Small Arms Complex – Alaska Wildland Fire Information

Burn operations planned on military training lands in the Fairbanks North Star Borough to reduce wildfire threat

By BLM Alaska Fire Service on April 30, 2021

Starting as early as May 3, the BLM AFS, in cooperation with U.S. Army Alaska (USARAK), will implement prescribed fires on Fort Wainwright and the Yukon Training Area (YTA) to reduce the likelihood of a large wildfires occurring on military training lands this summer. The areas identified for the prescribed burns in the Small Arms Complex on Fort Wainwright are immediately southeast of Fairbanks on the south side of the Richardson Highway. The areas scheduled for burning in the YTA are five miles north and two to 20 miles east of Eielson Air Force Base. The prescribed burning may continue through May 31, as weather conditions allow.

Photos of firefighters in a field with smoke.

Wildfire threat reduced on more than 68,000 acres of military training lands in Interior Alaska

By BLM Alaska Fire Service on May 29, 2020

Prescribed burning to reduce the threat of wildfire on military training lands in Interior Alaska was completed with approximately 30,000 acres burned to treat more than 68,000 acres.

Prescribed burning on the Small Arms Complex east of Fairbanks.

About 60% of prescribed burning to reduce the threat of wildfire on Interior Alaska military training lands complete

By BLM Alaska Fire Service on May 5, 2020

About 60 percent of prescribed burning to reduce the threat of wildfire on military training lands in Interior Alaska is complete with the rest targeted for completion sometime in the next two weeks – as long as the weather cooperates.

Burn operations planned on military training lands in Fairbanks North Star Borough to reduce wildfire threat

By BLM Alaska Fire Service on April 30, 2020

Starting as early as Saturday, the Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service (BLM AFS), in cooperation with U.S. Army Alaska (USARAK), could start setting prescribed fires on Fort Wainwright and the Yukon Training Area (YTA) to reduce the likelihood of… Read More ›

Burning operations planned for military training lands in Interior Alaska to reduce wildfire threat

By BLM Alaska Fire Service on April 15, 2020

The snow is quickly melting in Interior Alaska. The Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service and U.S. Army Alaska will soon implement multiple prescribed fires on military training lands in Interior Alaska. As conditions allow, prescribed burning in the Donnelly Training Area, Yukon Training Area, and Fort Wainwright may continue throughout the spring. #RxFire

Graphic for prescribed burn at the Fort Wainwright Small Arms Complex starting on April 18, 2019.

BLM AFS, USARAK to conduct prescribed burn east of Fairbanks

By BLM Alaska Fire Service on April 16, 2019

Smoke may be visible from the Richardson Highway directly east of Fairbanks while the BLM Alaska Fire Service (BLM AFS), in cooperation with the U.S. Army Alaska (USARAK), implement a prescribed fire plan for the Small Arms Complex between the Fort… Read More ›

Graphic for prescribed burning on the Small Arms Complex and Yukon Training Area in May 2018.

BLM AFS, USARAK conduct multiple prescribed burns near Fairbanks and Eielson

By BLM Alaska Fire Service on May 8, 2018

Starting today, the Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service (BLM AFS) and U.S. Army Alaska (USARAK) will implement multiple prescribed fires in the Yukon Training Area located east of Eielson Air Force Base and the Small Arms Complex immediately… Read More ›