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• Denali NP to Burn Debris in Entrance Area, March 2015

  By Alaska National Park Service on March 9, 2015

  Fire Management staff at Denali National Park and Preserve are planning to burn debris consisting of trees and brush between Monday, March 9 and Friday, March 27, weather conditions permitting. The single pile is located east of the park airstrip… Read More ›

• Early Forecast for 2015 Alaska Fire Season

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on March 4, 2015

  The Alaska Interagency Coordination Center’s Predictive Services desk has released its early forecast for the 2015 Alaska fire season. The gist of it is that snowpack around the state is 40-50% below normal, there is potential for a very warm… Read More ›

• AICC 2014 annual report available online

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on February 10, 2015

  

  The Alaska Interagency Coordination Center’s 2014 annual report highlighting the 2014 wildfire season statewide is now available on the AICC web page at http://fire.ak.blm.gov/content/aicc/stats/firestats.pdf. It’s loaded with interesting facts and statistics on the 2014 fire season.

• High winds, low snow mean high fire danger for Mat-Su Valley

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

  The Alaska Division of Forestry is advising residents in the Mat-Su Valley to use caution when burning this weekend due to lack of snow and high winds in the Palmer and Wasilla areas. High winds have blown away what little… Read More ›

• Alaska’s official 2014 wildfire numbers

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on January 8, 2015

  Here are the official statistics for the 2014 Alaska wildfire season as provided by the Alaska Interagency Coordination Center on Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks. Totals Fires – 393 Acreage burned – 233,529.5 acres Causes Human – 339 fires, 222,905.9 acres… Read More ›

• Proposed changes for the EFF Crew Program

  By Alaska Fire PIOs on November 21, 2014

  BLM Alaska Fire Service initiates outreach to Alaska Natives on proposed changes for the Alaska Emergency Firefighter (EFF) Crew Program. Fire management officers will present updates and seek additional input from Alaska Native community members and tribal leaders on significant… Read More ›

• Mat-Su grass fires signal high fire danger due to lack of snow

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on November 18, 2014

  The Alaska Division of Forestry responded to two small grass fires in the Mat-Su Valley on Tuesday, a sign that fire danger in Southcentral Alaska is still high due to the lack of snow and dry conditions. The first fire… Read More ›

• Winds, dry conditions prompt fire danger warning in Southcentral

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on November 7, 2014

  State wild fire managers on Friday issued a fire danger warning to residents in the snow- barren portion of the state south of the Alaska Range due to strong winds associated with the super storm expected to hit the Aleutian… Read More ›

• Interagency Fall Fire Review begins

  By Alaska Fire PIOs on October 6, 2014

  October 6, 2014 4:27 p.m. The Alaska Wildland Fire Coordinating Group Interagency Fall Fire Review begins today and runs until October 9. Fire managers from Bureau of Land management, Alaska Division of Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife service, National… Read More ›

• Alaska firefighters still busy in Lower 48

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on August 28, 2014

  

  Nearly 300 Alaska firefighting personnel remain Outside helping to battle blazes in the Pacific Northwest. 120 Alaska firefighters were still working on the July Complex, a pair of fires that were started by lightning on July 31 and have burned… Read More ›

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