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- Fire Preparedness & Fire Update
Released: 8/3/2009
The Fire Weather Watch that was issued for today and tomorrow may bring the relative humidity down to 15%. When relative humidity gets that low in Alaska extreme fire behavior can be expected. The... - Alaska Wildfires Burn Two Million Acres in 2009
Released: 8/1/2009
As of August 1, the Alaska Interagency Coordination Center (AICC) reports 469 fires have burned 2,097,293 acres across the state in 2009. At this time in 2008, 334 fires had burned 90,893 acres.... - Evergreen Supertanker to Demo on Fire in Alaska
Released: 7/30/2009
M E D I A A D V I S O R Y EVERGREEN SUPERTANKER TO DEMO ON FIRE IN ALASKA Aircraft on Display Wednesday, Fighting Fire on Thursday WHAT: Evergreen Aviation B747 Supertanker, the world's... - Smoke in Alaska
Released: 7/19/2009
The State of Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation and other entities have the ability to monitor air particulate levels. Particulates are solid particles produced by things like vehicle... - Minto Flats South Fire Aerial Firing Operation Video
Released: 7/17/2009
Video of successful air operations narrated by Incident - Why Do Some Lands Receive More Wildfire Resources?
Released: 7/12/2009
Why do some large fires receive little attention while relatively small fires seem to get several crews and multiple pieces of equipment committed to them Fire resources are committed to individual...