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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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Thunderstorm falls over Starry Fire
Thunderstorms passed through the 547-acre Starry Fire #234 Tuesday night bringing high winds, lighting, and rain, helping moderate fire behavior. The fire remains at 50% containment. The goal for the day is to assess the thunderstorm’s effect on the fire,… Read More ›
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Firefighters reach 50% containment on Starry Fire
The Starry Fire #234 is now 50% contained. Firefighters secured at least 5 feet inside the fire’s edge by locating and extinguishing heat. Additionally, the crews have completed a search 150 feet outside of the fire’s perimeter and found no… Read More ›
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Delta Area fires receive rain as suppression efforts continue
Rapeseed Fire (#275)Initially reported on June 22, the Rapeseed Fire (#275) is located approximately 5.3 miles east of Milepost 1410 of the Alaska Highway. The fire is estimated at 39 acres and is burning primarily in black spruce.A soft tracked… Read More ›
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Minimal Fire Activity Continues Across Southcentral and Southwest Alaska
Fire activity remained limited across Southcentral and Southwest Alaska during the last operational period, with no significant changes reported on either the Beluga Fire (#213) west of Susitna or the fires associated with the Southwest Alaska Solstice Weekend Lightning Event…. Read More ›
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Grandview Fire (#204) Reaches 100% Containment
Firefighters have achieved 100% containment on the Grandview Fire (#204). Over the past several days, the Gannet Glacier Type 2IA Crew continued intensive mop-up operations, gridding 200 feet into the fire interior to locate and extinguish any remaining heat. Crews… Read More ›
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Anderson evac downgraded to ‘Set’
Firefighters are making progress toward containment on the Starry Fire (#234) and ‘Go’ evacuations have been lifted as firefighters wrapped the fire with hose and light precipitation fell in the area yesterday. The Denali Borough has lifted their ‘Go.’ evacuation… Read More ›
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Starry fire picks up, wrapped with hose
The Starry fire picked up today and the Fairbanks Area initial attack helicopter dropped buckets of water during the heat of the day. Despite the brief uptick in fire activity, the fire remained at 547 acres and resources were able… Read More ›
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DFFP responding to a new fire east of Delta
9:00 PM – Air Attack is coordinating aerial suppression efforts on the Rapeseed Fire (#275), with two multi-engine water scoopers, two single-engine water scoopers, two air tankers carrying water, and a helicopter with bucket are actively engaged on the incident. A squad of White Mountain T2IA Crew members and a dozer are… Read More ›
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DFFP weekly wildland fire roundup for June 15 – 21
Alaska’s wildfire season is progressing from Spring’s wind driven fires in dry, fine fuels on the surface to Summer’s duff driven fires where lighting strikes ignite the decaying vegetation that make up the Boreal Forest floor and tundra areas. Slow moving thunderstorms developed across southern Alaska… Read More ›
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Progress Continues on Beluga Fire West of Susitna
A pilot reported smoke about 20 miles west of Susitna on the evening of June 19. A DFFP helicopter responded and confirmed the 10-acre Beluga Fire (#213) was burning actively in hardwoods and spruce. There were no immediate values at… Read More ›
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