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BLM AFS Aircraft, Smokejumpers Working on New Fire Northwest of Circle

By Elizabeth Ipsen | BLM on Jul 15, 2020   Featured, Interior Alaska, State  

BLM AFS Aircraft, Smokejumpers Working on New Fire Northwest of Circle

  (Fairbanks, Alaska) – Smokejumpers and aircraft are working on a new fire near Birch Creek 17 miles northwest of Circle in the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge. The Birch Creek Fire (#346) is burning in a limited management option area, which gives the latitude for the fire to function in its natural ecological role […]

Smokejumpers Respond to Two New Fires in Interior Alaska

By Elizabeth Ipsen | BLM on Jul 13, 2020   Featured, State  

Smokejumpers Respond to Two New Fires in Interior Alaska

  (Fairbanks, Alaska) – BLM Alaska Fire Service Smokejumpers responded to two fires in rural Alaska in the last few days, emphasizing dry conditions still exist in some areas despite the wet, cold weather present in other regions. The Richmond Fire (#338) burning 39 miles north of Bettles is suspected of being human-caused. It’s a reminder that […]

Type 2 Emergency Firefighters Crews to Mobilize to Help Fight Fires in Lower 48

By Elizabeth Ipsen | BLM on Aug 5, 2018   Featured, State  

Type 2 Emergency Firefighters Crews to Mobilize to Help Fight Fires in Lower 48

(FAIRBANKS, Alaska) – Four Type 2 Emergency Firefighter crews will mobilize to the Lower 48 on Sunday to help with the busy fire season. The crews with 19 firefighters apiece from Fairbanks and rural villages will board a plane in Fairbanks on Sunday bound for Idaho before being assigned to wildland fires in the area.  […]



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