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As of today ,44,647 wildfires have burned 5,604,289 acres across the United States this season, according to the National Interagency Coordination Center in Boise,...

Alaska Government • Sep 21, 2021

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#NationalFireNews from the National Interagency Fire Center: Good news! As a result of significant fire activity decreasing in several geographic areas and better...

Alaska Government • Sep 21, 2021

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#NationalFireNews Currently, 96 large fires have burned 1,883,541 acres in 14 states, the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho reports. Three new large...

Alaska Government • Aug 5, 2021

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#AlaskaWildfireNumbers for Wednesday, August 4. You can find more details on the Alaska Interagency Coordination Center's daily situation report at https://fire.ak.blm.gov/content/aicc/sitreport/AICC%20Situation%20Report.pdf...

Alaska Government • Aug 5, 2021

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Firefighters anticipate a second day high activity on fires burning in northeastern Alaska. Firefighters on the #MartenCreekFire (#386) and the #DiscoveryCreekFire...

Alaska Government • Aug 5, 2021

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Fire crews in Oregon are working hard to contain the Bootleg Fire. There are firefighters on site from as far north as Alaska and as far south as Puerto Rico including...

Alaska Government • Aug 5, 2021

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"Safety zone" continues our #FireFightingResources terminology this week. A safety zone is an area cleared of flammable materials used by wildland firefighters...

Alaska Government • Jun 23, 2021

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Fire crews, along with aviation and heavy equipment resources have put in a substantial amount of work along the perimeter of the #HaystackFire which has been reflected...

Alaska Government • Jun 23, 2021

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Two crews continue to mop up the 24-acre #StraightCreekFire north of the Parks Highway near Mile 325. The lightning-caused fire located 2 miles north...

Alaska Government • Jun 23, 2021

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Alberta Wildfire, a branch of the Alberta Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, has sent four water-scooping Fire Boss aircraft and a Bird Dog plane to Alaska to assist...

Alaska Government • Jun 23, 2021

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Firefighters on foot and in packrafts continued accessing hard-to-reach areas of the 2,135-acre #AboutMountainFire near McGrath on Monday to boost containment of the fire...

Alaska Government • Jun 22, 2021

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"Escape route" is another important term we feature in our #FireFightingResources terminology this week. An escape route is a preplanned and understood route to a safety...

Alaska Government • Jun 22, 2021

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#NationalFireNews from National Interagency Fire Center: Due to a significant increase in fire activity in multiple geographic areas, as well as increased competition...

Alaska Government • Jun 22, 2021

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Firefighters are wrapping up work on the #LittleAlbertCreekFire (#206) burning about 5 miles west of Central. With more than 50% of the 536-acre fire contained Sunday...

Alaska Government • Jun 22, 2021

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Containment on the 2,135-acre #AboutMountainFire near McGrath in southwest Alaska climbed to 60 percent on Monday as firefighters continued to benefit from cool,...

Alaska Government • Jun 21, 2021