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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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Burn operations continue on Oregon Lakes Fire
Firefighters took advantage of northerly winds that pushed smoke and flames south toward the Oregon Lakes Fire while conducting a burnout Tuesday evening. Work will continue today to fortify this new burned area. Aided by heavy equipment, crews will extend… Read More ›
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Firefighters continue mop-up and burn operations ahead of the Oregon Lakes Fire
Firefighters are mopping up Sunday’s slopover and, when conditions allow, resume the initial burn operation, extending it farther west along the fuel break to create a larger buffer ahead of the Oregon Lakes Fire. Firefighters worked Monday mopping up Sunday’s… Read More ›
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More firefighters join suppression efforts as weather increases fire activity
Firefighters and aircraft worked late into the evening Sunday to suppress an estimated 240-acre section of the firing operation that slopped over the containment line. Firefighters were burning a roughly 3-mile long grassy section along a fire break when the… Read More ›
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Firefighters plan to initiate burn operation on Oregon Lakes today
Today, firefighters plan to burn a roughly 3-mile long grassy section along a fire break constructed by the military over the past five years. Burning the grass along this fuel break, about 2 miles north of a military training impact… Read More ›
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Community meeting scheduled to discuss plan of action on Oregon Lakes Fire
The Alaska Interagency Incident Management Team has scheduled a community meeting at 6 p.m. tonight at the Delta Junction City Hall. Members of the team will give an update on the Oregon Lakes Fire’s progression and present their plan to… Read More ›
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Another round of Red Flag Conditions expected on the Oregon Lakes Fire today
The Alaska Incident Management Team is wrapping up its long-term strategic planning just in time to be tested by dry and windy weather forecasted to move into the Oregon Lakes Fire area for the second time since it started on… Read More ›
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BLM Issues Fire Restrictions for Federal Lands near Steese Highway NOAA Facility
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on Tuesday issued a Fire Prevention Order prohibiting campfires, explosives and fireworks on federal lands in a fire-prone area of black spruce off of Gilmore Trail north of Fairbanks and north of the National… Read More ›
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Despite increased winds and smoke, no significant growth reported on Oregon Lakes Fire Tuesday
After three days of low activity, winds increased and pushed smoke into neighboring communities as the Oregon Lakes Fire burned untouched pockets of fuel in the interior and on its southern end this afternoon. Members of the Alaska Type 2… Read More ›
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Red flag warning issued for Tuesday as Alaska Type 2 IMT assumes command of Oregon Lakes Fire
The National Weather Service issued a red flag warning for dry and windy conditions in Deltana and the Tanana Flats Tuesday, the same day the Type 2 Alaska Incident Management Team (IMT) Green Team will take over the management of… Read More ›
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Type 2 Incident Management Team mobilizing for Oregon Lakes Fire
Due to the unseasonable dry fuels and forecasted windy and warmer weather, an incident management team is mobilizing to strategically plan efforts on the Oregon Lakes Fire burning about 11 miles south of Delta Junction. A Type 2 Incident Management… Read More ›
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