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• BLM Alaska Fire Service, U.S. Army To Burn Debris Piles near Delta Junction

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on November 9, 2017

  

  Nov. 14, 2017 Update: This prescribed burning of debris piles was suspended indefinitely due to weather conditions – specifically an estimated foot of snow that fell in the Delta and Gerstle River training areas over the weekend. BLM Alaska Fire… Read More ›

• BLM Alaska Fire Service, U.S. Army To Burn Debris Piles on Military Lands

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on September 28, 2017

  

    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 Fort Wainwright main post and military training areas south of Fairbanks. Burning operations… Read More ›

• Last of the EFF crews to return from Lower 48 fire Sunday

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on September 22, 2017

  

  (FAIRBANKS, Alaska) – The final four of the 23 Type 2 emergency firefighter crews (EFF) who have fought fire in the Lower 48 this year are returning to Alaska Sunday afternoon after spending two weeks working on a wildfire in… Read More ›

• Small wildfire near Chisana draws response from State Forestry

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on September 17, 2017

  

  The Alaska Division of Forestry has deployed a small squad of firefighters to respond to a 1-acre wildfire approximately 100 miles northeast of Glennallen. The fire, dubbed the Red Hill Fire, was reported by a local resident from the remote… Read More ›

• Forestry works on new fire near Nenana

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on September 15, 2017

  

  Fairbanks Area Forestry firefighters are working on a small fire burning along the Tanana River 15 miles downriver from Nenana. The new fire is one of 31 active fires in Alaska and underscores the continued potential for new fires especially… Read More ›

• Two new fires keep firefighters busy in Copper River Basin Thursday

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on August 11, 2017

  A Division of Forestry heliattack crew, eight BLM Alaska Fire Service smokejumpers and four water-scooping Fire Boss airplanes rushed to aggressively attack a wildfire burning 17 miles east of Lake Louise Thursday evening. It was the second fire of the… Read More ›

• Jet load of crews head south to help with busy fire season

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on August 11, 2017

  A mixture of young and veteran Alaska firefighters left BLM Alaska Fire Service facilities at Fort Wainwright Friday morning to help with the busy fire season in the Lower 48. Three emergency firefighter crews from Upper Kalskag, Selawik and Noorvik… Read More ›

• Fireworks start wildfire near Gakona

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on August 10, 2017

  Firefighters scrambled early Thursday morning to put out a wildfire burning near the Copper River that was ignited by fireworks. The .5 Tok Cut-off Fire (#389) started below a bluff overlooking the Copper River. Fireworks aren’t prohibited in the area despite a… Read More ›

• DOF firefighters contain fire near Nenana after locals use bucket brigade to douse flames

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on August 9, 2017

  

  Local residents formed a bucket brigade to knock down a wildfire they found burning next to the Middle Tanana River near Nenana yesterday. Five residents, including a couple of men with past wildland firefighting experience, worked on the fire until… Read More ›

• Crews continue to seek out hot spots on Chistochina River Fire

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on August 9, 2017

  Crews continue mopping up the Chistochina River Fire (#381). They secured at least 50 feet in from the fire’s perimeter yesterday. The goal is to ensure the entire 98 acre fire is mopped up and all hot spots are extinguished…. Read More ›

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