Today’s brief leads with escalating Western wildfire activity: Utah’s Cottonwood Fire is the nation’s largest at roughly 71,000 acres with zero containment and active evacuations, the Iron Fire keeps Eureka under a Level 3 order, and the Storm Prediction Center posts an Extremely Critical fire weather outlook for parts of Utah, Arizona, and Nevada. We also cover flash flooding and flood watches from Kansas into Missouri and Oklahoma, building dangerous heat across the southern and central U.S., CISA’s addition of two actively exploited vulnerabilities to its catalog, and an FDA Class I recall of Medline surgical kits. EM Morning Brief is your concise daily update on national and state-by-state emergency management news. Produced by Sitch Radio, an EOC Voices podcast.

Key Takeaways

• Western wildfire surge: NIFC holds the nation at Preparedness Level 3 with 37 large uncontained fires; Utah’s Cottonwood Fire (about 71,000 acres, 0 percent contained) leads the country with extreme behavior and active evacuations.

• Extremely Critical fire weather: SPC flags parts of central and southwestern Utah, northwest Arizona, and extreme southeastern Nevada for today, with 25 to 35 mph winds and 5 to 15 percent humidity.

• Utah evacuations: Level 3 “Go” orders remain for several Beaver-area communities (Cottonwood Fire) and for the Town of Eureka (Iron Fire, about 40,445 acres, 26 percent contained).

• Central U.S. flooding: Flood warnings and watches span Kansas, Missouri, and northeastern Oklahoma, with road closures in western Kansas and a flash flood threat into southwestern Missouri.

• Building heat: Dangerous heat expands across the southern and central U.S. this weekend and pushes east next week, with widespread 90s.

• CISA KEV additions: Two actively exploited vulnerabilities added June 25, CVE-2026-12569 (PTC Windchill/FlexPLM) and CVE-2026-20230 (Cisco Unified CM SSRF); federal agencies must remediate.

• FDA Class I recall: Medline recalls more than 6,500 cardiovascular procedure kits and more than 500 general surgery trays over anesthetic quality issues, the FDA’s most serious recall category.

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Sources

Wildfire (national)

• NIFC National Fire News: national wildfire summary, large fire counts, personnel, and year to date acres

• NIFC Incident Management Situation Report: daily situation report listing large fires by state, acreage, and containment

Fire weather and severe weather

• NOAA Storm Prediction Center Day 1 Outlook: Extremely Critical fire weather outlook for parts of Utah, Arizona, and Nevada

• NWS Weather Prediction Center: central U.S. flash flooding and heat outlook

• NWS Active Alerts: active flood watches, warnings, and heat alerts nationwide

CISA

• CISA Adds Two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog: June 25 alert adding CVE-2026-12569 and CVE-2026-20230

• CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog: the KEV catalog of record

FDA

• FDA Recalls, Market Withdrawals, and Safety Alerts: FDA recall listing

• Medline cardiovascular kit recall report: coverage of the June 25 Class I recall of surgical kits

Arizona

• AZ Emergency Information Network: Pocket Fire SET status: Oak Creek Canyon evacuation reduced from GO to SET

• Coconino National Forest: Pocket Fire evacuations: Forest Service release on Oak Creek Canyon orders and closures

• Sedona Red Rock News: Pocket Fire grows to 1,187 acres: acreage and personnel update

Colorado

• Colorado Public Radio: Dry Creek Fire evacuations lifted: containment and evacuation status near Rifle

• CBS Colorado: Mesa County evacuation notice lifted: Mesa County wildfire evacuation update

Kansas

• Kansas Severe Flood Warning (GovOneStop / NWS): flood warning for southwest and west central Kansas counties

• KAKE: Flash flooding hits Kansas counties: road closures and flooding impacts

Oklahoma

• NWS Tulsa: Flood Watch for northeastern Oklahoma and rainfall outlook

Utah

• ABC4: Governor Cox on the Cottonwood Fire: Cottonwood Fire acreage, containment, and evacuation status

• ABC4: Cottonwood Fire burns over 70,000 acres: updated acreage and 0 percent containment

• Gephardt Daily: Iron Fire update: Iron Fire acreage, containment, and Eureka evacuations

Wildfires by state (national situation report)

• NIFC Incident Management Situation Report: South Fork Fire (Nebraska), Bear Fire (New Mexico), and Washington fires

Nevada

• The Watchers: Extremely Critical fire weather outlook: fire weather risk for parts of Utah, Arizona, and Nevada