to-obtain liability protection for burners
2. lack of investment in training and certification
3. a complex and time-consuming permitting landscape
4. lack of administrative and financial infrastructure for implementation of coordinated treatment projects with partners
5. insufficient attention to public and political outreach to build understanding and support for prescribed fire
6. funding to create and sustain the expertise, partnerships, and systems for prescribed fire that Colorado will need into the future

This document identifies 21 total strategies to address these six barriers, offering 9 opportunities for legislative intervention and assistance and 12 opportunities for administrative implementation in the Division of Fire Prevention & Control, the Colorado State Forest Service, and the Colorado Department of Natural Resources.

2023 Colorado Fire Service Retention and Recruitment Survey Report