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• 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 ›

• Prescribed Burns Planned for Bison Range Habitat Spruce Stands

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

  

  For Immediate Release: May 1, 2025 FInd the PDF News Release Here (Delta Junction, AK) – The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G), in partnership with the Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection (DOF), will conduct prescribed burns… Read More ›

• Alaskans, Are You Ready? Wildfire Prevention Week Kicks Off May 3

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on April 30, 2025

  

  Alaska Wildland Fire Prevention and Preparedness Week kicks off this weekend, Saturday May 3rd 2025.  Gov. Mike Dunleavy has proclaimed May 3rd–9th, as Wildland Fire Prevention and Preparedness Week in Alaska. This serves as a timely public reminder that while… Read More ›

• Update: Pile burning completed near Yankovich Road Fire Wildfire Walk

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on April 16, 2025

  

  Residents in the Yankovich Road neighborhood may see smoke during this time. The public is advised not to be alarmed.

• BLM fire restrictions help protect properties and residences north of Fairbanks

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on April 11, 2025

  

  In an effort to ensure the safety of local residents and protect natural resources, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Fairbanks District Office is implementing a fire prevention order for federal lands in a fire-sensitive area near Fox, Alaska, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration facility site on the Steese Highway.

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