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• Wildfire activity heating up in Interior

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on May 12, 2016

  

  Wildfire activity is heating up along with the weather in Interior Alaska. The Fairbanks Area State Forestry office responded to two small wildfires today and a coal-seam fire near Healy continued to grow.. The first fire, the Ohio Creek Fire,… Read More ›

• Firefighters mopping up Sunrise Fire

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on May 5, 2016

  Here’s the latest update on the 30-acre Sunrise Fire in the Meadow Lakes area just north of Wasilla in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley: The fire has not grown in size and is 100 percent contained. Approximately 30 firefighters from the Alaska… Read More ›

• DOF responds to new coal seam fire near Healy

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on May 4, 2016

  The Alaska Division of Forestry is monitoring a new coal seam fire in the Healy area reported on Tuesday. The 2016 Louise Creek Fire is burning in an old burn scar approximately 1-2 miles north of another coal seam fire… Read More ›

• State Forestry battling 15-acre fire north of Wasilla from ground and air

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on May 4, 2016

  

  The Sunrise Fire in the community of Meadow Lakes just north of Wasilla is now estimated at 12-15 acres and the Alaska Division of Forestry is bringing in more air and ground support to help get the human-caused blaze under… Read More ›

• Leaf Lake Fire near Palmer is 100 percent contained

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on April 20, 2016

  The 25-acre Leaf Lake Fire near the Knik River outside Palmer now 100% contained and the Alaska Division of Forestry is planning for a complete demobilization of personnel by Thursday. Firefighters continued to work the interior of the fire on… Read More ›

• Division of Forestry calls in smokejumpers for 10-acre fire near Palmer

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on April 17, 2016

  

  Smokejumpers from the BLM Alaska Fire Service and the Division of Forestry are working to contain an approximately 10-acre wildfire burning in a remote area near the Knik River outside Palmer. The fire was reported at approximately 5:30 p.m. Saturday… Read More ›

• Motorists May See Smoke From Prescribed Fires Scheduled Near Fairbanks

  By Alaska Fire PIOs on April 14, 2016

  

    Motorists on the Richardson Highway between Fairbanks and North Pole may see smoke from multiple prescribed burns on Fort Wainwright starting as early as tomorrow.  As weather conditions permit, the Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service will assist… Read More ›

• Alaska Fire Service EFF Spring Training Kicks Off This Weekend

  By Alaska Fire PIOs on April 8, 2016

  

  April 8, 2016 (FAIRBANKS, Alaska) – Emergency Firefighters return each year fresh from their time off to prepare for the new fire season. Before they can step into the vast Alaska landscape to engage wildland fires, they must first take… Read More ›

• Prescribed Burn Near Delta Junction

  By Alaska Fire PIOs on April 1, 2016

  

  As weather conditions allow, the U.S. Army Alaska, with the assistance of the Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service, will conduct multiple prescribed burns on military land approximately five miles south of Delta Junction starting this weekend. Ignition on the Jarvis Creek Project… Read More ›

• Alaska’s monthly fire potential outlook

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on March 2, 2016

  

  The Alaska Interagency Coordination Center’s predictive services desk released it’s Alaska Monthly Fire Potential Outlook on Monday and its pretty much an echo of what we’ve been hearing all winter: Expect an early start to the wildland fire season. Forecast:… Read More ›

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