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 ›
AK Fire Info
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 Type 2 village crews headed to the Lower 48
Aug. 7, 2014, 3 p.m. (Fairbanks, AK) – Alaskan Type 2 firefighting crews have been ordered to support wildland fires in California’s Klamath National Forest. Crews will begin arriving in Fairbanks on Friday to depart from Ladd Field at Fort… Read More ›
The Alaska Fire Service is focused on Lower-48
August 7, 2014 You can call it all but over. The fire season in Alaska was the slowest it has been in a few years. The Alaska Fire Service has dealt with 32 fires for a total of 25,616 acres… Read More ›
Noatak National Preserve Wildfire Declared Out
Contact: Linda Jeschke, linda_jeschke@nps.gov, 907.442.3890 KOTZEBUE: Wildland fire managers declared the lightning-ignited Noatak River fire out July 23, 2014. The fire was located north of the Noatak River and east of Narvakrak Lake. At approximately 700 acres, rain extinguished the… Read More ›
Alaskans headed south to help with Lower 48 wildfires
July 17, 2014, 3 p.m. (Fairbanks, AK) – Alaskan firefighting crews and personnel are headed Outside as wildland fire potential continues to decrease in much of the state. The Gannett Glacier and White Mountain Type 2 initial attack crews are… Read More ›
Alaska Wildland Fire Information 