Because the BLM Alaska Fire Service remains focused on the safety and well-being of our employees and the public, preparedness regarding medical, physical and training requirements for Alaska federal (BLM) Emergency Firefighters (EFF) were adjusted for the 2020 fire year due to the threat of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) . The adjustments were made to […]
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Federal Alaska Emergency Firefighter requirements adjusted for 2020 season
March 26, 2020 
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BLM AFS seeks contracts for Alaska village-based Type 2 wildland firefighting crews
December 26, 2019 Comments Off on BLM AFS seeks contracts for Alaska village-based Type 2 wildland firefighting crews
The Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service (BLM AFS) is soliciting contracts for Type 2 wildland firefighting hand crews based in rural Alaska villages for the 2020 fire season. Multiple contractors may be selected to base crews in communities in the Upper Yukon, Tanana and Galena Fire Management Zones for quick response to fires […]
Continue reading BLM AFS 2019 Emergency Firefighter review
December 17, 2019 Comments Off on BLM AFS 2019 Emergency Firefighter review
The BLM Alaska Fire Service uses Type 2 Emergency Firefighters (EFF)/Administratively Determined (AD) fire crews and single resource personnel to supplement its regular workforce in the event of wildfire emergencies. The program, which is separate from the State of Alaska’s EFF program, consists of over 500 individual federal AD firefighting personnel across three fire management […]
Continue reading 2019 EFF training set for BLM AFS Galena and Tanana zones
March 15, 2019 Comments Off on 2019 EFF training set for BLM AFS Galena and Tanana zones
The schedule for federal emergency firefighter (EFF) training for the 2019 fire season has been set for the Galena and Tanana Fire Management Zones. Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC) will facilitate RT-130 Fireline Refresher Training and the Work Capacity Test (pack test) in 24 villages in rural Alaska starting with Grayling on March 25. Villages in […]
Continue reading More villages added to federal EFF medical exam schedule, others rescheduled due to weather
November 14, 2018 Comments Off on More villages added to federal EFF medical exam schedule, others rescheduled due to weather
More villages were added to the schedule of mobile medical exams for federal emergency firefighters (EFF) in rural Alaska and others have been rescheduled after weather-caused cancellations. The changes to the schedule are (click on links for exam request forms): Tanana: rescheduled for Jan. 7 (exam request form – mooseheart crew) Arctic Village: cancelled due […]
Continue reading Villages added to federal EFF medical exam schedule
November 8, 2018 Comments Off on Villages added to federal EFF medical exam schedule
The villages of Fort Yukon, Venetie, Arctic Village, Selawik, Minto and Tanana were added to the schedule of mobile medical exams for federal emergency firefighters (EFF) in rural Alaska. The additions to the schedule are (click on links for request forms): Selawik: Dec. 3 (Deadline to turn in Exam Request Form – Kobuk River form […]
Continue reading AFS emergency firefighters to undergo medical exams starting in November
October 19, 2018 Comments Off on AFS emergency firefighters to undergo medical exams starting in November
The BLM Alaska Fire Service, in partnership with the Department of Interior Medical Standards Program (DOI MSP), will soon deliver medical exams to federal emergency firefighters. The goal of the exams is to increase safety by identifying pre-existing conditions that could be aggravated by the arduous duty of wildland firefighting. The medical exams will be […]
Continue reading EFF crews head south to help with busy fire season
August 5, 2018 Comments Off on EFF crews head south to help with busy fire season
Four Type 2 Emergency Firefighter crews said goodbye to Alaska and its cloudy, rainy skies Sunday morning and headed to the heat of the Lower 48 to help with a busy fire season. The crews from Fairbanks and numerous rural villages boarded a plane bound for Spokane, Wash. where they will then be bussed to […]
Continue reading Last of the EFF crews to return from Lower 48 fire Sunday
September 22, 2017 Comments Off on Last of the EFF crews to return from Lower 48 fire Sunday
(FAIRBANKS, Alaska) – The final four of the 23 Type 2 emergency firefighter crews (EFF) who have fought fire in the Lower 48 this year are returning to Alaska Sunday afternoon after spending two weeks working on a wildfire in Montana. The returning crews – Nulato, Marshall, Upper Tanana #2 and Fairbanks #1 – are […]
Continue readingAlaska Fire Service EFF Spring Training Kicks Off This Weekend
April 8, 2016 Comments Off on Alaska Fire Service EFF Spring Training Kicks Off This Weekend
April 8, 2016 (FAIRBANKS, Alaska) – Emergency Firefighters return each year fresh from their time off to prepare for the new fire season. Before they can step into the vast Alaska landscape to engage wildland fires, they must first take a pack test and refresh their firefighting knowledge. The first batch of pack testing and […]
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