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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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Firefighters making headway on Ninetyeight Creek Fire
Hot weather made for a day of active burning on the Ninetyeight Creek Fire (#391) today. However, firefighters continued to make good headway in corralling the fire and there was no new growth. Crews completed construction of a sawline and hoseline around… Read More ›
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Firefighters continue to make progress on Ninetyeight Creek Fire
Firefighters on the Ninetyeight Creek Fire (#391) continue to make good progress laying hose around the perimeter of the fire burning near Salcha. Significantly cooler, wetter weather forecasted for Sunday could help them hold the fire in check. The fire… Read More ›
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Increased fire activity continues in Central Interior
High, dry weather is expected to continue in Central Interior, kicking up fire activity and work for firefighters on fires in BLM Alaska Fire Service Tanana Zone. Only four of the 17 fires burning in the Tanana Zone are staffed…. Read More ›
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Firefighters, aircraft continue work on fire near Salcha River
It was another busy day for firefighters and aircraft on the Ninetyeight Creek Fire (#391) burning near Salcha as the fire in doubled in size on Thursday to an estimated 116 acres. BLM Alaska Fire Service Military Zone managers expect… Read More ›
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BLM AFS aggressively working a fire northwest of Salcha River
BLM Alaska Fire Service is aggressively working from both the air and the ground on a fire burning 1.5 miles northwest of the Salcha River. The Ninetyeight Creek Fire (#391) is burning just within the Yukon Training Area and 3… Read More ›
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Smokejumpers, helicopter continue to work on Eagle Fire burning in steep terrain
Smokejumpers and a helicopter will continue work on the Eagle Fire (#355) burning on the Yukon River opposite of Eagle Village. This lightning-caused fire started on June 23 and is estimated at 67 acres including a spot fire. It is… Read More ›
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Firefighters, aircraft continue work on Yukon Flats area fires
Work continues on numerous fires burning in the Yukon Flats. Of the 138 active fires in BLM Alaska Fire Service area that covers the northern half of the state, 34 are within the more than 51-million acre Upper Yukon Fire… Read More ›
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Firefighters working on fires in BLM AFS Upper Yukon, Tanana Zones
Following days of hot, dry weather the BLM Alaska Fire Service’s Upper Yukon and Tanana Zones saw an increase in number of fires over the weekend after lightning triggered several new starts. Here is a breakdown of the fires of… Read More ›
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BLM AFS responded to new lightning-caused fires in Yukon Flats
After several days of hot, dry weather in the Yukon Flats area, lightning triggered new fires including five that are burning within 18 miles east of Chalyitsik. Of the 24 new fires in Alaska Saturday, 15 were located in the… Read More ›
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Fire activity picks up in BLM AFS Tanana Zone
UPDATE AT 10:30 P.M. Eight smokejumpers and two water-scooping Fire Boss aircraft are now working on a fire burning within a half a mile from a Native Allotment a little more than nine miles east of Minto. When smokejumpers got… Read More ›
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