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• New Wildland Fire Found in Yukon-Charley Rivers 

  By Alaska National Park Service on May 27, 2025

  A wildland fire was discovered May 25 in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, across the Yukon River from Kathul Mountain, east of Washington Creek. Personnel from the Upper Yukon Zone of the Bureau of Land Management – Alaska Fire Service (AFS) flew… Read More ›

• Alaska’s Wildland Fire Academies Shape the Next Generation of Fireline Leaders

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on May 17, 2025

  

  Unified Training, Statewide Impact: Building Trust Across Alaska’s Firegrounds Alaska’s wildfire landscape is changing. With more fuel on the ground, longer seasons, and work on statewide fuelbreak projects starting earlier and ending later, the need for mission-ready crews is constant…. Read More ›

• BLM AFS Smokejumpers make season’s first jump on wildfire near Central

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on May 17, 2025

  

  The Crooked Fire was contained by firefighters Saturday night. The fire was burning near mile 117.5 Steese Highway.

• Controlled Pile Burning to Occur on Anchorage Hillside 

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on May 10, 2025

  

  (Anchorage, AK) – Controlled pile burning is scheduled to take place next week (as early as Monday) in the Municipality of Anchorage between Hilltop Ski Area and the Prospect Heights Trailhead. Once the piles of brush and debris are ignited,… Read More ›

• Controlled Burns at Sitze Road and Maud Road Shooting Range Enhance Wildfire Preparedness

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on May 8, 2025

  

  The Mat-Su Area Forestry & Fire Protection  in Palmer capitalized on favorable conditions this week to conduct two proactive prescribed burns. The first, a 10-acre burn at the Sitze Road location, was successfully initiated by the Pioneer Peak Hot Shot… Read More ›

• Real-time wildfire data for Alaska: Introducing the new AICC Situation Dashboard

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on May 8, 2025 • ( 0 )

  This interactive, map-based platform replaces the traditional PDF daily situational report with real-time wildfire data that updates multiple times an hour. It’s also mobile friendly.

• Annual Prescribed Burning Operations Start Soon

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on May 6, 2025

  

  For Immediate Release: May 6, 2025 The Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection (DOF) is preparing for multiple prescribed burns in the Delta, Fairbanks, and Matanuska-Susitna Valley areas in the coming months. Burning operations can begin as early as… Read More ›

• Unusual fire reported along Kachemak Bay east of Homer, Alaska

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on May 5, 2025

  

  A caller reported a smoldering fire on the high tide line along Kachemak Bay on Sunday afternoon, May 4, 2025. Despite a steady rainfall, the caller said the ground was hot to the touch. The Alaska Division of Forestry &… Read More ›

• Burning operations planned on military training lands near Fairbanks, North Pole to reduce wildfire threat

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on May 2, 2025

  

  Starting as early as Thursday, BLM AFS will will implement prescribed fires in several live-fire ranges of the Yukon Training Area near Eielson Air Force Base and the Fort Wainwright Small Arms Complex south of Fairbanks.

• State Forestry & Anchorage Fire Department collaborate to reduce wildfire risk

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on May 1, 2025

  

  (Anchorage, AK) – With an early fire season declared in Alaska’s southern and southwest regions due to low snowpack and dry conditions, the Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection (DOF) is working with the Anchorage Fire Department (AFD) Wildfire… Read More ›

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