Click on photos to see image. Aug. 3, 2016 – Five 20-person Alaska firefighting crews boarded a jet Wednesday afternoon to join firefighting efforts in the Lower 48. The Division of Forestry Type 2 Initial Attack (IA) Gannett Glacier and White Mountain crews, the… Read More ›
University of Alaska Fairbanks Nanook Wildland Fire Crew
Mid Salcha Fire now 90 percent contained
July 23, 11:25 a.m. – Containment on the Mid Salcha Fire increased on Friday while the estimated number of acres burned decreased. Due to better mapping, the burned acreage total for the wildfire near the Salcha River south of Fairbanks… Read More ›
Air tanker, engines and UAF crew responding to wildfire near 8 Mile Elliott Highway
The Alaska Division of Forestry is responding to a small wildfire near 8 Mile of the Elliott Highway north of Fairbanks. Two engines and a helicopter from the Fairbanks Area forestry office are on scene working on the Vault Creek… Read More ›
Alaska Wildland Fire Information 