The forest averages 15 to 20 fires per year   KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — The country’s largest national forest saw an increase in wildfires in 2018. The U.S. Forest Service responded to 32 wildfires this year in Alaska’s Tongass National ...

Applies to those working for Alaska Fire Service   FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — People wanting to fight wildfires in Alaska will have to submit to a medical examination before working for the federal government’s Alaska Fire Service. The new requirement ...

Firefighters gain control of western and southern edges   SOLDOTNA, Alaska (AP) — A fire in Alaska grew to more than 2 square miles (5.18 sq. kilometers) over the weekend Firefighters were able to get the western and southern edges ...

Fire near Tok has burned 1.2 square miles   ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A wildfire off the Alaska Highway has grown but has not caused traffic delays. The Alaska Division of Forestry says the fire is estimated at 1.2 square ...

Fire involves black spruce forest near Alaska Highway   FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Firefighters are battling a wildfire near an Alaska community about 260 miles west of the U.S.-Canada border. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (http://ow.ly/7Ctr30cffHO ) reports the blaze about ...

Fire crews create defendable spaces in Eagle River       Alaska Dispatch News – Firefighters from the Pioneer Peak hotshot crew thin the forest around an Eagle River subdivision.

“We’re the most important resource on the fire.”   PIO365 – Filmed on Wednesday, July 27th 2016 at the Goldenview Middle School Incident Command Post morning briefing in South Anchorage, Alaska. Raw footage provided by the Alaska Interagency Incident Management ...