Wildland Fire

Grand Canyon's Wildland Fire Base: Inside the Fenced South Rim Compound

A fenced South Rim compound houses the park’s fire base, fuel yard, and shuttle barn — and why it’s closed, from the fire program to Dragon Bravo.

Labeled cutaway illustration of the Grand Canyon South Rim showing a fenced helibase compound with a helicopter on a pad, a wildland fire truck, and a distant canyon rim under a no-drone symbol in the sky

Helipads and Remote Helicopter Sites at the Grand Canyon

One named helistop, one fenced helibase, and a federal flight-free zone dating to two mid-air disasters. Where the canyon’s helicopters are actually allowed to land.