Here are the official statistics for the 2014 Alaska wildfire season as provided by the Alaska Interagency Coordination Center on Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks. Totals Fires – 393 Acreage burned – 233,529.5 acres Causes Human – 339 fires, 222,905.9 acres… Read More ›
AK Fire Info
Proposed changes for the EFF Crew Program
BLM Alaska Fire Service initiates outreach to Alaska Natives on proposed changes for the Alaska Emergency Firefighter (EFF) Crew Program. Fire management officers will present updates and seek additional input from Alaska Native community members and tribal leaders on significant… Read More ›
Mat-Su grass fires signal high fire danger due to lack of snow
The Alaska Division of Forestry responded to two small grass fires in the Mat-Su Valley on Tuesday, a sign that fire danger in Southcentral Alaska is still high due to the lack of snow and dry conditions. The first fire… Read More ›
Winds, dry conditions prompt fire danger warning in Southcentral
State wild fire managers on Friday issued a fire danger warning to residents in the snow- barren portion of the state south of the Alaska Range due to strong winds associated with the super storm expected to hit the Aleutian… Read More ›
Interagency Fall Fire Review begins
October 6, 2014 4:27 p.m. The Alaska Wildland Fire Coordinating Group Interagency Fall Fire Review begins today and runs until October 9. Fire managers from Bureau of Land management, Alaska Division of Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife service, National… Read More ›
Alaska firefighters still busy in Lower 48
Nearly 300 Alaska firefighting personnel remain Outside helping to battle blazes in the Pacific Northwest. 120 Alaska firefighters were still working on the July Complex, a pair of fires that were started by lightning on July 31 and have burned… Read More ›
Hunters urged to use caution with fire
Aug. 21, 2014, 2:30 p.m. (Fairbanks, AK) – Firefighters from the Division of Forestry in the Mat-Su area responded to a small wildfire northeast of Palmer on Wednesday. Though the cause is still under investigation, the near three-acre fire east… Read More ›
Fire activity continues in Alaska
August 12, 2014 12:35 p.m. Fire season in Alaska feels like it’s over. Constant rain and resources sent to Lower 48 may reinforce that notion, but fire season goes on. Human related fire activity presents a constant threat for fire… Read More ›
2nd jet load of Alaska Type 2 crews to Lower 48
August 11, 2014 10:47 a.m. A second jet load of five Emergency Firefighter (EFF) crews was requested for fire assignment in northern California with a scheduled departure of August 12. The crews consist of 20 firefighters each for a total… Read More ›
Alaskan single resource emergency firefighters need to be self sufficient on assignments
Single Resource Self-Sufficiency memorandum Recent mobilizations to the firefighting effort in the Lower 48 and Canada have brought forth issues regarding “self-sufficiency” for single resources, particularly emergency firefighters (EFF). The expectation of self-sufficiency is that a single resource can navigate… Read More ›
Alaska Wildland Fire Information 