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• 2019 EFF training set for BLM AFS Galena and Tanana zones

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on March 15, 2019

  

  The schedule for federal emergency firefighter (EFF) training for the 2019 fire season has been set for the Galena and Tanana Fire Management Zones. Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC) will facilitate RT-130 Fireline Refresher Training and the Work Capacity Test (pack… Read More ›

• Fire & Ice: BLM AFS, USARAK kick off 2019 prescribed fire season

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on March 14, 2019

  

  Conducting a prescribed burn operation doesn’t typically involve the use of ice bridges and snowmachines. Unless it’s in Alaska. BLM Alaska Fire Service and U.S. Army Alaska kicked off their 2019 prescribed fire season on Feb. 18 by burning woody… Read More ›

• BLM Alaska Fire Service, USARAK to burn debris piles on military land near Delta Junction

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on February 13, 2019

  The Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service (BLM AFS), in cooperation with the U.S. Army Alaska (USARAK) will burn piles of woody debris in the Donnelly Training Area (DTA) south and west of Delta Junction. Burning operations will start… Read More ›

• Last of BLM AFS villages scheduled for EFF medical exam visits

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on January 28, 2019

  

  The remaining villages have been scheduled for visits by a mobile medical unit conducting exams on federal emergency firefighters (EFF) in rural Alaska. Barring any rescheduled dates due to weather, this should be the last schedule for the 28 Alaska… Read More ›

• More villages added to federal EFF medical exam schedule, others rescheduled due to weather

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on November 14, 2018

  

  More villages were added to the schedule of mobile medical exams for federal emergency firefighters (EFF) in rural Alaska and others have been rescheduled after weather-caused cancellations. The changes to the schedule are (click on links for exam request forms):… Read More ›

• Villages added to federal EFF medical exam schedule

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on November 8, 2018

  

  The villages of Fort Yukon, Venetie, Arctic Village, Selawik, Minto and Tanana were added to the schedule of mobile medical exams for federal emergency firefighters (EFF) in rural Alaska. The additions to the schedule are (click on links for request… Read More ›

• BLM AFS, U.S. Army to burn debris piles on military lands south of Delta Junction

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on October 23, 2018

  

  The Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service (BLM AFS), in cooperation with the U.S. Army Alaska (USARAK), will be burning piles of woody debris on the Donnelly Training Area south of Delta Junction and the Gerstle River Training Area… Read More ›

• AFS emergency firefighters to undergo medical exams starting in November

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on October 19, 2018

  

  The BLM Alaska Fire Service, in partnership with the Department of Interior Medical Standards Program (DOI MSP), will soon deliver medical exams to federal emergency firefighters. The goal of the exams is to increase safety by identifying pre-existing conditions that… Read More ›

• BLM AFS, USARAK to burn debris piles on military lands

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on September 24, 2018

  

  The Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service (BLM AFS), in cooperation with the U.S. Army Alaska (USARAK), will burn piles of woody debris on the Fort Wainwright Main Post and the Yukon Training Area east of Fairbanks. Burning operations… Read More ›

• EFF crews head south to help with busy fire season

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on August 5, 2018

  

  Four Type 2 Emergency Firefighter crews said goodbye to Alaska and its cloudy, rainy skies Sunday morning and headed to the heat of the Lower 48 to help with a busy fire season. The crews from Fairbanks and numerous rural… Read More ›

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