With wildfire season cooling down in Alaska and heating up in the western United States, the Alaska Division of Forestry and U.S. Forest Service are deploying a handful of initial attack crews to the Lower 48 to assist with firefighting efforts there. Five initial attack crews will board a National Interagency Coordination Center jet in […]
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Five Alaska wildfire crews heading south to assist in western states
July 10, 2018 
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State forestry firefighting crews head south to help in Lower 48
July 11, 2017 Comments Off on State forestry firefighting crews head south to help in Lower 48
Fairbanks, AK) – With rain dampening wildfire activity in much of the state, the Alaska Division of Forestry has begun sending personnel to the Lower 48 to assist with firefighting efforts in several western states. Approximately 150 Alaska firefighters from the Division of Forestry have been sent south or will be leaving in the next […]
Continue reading 2016 Alaska fire season numbers well below normal
September 30, 2016 Comments Off on 2016 Alaska fire season numbers well below normal
Fairbanks, AK – Sept. 30 – Despite an early start to Alaska’s 2016 wildfire season, the number of acres burned this summer ended up well below normal levels. A total of 558 wildfires burned 500,095 acres in Alaska this summer, making it the 36th largest fire season on record dating back to 1939, according to […]
Continue readingSupport from Lower 48, Canada are key to Alaska firefighting efforts
July 17, 2015 Comments Off on Support from Lower 48, Canada are key to Alaska firefighting efforts
Normally, it’s tourists who flock to Alaska from the Lower 48 in the summer. This year, it’s been firefighters and other firefighting personnel. With Alaska on pace to set a new record for the number of acres burned by wildfires, the state has had to reach out to Lower 48 states for resources to supplement […]
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