State wildfire managers are urging residents in Southwest Alaska to be vigilant due to early-season high fire danger in the region. The lack of snow over the winter and early melt off this spring has exposed dead and dry vegetation,… Read More ›
AK Fire Info
Moving the firefighter train
April 28, 2015 10:21 a.m. A U.S. Navy Admiral is known to have said, “I don’t know what the hell this ‘logistics’ is that Marshall is always talking about, but I want some of it.” That quote probably still holds for the… Read More ›
High fire Danger in Lake Clark National Park & Preserve
Fire Advisory: Dry Conditions in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve Port Alsworth, Alaska – Visitors and residents are reminded that elevated fire danger exists due to cured and dead vegetation in portions of the Lake Clark and Iliamna Lake… Read More ›
Exposed grass means fire season is here
The snow pack around the Interior is quickly melting away, leaving dry grass exposed that is susceptible to fire. This small grass fire off the Old Steese Highway near Chena Hot Springs Road on Tuesday was caused by a spark/ember… Read More ›
Two-fer Tools day from Alaska Fire Science Consortium
Check out new documents from AFSC: there’s a freshly updated Quick Reference Guide to Alaska fire web products and web tools. That’s everything you want to know about fire, smoke, fire effects, fire modeling, you name it–in one handy guide! … Read More ›
Chugach National Forest to Burn Debris Piles Near Portage
For Immediate Release: April 9, 2015 Contact: Tim Charnon, (907) 242-8628 Chugach National Forest wildland fire management staff plan to burn piles of woody debris on forest lands in the Portage area beginning the week of April 13 through May… Read More ›
Wildland fire prevention and preparedness week…
April 11, 2015 9:13 a.m. …Starts today! Alaska Governor Bill Walker has signed a proclamation declaring April 11-17 as Alaska Wildland Fire Prevention and Preparedness Week. The Alaska wildland fire season is fast approaching. Yes, I know it’s snowing today: current weather… Read More ›
Videos on sprinklers, landscape fire risk, and fire spread modeling from April workshop available!
Alaska Fire Science Consortium just posted videos of some keynote presentations of fire management topics from the April 2015 Fire Science Workshop and Fire Management Officer’s meeting. Devon Barnes, University of Alberta, discusses sprinkler array effectiveness and some deployment pointers;… Read More ›
Before fire season, there is training season
April 7, 2015 11:45 a.m. The majority of Firefighters in the BLM Alaska Fire Service are either career seasonal or temporary workers. After fire season, they pack up and leave for different parts of the world: a word about those… Read More ›
Smokejumper training begins April 6
April 6, 2015 4:48 p.m. Smokejumpers from the BLM Alaska Fire Service will conduct training jumps starting April 6, 2015 and continue most afternoons during the month of April and through May 23 in preparation for the upcoming fire season. The… Read More ›
Alaska Wildland Fire Information 