U.S. Wildfires Below Average In 2014 according to The National Interagency Fire Center
'Both the number and acreage of wildfires was below the 10-year average, although the Northwest (fires and acreage) and Northern California (acreage) were much above average...Significantly, not only was last year below average, but the 5-year averages for both fires and acreage are below the 10-year average, which suggests the incidence of wildfires has actually been decreasing, contrary to popular myth.'
