The Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service (BLM AFS) awarded three contracts for Type 2 wildland firefighting hand crews based in rural northeastern and Interior Alaska villages for the 2020 fire season. The contractors selected will base crews in… Read More ›
Lightning has officially entered Alaska’s wildfire equation. Over the past two weeks, almost 5,000 lightning strikes have been recorded across Alaska, according to the Alaska Interagency Coordination Center in Fairbanks, which tracks daily lightning activity in Alaska. That number includes… Read More ›
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… Read More ›
No new fires were reported in the BLM Alaska Fire Service (BLM AFS) protection area on Sunday but two fires burning in the western Interior between Kaltag and Tanana remained active. Smoke from those fires is being blown into Fairbanks… Read More ›
Wildfire season refuses to wave the white flag in Alaska, as two new fires were reported in BLM Alaska Fire Service’s protection area on Saturday, one of which required a response from personnel based in Galena. In addition, a pair… Read More ›
Wildfire season continues to persist in northern Alaska with the discovery of three new lightning-caused fires in the BLM Alaska Fire Service’s protection area on Friday. Two new fires were found in the Upper Yukon Zone and one was reported… Read More ›
July 16, 2016 – The BLM Alaska Fire Service has been busy with fires along the Yukon River corridor that were threatening structures upriver from Rampart and burning near a Bible camp downriver from Tanana. A load of eight smokejumpers… Read More ›
Special Announcement: Today is the FINAL update for the Tanana Area Fires. The incident containment goals have been met and incident objectives achieved. Special Announcement: The last public meeting to provide fire information will be noon Monday, Aug 3 at… Read More ›
Tanana Area Fire Facts at a Glance TOTAL ACRES: 497,665 Cause: Lightning Spicer Creek (4 mi. N Tanana) ~ 183,448 acres; Harper Bend (6 mi. SE Tanana) ~43,378 acres Moose Point (~55 mi. W Tanana) ~26,666 acres Kokrine (~50 mi. W… Read More ›
Special Announcements: Please note: Fire Information has a new phone number: 907-799-4212. Tanana Area Fire Facts at a Glance TOTAL ACRES: 496,813 Cause: Lightning Spicer Creek (4 mi. N Tanana) ~ 183,444 acres; Harper Bend (6 mi. SE Tanana)… Read More ›
