The schedule for federal emergency firefighter (EFF) training for the 2019 fire season has been set for the Galena and Tanana Fire Management Zones. Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC) will facilitate RT-130 Fireline Refresher Training and the Work Capacity Test (pack test) in 24 villages in rural Alaska starting with Grayling on March 25. Villages in […]
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2019 EFF training set for BLM AFS Galena and Tanana zones
March 15, 2019 
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Fire & Ice: BLM AFS, USARAK kick off 2019 prescribed fire season
March 14, 2019 Comments Off on Fire & Ice: BLM AFS, USARAK kick off 2019 prescribed fire season
Conducting a prescribed burn operation doesn’t typically involve the use of ice bridges and snowmachines. Unless it’s in Alaska. BLM Alaska Fire Service and U.S. Army Alaska kicked off their 2019 prescribed fire season on Feb. 18 by burning woody debris piles in the remote Donnelly Training Area south and west of Delta Junction. The […]
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BLM Alaska Fire Service, USARAK to burn debris piles on military land near Delta Junction
February 13, 2019 Comments Off on BLM Alaska Fire Service, USARAK to burn debris piles on military land near Delta Junction
The Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service (BLM AFS), in cooperation with the U.S. Army Alaska (USARAK) will burn piles of woody debris in the Donnelly Training Area (DTA) south and west of Delta Junction. Burning operations will start as early as Sunday, February 17 and may continue, as conditions allow, until Sunday, March […]
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Last of BLM AFS villages scheduled for EFF medical exam visits
January 28, 2019 Comments Off on Last of BLM AFS villages scheduled for EFF medical exam visits
The remaining villages have been scheduled for visits by a mobile medical unit conducting exams on federal emergency firefighters (EFF) in rural Alaska. Barring any rescheduled dates due to weather, this should be the last schedule for the 28 Alaska villages identified for the mobile medical units visits. The village, date and location for mobile […]
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More villages added to federal EFF medical exam schedule, others rescheduled due to weather
November 14, 2018 Comments Off on More villages added to federal EFF medical exam schedule, others rescheduled due to weather
More villages were added to the schedule of mobile medical exams for federal emergency firefighters (EFF) in rural Alaska and others have been rescheduled after weather-caused cancellations. The changes to the schedule are (click on links for exam request forms): Tanana: rescheduled for Jan. 7 (exam request form – mooseheart crew) Arctic Village: cancelled due […]
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Villages added to federal EFF medical exam schedule
November 8, 2018 Comments Off on Villages added to federal EFF medical exam schedule
The villages of Fort Yukon, Venetie, Arctic Village, Selawik, Minto and Tanana were added to the schedule of mobile medical exams for federal emergency firefighters (EFF) in rural Alaska. The additions to the schedule are (click on links for request forms): Selawik: Dec. 3 (Deadline to turn in Exam Request Form – Kobuk River form […]
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BLM AFS, U.S. Army to burn debris piles on military lands south of Delta Junction
October 23, 2018 Comments Off on BLM AFS, U.S. Army to burn debris piles on military lands south of Delta Junction
The Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service (BLM AFS), in cooperation with the U.S. Army Alaska (USARAK), will be burning piles of woody debris on the Donnelly Training Area south of Delta Junction and the Gerstle River Training Area southeast of Delta Junction. Burning operations may start as early as Friday, Oct. 26 and […]
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AFS emergency firefighters to undergo medical exams starting in November
October 19, 2018 Comments Off on AFS emergency firefighters to undergo medical exams starting in November
The BLM Alaska Fire Service, in partnership with the Department of Interior Medical Standards Program (DOI MSP), will soon deliver medical exams to federal emergency firefighters. The goal of the exams is to increase safety by identifying pre-existing conditions that could be aggravated by the arduous duty of wildland firefighting. The medical exams will be […]
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BLM AFS, USARAK to burn debris piles on military lands
September 24, 2018 Comments Off on BLM AFS, USARAK to burn debris piles on military lands
The Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service (BLM AFS), in cooperation with the U.S. Army Alaska (USARAK), will burn piles of woody debris on the Fort Wainwright Main Post and the Yukon Training Area east of Fairbanks. Burning operations will start as early as Thursday, Sept. 27 and may continue, as conditions allow, until […]
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EFF crews head south to help with busy fire season
August 5, 2018 Comments Off on EFF crews head south to help with busy fire season
Four Type 2 Emergency Firefighter crews said goodbye to Alaska and its cloudy, rainy skies Sunday morning and headed to the heat of the Lower 48 to help with a busy fire season. The crews from Fairbanks and numerous rural villages boarded a plane bound for Spokane, Wash. where they will then be bussed to […]
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