Fire

Every year, as fire activity increases in the western United States and decreases in Alaska, available fire resources — especially hotshot crews — are in high demand.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in southwest Utah, in cooperation with Utah’s Watershed Restoration Initiative and other interested parties, treats an average of 40,000 acres of public land ann

The three BLM Alaska Fire Service employees were not taking cooking lessons at the AFS dining facility on March 12, 2020, but participating in basic training to become Emergency Medical Technicians. The three took turns simulating wound care by stopping the flow of blood, in this case, the red liquid running through an IV line and out a hole in the roast. 

The Roswell Air Tanker Base (ATB), which is operated by BLM New Mexico, is an important reload base for air tankers conducting aerial firefighting operations.

This year’s unusually slow fire season enabled the BLM Alaska Fire Service to start working on protecting the Interior Alaska community of Alatna from future wildfires.