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Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection website: http://forestry.alaska.gov/
Mission:
The Alaska Division of Forestry proudly serves Alaskans through forest management and wildland fire protection.
The Wildland Fire and Aviation Program provides safe, cost-effective and efficient fire protection services and related fire and aviation management activities to protect human life and values on State, private and municipal lands. The wildland fire program cooperates with other wildland fire agencies on a statewide, interagency basis.
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Firefighters responding to wildland fire off Chena Pump Road in Fairbanks
8:00 PM UPDATE: The Gateway Dive Fire (#080) is contained at 1.2 acres. A structure near where the fire started was not damaged. Chena Goldstream Fire and Rescue was first on scene responding to a structure fire, once they realized… Read More ›
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Trickey Fire contained in Two Rivers
Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection (DOF) firefighters have secured a 50-foot wide perimeter around the Trickey Fire (#077). The 1.26-acre fire was reported late in the afternoon Wednesday near Mile 21 Chena Hot Springs Road. An aggressive response… Read More ›
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Red flag warnings and Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection burn permit suspensions for May 25, 2023
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Forestry firefighters responding to Two Rivers for new fire
8:30 PM UPDATE: Firefighters are cutting a sawline around the fire. Multiple bucket drops by the helicopter has knocked a lot of energy out of the fire slowing its growth. The fire continues to smolder in dead and down, jackstraw… Read More ›
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Weekly fire report: 22 human caused fires in Alaska last week
There have been 57 human caused fires in Alaska in 2023 with 22 occurring just in the last week. Most notably was the 310-acre Barley Way Fire in Delta on Saturday, May 20 that led to the first fire jump… Read More ›
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Red Flag Warning and Burn Permit Suspensions for Interior Alaska
Red Flag Warnings are in effect for hot, dry, and windy conditions in the Eastern Interior, U.S. Weather Service Zones 222, 223, 225 and 226, Friday, May 19, as an upper-level ridge builds over the area. In addition to the… Read More ›