Governor Stitt Launches Wildland Fire Response Working Group to Strengthen Statewide Preparedness, Mitigation, and Recovery

Oklahoma.gov, April 8, 2025

In the aftermath of the devastating wildfires that began on March 14, claiming four lives and destroying nearly 600 homes across Oklahoma, Governor Kevin Stitt today announced the formation of a Wildland Fire Response Working Group. The group will develop a comprehensive set of recommendations to enhance Oklahoma’s wildfire mitigation, suppression, and recovery capabilities through unified response efforts, interagency coordination, and strategic partnerships.

Three weeks after these devastating fires, Forestry still has not turned over a full picture of the events of that day. They have given inconsistent and at times incorrect information. A map illustrating the coverage of the day can be found HERE.

This map shows a failure by Forestry to triage the fires. They had 49 firefighting personnel fighting fires on 92,593 acres and 47 firefighting personnel fighting fires on 2,320 acres.

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