Fire Preparedness Level raised to Level 4 for Alaska
FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Current weather conditions and lightning strikes over the past week have taken current and expected fire activity from a Preparedness Level 3 to 4 as of noon today, Wednesday, June 22.According to Alaska Fire Point of Information Officers the decision to go to Preparedness Level 4 is made when multiple areas are experiencing fires that require incident management teams.
“We have the ability to let fire progress naturally, we will but you know our priority is fire fighter and public safety and then the defense of property and then it would be the defense of resources,” said Harrel. According to the latest update on the Alaska Interagency Coordination Center’s situation report, this season to date, Alaska has had 322 fires that have burned over 1,000,000 acres. Currently there are 133 active fires with 19 of them staffed.
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