Live – #DeshkaLandingFire community meeting at the Willow Elementry School with PNW Team 10 Incident Commander Alan Lawson. Towards the end there will be an audience Q&A and#McKinleyFire update by IC Norm McDonald. Fire Information: 907-761-6233 Web: http://www.akfireinfo.com/http://www.akfireinfo.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AK.Forestry/ YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/McKinleyFireYoutube
The Matanuska Electric Association (MEA) is currently in the process of reenergizing the main electrical lines. This is a coordinated effort between MEA and fire personnel. Once the main line is determined to be completely recharged and firefighters are clear,… Read More ›
(Palmer, AK) – With aircraft playing an important part in fighting wildland fires in Alaska, state fire officials urged private pilots to keep their aircraft away from active fire areas and to respect airspace Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs). While TFRs… Read More ›
#McKinleyFire Video Update: How MEA and fire personnel are coordinating to re-energize the powerlines. This is the “Break it Down” video series where we explain to you the public what’s really going on and how the process works in plain… Read More ›
Five additional handcrews arrived on the Swan Lake Fire and have been deployed to the southwestern corner of the fire, just above Skilak Lake. These crews contain an average of twenty firefighters each. Hose lay has been completed on this… Read More ›
Rocky Gilbert, the Operations Section Chief with the Great Basin Incident Management Team talks with Brenda Ahlberg, Borough OEM Information Officer, about what the Ready, Set, Go! lines mean for Cooper Landing and Sterling. Ready means think about what you… Read More ›
Kenai Peninsula: Communities closest to the Swan Lake Fire will continue to see the most smoke impacts, especially Cooper Landing. However, the eastern side should see some improvements as smoke is pushed to the west. Sterling, Soldotna, Kenai to south… Read More ›
Emergency firefighter crews from Hooper Bay and Chevak assisted BLM Alaska Smokejumpers and residents of Levelock to complete hose lays across most of their control lines except for the extreme north and south ends of the Levelock Fire (#752). Dozers… Read More ›
#McKinleyFire 10% Containment, 273 personnel and a decrease in overall acreage to 3,752 due to more sophisticated mapping. Firefighters make significant progress building direct containment lines Light winds and more favorable weather allowed firefighters to complete their second consecutive day… Read More ›
The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation has issued an Air Quality Advisory in effect through Friday afternoon for the Susitna Valley and Kenai Peninsula. Southcentral Alaska is being impacted by the smoke from multiple wildfires in the surrounding area. A… Read More ›
Alaska Wildland Fire Information 