44 firefighters continue working on four staffed fires within the Division of Forestry & Fire Protection’s Coastal Region in the Mat-Su and Southwest Areas. Fire activity remained limited across Southcentral and Southwest Alaska this week. With increased containment on staffed… Read More ›
A lightning event over the Solstice weekend resulted in multiple new fire starts across Southwest Alaska. Updates on each incident are provided below: Takotna Fire (#264) While flying a cargo mission to the Nixon Fire (#227) on Sunday, June 21,… Read More ›
DFFP received reports of smoke near Mt. Joaquin at 8:00 PM Saturday. A DFFP helicopter responded and located the Joaquin Fire (#238) burning in black spruce and tundra roughly 31.5 miles southwest of McGrath. Due to a nearby native allotment,… Read More ›
Fire managers are monitoring several new starts across Southwest Alaska, sparked under dry, warm conditions and a recent round of thunderstorm. Here’s a quick look at recent wildfire activity in the region: Ganes Creek Fire (#151) Located approximately 30 miles… Read More ›
The Division of Forestry & Fire Protection is actively managing numerous new fires in Alaska’s Southwest Area. 20 new fires have been confirmed after Monday’s widespread lightning in the region. Detection flights are planned to check on the location of… Read More ›
The Alaska Type 2 Incident Management Black Team under Incident Commander Ed Sanford has been mobilized to assist fire managers and fire personnel defending villages, lodges, cabins, native allotments, mining infrastructure and other values at risk in southwest Alaska. In… Read More ›
Seasonal wildland Emergency Firefighters (EFFs) in southwest Alaska are being offered an online Fireline Safety Refresher tomorrow Saturday May 7, 2022 at 1:00 PM. This free required annual training is offered to wildland fire personnel who live in Nikolai, McGrath,… Read More ›
The Division of Forestry is actively managing numerous new and existing wildfires in Alaska’s Southwest Area. Twelve new, lightning-caused fire starts were reported in the wake of widespread thunderstorms Wednesday, increasing the number of active fires in the Southwest Area… Read More ›
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