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• Hotshots mopping up Alfred Fire east of Stevens Village

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on June 12, 2020

  Utilizing an aggressive water air assault, two hotshot crews and eight smokejumpers were able to stop the growth of a fire burning east of Stevens Village at 83 acres Thursday. However, due to the fire spotting outside the main perimeter, the firefighters will need to seek out and make sure these spot fires are extinguished before calling the Alfred Fire (#215) contained.

• Operations Update for the Isom Creek Fire -June 12, 2020

  By 2020IsomCreekFire on June 12, 2020

  

  Isom Creek Fire Operations Section Chief, Abe Davis gives an operational update for Thursday, June 12th. Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BLMAFS/      Isom Creek Email: 2020.Isomcreek@firenet.gov       Public Information Phone: (907)356-5970                      

• State forestry wildland fire dispatcher Liz Wallace wins national award

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 12, 2020

  Alaska Division of Forestry Wildland Fire Dispatcher Liz Wallace won the 2019 National Excellence in Dispatching Award from the National Interagency Coordination Center (NICC) in Boise, Idaho, it was announced Thursday. Wallace, a dispatcher for the Fairbanks Area station, had… Read More ›

• Critical fire weather expected for Isom Creek Fire

  By 2020IsomCreekFire on June 12, 2020

  Start Date: 06/05/2020 Location: 17 miles SW of Stevens Village, AK Cause: Lightning Fire Size:  10,844 acres Containment: 10% Total Personnel: 275   (FAIRBANKS, Alaska) – Westerly winds continued to help and hinder firefighters on the Isom Creek Fire Thursday…. Read More ›

• Firefighters, aircraft working on fire 10 miles east of Stevens Village

  By Alaska Fire PIOs on June 11, 2020

  

  Firefighters, aided by water bombing aircraft, are aggressively fighting an 83-acre fire burning about 10 miles east of Stevens Village. Eight smokejumpers, the BLM Alaska Fire Service Chena Hotshots and a variety of helicopter and airplanes are working to keep… Read More ›

• BLM TEMPORARILY CLOSES FIVE MILE CAMPGROUND

  By 2020IsomCreekFire on June 11, 2020

  

  FAIRBANKS, AK — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Central Yukon Field Office has temporarily closed public access to the Five Mile Campground located five miles north of the Yukon River bridge on the Dalton Highway. The closure is necessary to… Read More ›

• Operations Update for the Isom Creek Fire -June 11, 2020

  By 2020IsomCreekFire on June 11, 2020

  

  Isom Creek Fire Operations Section Chief, Abe Davis gives an operational update for Thursday, June 11th. Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BLMAFS/      Isom Creek Email: 2020.Isomcreek@firenet.gov       Public Information Phone: (907)356-5970                      

• Warm, dry weather expected for Isom Creek Fire

  By 2020IsomCreekFire on June 11, 2020

  Start Date: 06/05/2020 Location: 17 miles SW of Stevens Village, AK Cause: Lightning Fire Size:  10,618 acres Containment: 10% Total Personnel: 300   (FAIRBANKS, Alaska) – Southwest winds pushed the Isom Creek Fire away from the Dalton Highway allowing firefighting… Read More ›

• Lightning sparks new wildfires in central Noatak National Preserve

  By Alaska Fire PIOs on June 10, 2020

  

  On June 4, two fires were detected via satellite in Noatak National Preserve. over subsequent days the National Park Service, in coordination with BLM Alaska Fire Service (BLM AFS), determined there where a total of six lightning-ignited fires burning in… Read More ›

• Isom Creek Fire grows to 7,574 acres

  By 2020IsomCreekFire on June 10, 2020

  (FAIRBANKS, Alaska) – For the second day in a row, a late evening isolated storm cell moved over the Isom Creek Fire late Tuesday, bringing strong, erratic winds. Firefighting aircraft were forced to stop operations because of strong wind gusts…. Read More ›

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