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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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Air Quality: Smoke Outlook for Aug. 14-15
Issued by Wildland Fire Air Quality Response Program at 7:46 a.m., August 14, 2023. Fire There are 150 active fires across the state. The following large fires are likely to affect air quality in the Outlook area over the coming… Read More ›
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Fire north of Venetie controlled
Firefighters declared the Tsyooktuihvun Fire (#345) controlled Sunday. The 8-acre fire north of Venetie was placed in monitor status. The last of the equipment, smokejumpers and firefighters were flown by helicopter to Fort Yukon and transferred to a plane for… Read More ›
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Air Quality: Smoke Outlook for Aug. 13-14
Issued by Wildland Fire Air Quality Response Program at 7:37 a.m., August 13, 2023. Fire There are 153 active fires across the State. The following large fires are likely to affect air quality in the Outlook area over the coming… Read More ›
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Boundary fires remain fairly quiet
Firefighters along the Top of the World Highway near the U.S.-Canadian Border were prepared for increased fire activity Saturday in light of a forecast of warmer, drier and windier conditions with isolated thunderstorms. The smokejumpers assigned to the Napoleon Fire… Read More ›
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Air Quality: Smoke Outlook for Aug. 12-13
Issued by Wildland Fire Air Quality Response Program at 8 a.m., August 12, 2023. Revised at 9 a.m. to correct wind direction (See bold text in smoke section below. Fire There are 153 active fires across the State. The following… Read More ›
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New fire discovered on lands under Alaska Fire Service protection
For the first time since August 8, a new fire has been reported on lands under the protection of the Alaska Fire Service. The Frozen Calf Fire (#355) was discovered about 11 a.m. Friday. It is about 75 miles northeast… Read More ›
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Smoke Outlook for Aug. 11-12
Issued by Wildland Fire Air Quality Response Program at 8 a.m., August 11, 2023. Fire There are 152 active fires across the State. The following large fires are likely to affect air quality in the Outlook area over the coming… Read More ›
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Firefighters put small boundary fire into monitor status
Firefighters have wrapped up work on the Jejezhuu Fire (#346), one of three fires located near the U.S.-Canadian border north of the Top of the World Highway. The North Star Crew joined the smokejumpers assigned to the fire on Wednesday… Read More ›
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Smoke Outlook for Aug. 10-11
Issued by Wildland Fire Air Quality Response Program at 8 a.m., August 10, 2023. Fire There are 153 active fires across the State. The following large fires are likely to affect air quality in the Outlook area over the coming… Read More ›
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Welcome rain moderates fire activity along Canadian border
The fires along the Top of the World Highway received measurable rainfall Tuesday night. About three dozen people are assigned to the three fires: 18 smokejumpers, a hand crew, and a helicopter with crew. The Wood Fire (#330) was reported… Read More ›
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