Clear skies and sunshine returned to the fire area on Wednesday, allowing improved conditions for helicopters and motorboats to move crews and equipment around on the fires. In some locations where it’s no longer needed, equipment and supplies are inventoried… Read More ›
Year: 2022
Weather conditions aid aircraft on the Dalton Highway Complex
Approximately 2 to 2.5 inches of rain fell on all the 17 fires in the complex over the past four to five days. While fire activity has diminished, more than 5 inches of rain is typically needed to adequately penetrate… Read More ›
Lime Complex to be turned back to local unit
NW9 Incident Management Team Incident Commander – Tyson Albrecht Lime Complex Daily Update July 21, 2022 The Lime Complex consists of two staffed fires and sixteen unstaffed fires. The total size of the combined fires is 865,620 acres, and there… Read More ›
BLM rescinds fire closure order to prohibit access to western White Mountains National Recreation Area
Due to reduced wildland fire activity, the BLM Eastern Interior Field Office rescinded the fire closure order that temporarily prohibited public access to the western portion of the White Mountains National Recreation Area
Crews on Slathouka Fire construct fire breaks to protect allotments, Allakaket
With precipitation received across the area, fire behavior on the Slathtouka Fire (#431) diminished. The Alaska National Park Service Region Fire Suppression Module (10-person crew) arrived on the west side of the fire Tuesday to improve protection measures for allotments…. Read More ›
Rain douses Minto Lakes Fire while firefighters continue repair work
The fire had significant rainfall Tuesday night and showers will continue throughout Wednesday. Cool, wet weather continues to damper any heat in black spruce stringers and deep duff pockets of the fire area, interior to containment lines. Today, heavy equipment… Read More ›
Firefighters closer to completing structure protection activities on the Paradise Complex
Crews continue to take advantage of the nice weather across the fire complex. Since Tuesday, fire managers were able to obtain more accurate data, resulting in a slight increase in acres burned totaling 278,222 acres for the entire complex of… Read More ›
Final update as all fires within Upper Yukon Zone unstaffed
Favorable weather conditions over much of eastern and central Alaska allowed firefighters to complete their work to fully suppress the Hadweenzic Fire (#569), the last staffed fire in the Upper Yukon Zone that covers 51.9 million acres in northeast Alaska…. Read More ›
Firefighters perform mop-up, backhaul, and suppression repair on Clear Fire
Summary: Suppression efforts continue on the Clear Fire, with firefighters performing actions that minimize potential impacts to structures, infrastructure, and other values. In some areas, the focus has shifted to mop-up, backhaul, and suppression repair. Firefighters are coordinating with incident… Read More ›
Seasonal Weather Patterns are Expected to Influence Future Fire Activity on the Bean Complex
Firefighters have been using the recent cool and wet weather as an opportunity to inventory the equipment and supplies that were rapidly transported out to several locations on the fires during suppression response. Some excess equipment was removed from the… Read More ›
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