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Southwest Alaska Area Fire Information Update – July 22
Southwest Area Fire Managers are seeking opportunities to protect Native Alaskan allotments threatened by one or more of the 64 active fires in Southwest Alaska. There are currently 120 firefighters assigned to four fires. Crews and support staff finishing their… Read More ›
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Crews Pile and Backhaul Miles of Hose on the Swan Lake Fire
Visit the Swan Lake Fire Inciweb page for more information; https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6387/
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Smoke Outlook for 7/22 – 7/23: Warmer temperatures return, heavy smoke in Upper Yukon zone
A high pressure system is returning to Alaska, bringing warmer temperatures back to fire areas and an increase in fire activity. Fuels in Alaska especially dry in the Upper Yukon Valley where numerous fires are burning, with heavy smoke being… Read More ›
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Cornucopia Complex formed to manage 10 fires in Upper Yukon Zone
The Portland National Incident Management Organization (NIMO) has assumed management of ten active fires in the Upper Yukon Zone. The Hadweenzic River Fire (#337), Tony Slough Fire (#493), Chandalar River Fire (#349) and East Fork Chandalar Fire (#572) are staffed… Read More ›
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Chalkyitsik Complex fires active; warmer weather ahead
Chalkyitsik Complex – #466 (Tractor Trail 2 – #348, Frozen Calf Fire – #367, Bearnose Hill Fire – #407, and Tettjajik Creek #424) – 422,023 acres – 276 personnel are assigned to the complex Fire behavior was active on all… Read More ›
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AICC website back online
The Alaska Interagency Coordination Center (AICC) website is back online. You can once again access the Situation Report, fire map, smoke outlook and other fire information at https://fire.ak.blm.gov/aicc.php.
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Continued patrolling and watching weather changes – Hess Creek Fire 7/22/19
Current Situation: Yesterday the Wyoming Type 3 Incident Management Team took command of the #HessCreekFire. Firefighters continued patrolling the fire, mostly on the southern end near the Elliott Highway. Structures in this area have had vegetation removed and systems of… Read More ›
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Southwest Alaska Area Fire Information Update – July 21
There are 143 firefighters staffing four fires in Alaska’s Southwest Area. Crews remain in place to defend the Donlin Mine, the Nixon Mine, the community of Red Devil, and cabins along the Kuskokwim River. One new fire was reported smoldering… Read More ›
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Smoke Outlook for 7/22 – 7/23: cooler temperatures and higher humidity countered by strong winds
Gusting winds resulted in active fire behavior in the Upper Yukon Zone, but cooler temperatures allowed firefighters to make progress on other fires which produced less smoke. North (Fairbanks and surrounding cities, Denali National Park) Fire Fire activity in the… Read More ›
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Painting the Picture of Success
by Todd Eskelin The smoke hung low in the valley as we walked down a dozer line to its end where a clearing had been created. Just weeks before, a dozer crew had attempted to get ahead of an area… Read More ›
Alaska Wildland Fire Information 