Crews continue to pack up and prepare extra equipment and supplies from remote areas in preparation for hauling by helicopter or boat. Holdover hot spots and pockets of heat in the ground continue to be present, which could influence future… Read More ›
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Firefighters Continue Line Work in Some Areas and Backhaul in Others on the Bean Complex
Fire crews started to shift their focus on certain areas of the complex to packing up and hauling out the equipment and supplies that were used for fire suppression and structure protection. The fire lines located near or adjacent to… Read More ›
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Early July of 2022, a lightning event swept across the state of Alaska, leaving a swath of more than 100 new fire starts in its path and several more in the following days. By July 20, a total 530 wildfires… Read More ›
Crews Begin Inventory and Backhaul of Equipment and Supplies from areas on the Bean Complex
Clear skies and sunshine returned to the fire area on Wednesday, allowing improved conditions for helicopters and motorboats to move crews and equipment around on the fires. In some locations where it’s no longer needed, equipment and supplies are inventoried… Read More ›
Lime Complex to be turned back to local unit
NW9 Incident Management Team Incident Commander – Tyson Albrecht Lime Complex Daily Update July 21, 2022 The Lime Complex consists of two staffed fires and sixteen unstaffed fires. The total size of the combined fires is 865,620 acres, and there… Read More ›
Rain douses Minto Lakes Fire while firefighters continue repair work
The fire had significant rainfall Tuesday night and showers will continue throughout Wednesday. Cool, wet weather continues to damper any heat in black spruce stringers and deep duff pockets of the fire area, interior to containment lines. Today, heavy equipment… Read More ›
Firefighters perform mop-up, backhaul, and suppression repair on Clear Fire
Summary: Suppression efforts continue on the Clear Fire, with firefighters performing actions that minimize potential impacts to structures, infrastructure, and other values. In some areas, the focus has shifted to mop-up, backhaul, and suppression repair. Firefighters are coordinating with incident… Read More ›
Seasonal Weather Patterns are Expected to Influence Future Fire Activity on the Bean Complex
Firefighters have been using the recent cool and wet weather as an opportunity to inventory the equipment and supplies that were rapidly transported out to several locations on the fires during suppression response. Some excess equipment was removed from the… Read More ›
Operations on the Pike Creek/Koktuli River Fires wrapping up
Lime Complex Daily Update July 20, 2022 The Lime Complex consists of two staffed fires and sixteen unstaffed fires. The total size of the combined fires is 865,620 acres, and there are 112 resources assigned to the complex, an area… Read More ›
Firefighters utilize heavy equipment to access adverse terrain on Clear Fire
Summary: Northern Rockies Team 1 continues to work toward a comprehensive strategic plan to pass on to the next incident management team and local fire officials. As the access to burned and/or remote areas of the fire increases, collaboration with… Read More ›
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