The continuation of moderate temperatures, consistent precipitation, and the hard work by firefighting crews have contributed to achieving 100% containment on the Little Chena River Fire (#499). Division of Forestry Fairbanks Area Incident Commander Ernest Prax praised the efforts of… Read More ›
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Hotshot crews deploy into south end of Clear Fire
Summary: Over the past week, the immediate threat to values at risk have been significantly curbed by weather, and fire activity has been minimal. This has allowed fire managers to confirm conditions more thoroughly on the ground. As a result,… Read More ›
Middle Tanana Complex Transitions to Type 3 IMT
Highlights: The Type 3 Northern Rockies Incident Management Team, under Incident Commander Josh Bransford, assumed command of the Middle Tanana Complex on Monday, July 18, at 8:00 am. Operations: Sunday, minimal fire behavior was observed across the Middle Tanana… Read More ›
Resources continue to complete suppression repair on the Minto Lakes Fire.
Incident Commander Jerry McGowan and division Luis Dozal check on the progress of the suppression repair.
Varying amounts of light rain reported across the Bean Complex
Cloudy, cool, and damp weather conditions remain in place across the Bean Complex, keeping fire activity minimal. The weather stations from around the fire area reported a range of rain amounts from .17-.40 inch. The weather forecast includes rain showers… Read More ›
Backhaul operations expected to continue over next three days.
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 141 resources assigned to the complex, an area covering 21 million acres. Each of these… Read More ›
Rainy weather pattern continues on Little Chena River Fire
Rain overnight and light showers throughout the day kept fire behavior minimal Saturday on the Little Chena River Fire (#499). Rain and moderate temperatures work together to keep the relative humidity (RH) at higher levels. Higher RH moderates fire behavior,… Read More ›
Firefighters work to access south perimeter of Clear Fire
Summary: Management objectives for the Clear Fire include protecting and/or mitigating impacts to the identified values at risk as prioritized by the cooperating jurisdictional agencies. Operations personnel are coordinating with incident Resource Advisors to document and, if necessary, implement mitigation… Read More ›
Transfer of Command to occur tomorrow on Middle Tanana Complex
This will be the last fire update from the Type 2 Northern Rockies Incident Management Team (Mike Almas, Incident Commander) that has managed the Middle Tanana Complex since July 6. A Type 3 Northern Rockies Incident Management Team (Josh Bransford,… Read More ›
Continued rain is expected through the week on the Minto Lakes Fire.
Suppression repair continues on the re-opened dozer line put in place to protect the communities of Himilaya and Hayes Creek. Photo USFS Luis Dozel
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