September 2016 – Alaska Wildland Fire Information

Month: September 2016

2016 Alaska fire season numbers well below normal

By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on September 30, 2016

Fairbanks, AK – Sept. 30 – Despite an early start to Alaska’s 2016 wildfire season, the number of acres burned this summer ended up well below normal levels. A total of 558 wildfires burned 500,095 acres in Alaska this summer,… Read More ›

This FAA weather camera shot shows the smoke from the fire burning east of Koyuk at 1:13 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 2, 2016.

Smokejumpers respond to fire near Koyuk

By BLM Alaska Fire Service on September 2, 2016

Friday, Sept. 2, 2016 – BLM Alaska Fire Service Smokejumpers are responding to a fire burning in tundra about two miles east of Koyuk. The fire was reported by villagers at approximately 1:30 p.m. today. Agency personnel flew over the fire… Read More ›

Emergency firefighter crews from Chevak, Hooper Bay, Huslia and Kaltag line up to board a jet that will take them to the Lower 48 to work on wildland fires. Photo by Darla Theisen/Alaska Division of Forestry

Village crews help on Lower 48 fires

By BLM Alaska Fire Service on September 2, 2016

Sept. 2, 2016 – Five 20-person rural Alaska Emergency Firefighter (EFF) crews headed south late last week to help work on a handful of wildland fires burning in the Lower 48. Two crews from Chevak and one each from Hooper… Read More ›