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• 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 ›

• Escaped burn barrel fire in Mat-Su Valley destroys shed; illustrates importance of safe burning

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on March 1, 2016

  

  The Alaska Division of Forestry got its first wildfire call of the season on Monday in the Mat-Su Valley when a fire in an unattended burn barrel with an inadequate fire break escaped into the wildland. The fire, at a… Read More ›

• NPS seeks public input for proposed wildland fire management plans in 4 Alaska parks

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on February 24, 2016

  The National Park Service is soliciting public input on the proposed development of fire management plans for 28 park units nationwide including four in Alaska — Glacier Bay, Klondike Gold Rush, Kenai Fjords and Aniakchak. The NPS has prepared a… Read More ›

• Alaska’s first wildfire of 2016 reported near Delta Junction

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on February 22, 2016

  

  Alaska’s first wildfire of 2016 was reported south of Delta Junction on Monday. The fire was ignited by live-fire training on military land approximately 10 miles south of Delta Junction and was reported to the Alaska Interagency Coordination Center in… Read More ›

• USFWS report: Past fuel treatments slowed spread of Card Street Fire

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on January 18, 2016

  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff at Kenai National Wildlife Refuge just released a report that examines the effects of past fuel treatments on the refuge and how they influenced fire behavior and spread during the Card Street Fire on… Read More ›

• DOF’s Kelsa Shilanski voted as Alaska Dispatcher of the Year

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on October 12, 2015

  

  Congratulations to the Alaska Division of Forestry’s Kelsa Shilanski, who was recently voted Dispatcher of the Year for the Alaska Geographic Area Coordination Center. Shilanski, who has worked for DOF for nine years, topped a strong field of a dozen… Read More ›

• Demobilization begins on 4,862-acre Twin Creeks Fire on Kodiak Island

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on September 6, 2015

  With the perimeter of the 4,862-acre Twin Creeks Fire on Kodiak Island mostly secured, the Hooper Bay Type 2 crew was released to travel home on Saturday. The number of fire staff will decrease over the next few days as… Read More ›

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