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The Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service (AFS) located at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, provides wildland fire suppression services for over 244 million acres of Department of the Interior and Native Corporation Lands in Alaska. In addition, AFS has other statewide responsibilities that include: interpretation of fire management policy; oversight of the BLM Alaska Aviation program; fuels management projects; and operating and maintaining advanced communication and computer systems such as the Alaska Lightning Detection System. AFS also maintains a National Incident Support Cache with a $10 million inventory. The Alaska Fire Service provides wildland fire suppression services for America’s “Last Frontier” on an interagency basis with the State of Alaska Department of Natural Resources, USDA Forest Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Military in Alaska.
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BLM Glennallen Field Office issues temporary prohibition on open fires and fireworks due to high fire danger
The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Glennallen Field Office today issued a fire prevention order temporarily prohibiting open fires (except within fire rings in established campgrounds), fireworks, exploding targets, and explosives on the public lands it manages in east-central Alaska…. Read More ›
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Interior Alaska fires continue to challenge fire managers
Alaska Fire Service’s Tanana Fire Management Zone officers are managing a complex mix of fires and logistical challenges as the fire season continues. The Hutlinana Fire (#327) was discovered and attacked by smokejumpers on June 21. The fire is a… Read More ›
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Alaska Fire Service takes action on two new wildfires
June 19, 2022 8:45 p.m. – Tonight twelve smokejumpers jumped a new fire on the Yukon-Delta National Wildlife Refuge in the Lower Yukon. The Nunavulnuk River Fire (#313) is 20 miles south of Saint Michael on the north side of… Read More ›
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Alaska Fire Service managers expect more lightning-caused fires
Yesterday June 18, the year-to-date number of acres burned by wildfires inAlaska reached 1,005,196. This is the earliest date for reaching a millionacres since this statistic was first tracked in 1990. Widespread thunderstorms and lightning are causing several new… Read More ›
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New hold-over fires pop up in Northeast Alaska
Widespread lightning on June 16 resulted in several new fires today in the Upper Yukon Zone of the Alaska Fire Service. The Schilling Fire (#294) is burning in a limited protection area 38 miles west of Venetie. The fire… Read More ›
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Firefighters working on fires scattered throughout Central Alaska
Firefighters are scattered throughout Central Alaska, working on both new wildfires and ones burning for several days. Smokejumpers responded to two small fires east and west of Manley Hot Springs Wednesday. Two smokejumpers made quick work of a small fire… Read More ›
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Firefighters focus efforts on three fires in Northeast Alaska
Firefighters are still working on two wildfires burning in Northeastern Alaska. The Bolgen Creek Fire (#259) is burning in brush, grass and some spruce and tundra approximately 8 miles southwest of Circle. The fire remains at 17 acres, with no… Read More ›
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Crews, smokejumpers working on fires in Central Alaska
The 40,000-acre Hog Butte Fire burning about 30 miles southwest of Lake Michumina and several fires in Southwest Alaska have produced the bulk of the smoke blanketing much of Alaska. The Hog Butte Fire is one of eight staffed in… Read More ›
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Firefighters mopping up wildfire near Circle
Firefighters are mopping up an 18-acre fire burning near Mile 151 Steese Highway about 7 miles from Circle. Forty-five firefighters are working increase the 30% containment achieved on the Bolgen Creek Fire (#259) by Monday evening This includes the including… Read More ›
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East Fork Fire burns within 5 miles of St. Mary’s, prompting a Ready notification for residents in two villages
(ST MARY’S, Alaska) – Relentless northerly wind pushed the East Fork Fire within 5 miles north of St. Mary’s Friday afternoon, prompting officials to issue a Ready notification for residents in St. Mary’s and nearby Piktas Point. This warning is to… Read More ›
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