2019 wildfire season: crews from lower 48 in Alaska

On July 22nd, I wrote about U.S. based crews from outside Alaska who were deployed to Alaska. I am writing this article to follow-up on crews from outside Alaska who are currently deployed to Alaska wildfires as of August 2nd. I obtained this information from the August 2nd Out of Area Crews report that I found on the crews page linked to on the Alaska Interagency Coordination Center (AICC) website. Information on wildfire acreage is either obtained from Alaska Fire Info or the AICC Situation Report for August 2nd. If you are arriving here after August 2nd, you may found the August 2nd Situation Report in the section labeled Previous AICC Situation Reports on this AICC Predictive Services Intelligence / Reports page.

Chalkyitsik Complex (Upper Yukon), 501,629 acres

Crews from the lower 48 assigned to the Complex: Winema IHC (OR),Big Bear IHC (CA). T2IA crews: CA(3),MN, OR.

A Type 2IA crew from OR is assigned to Small Timber Lake (34 acres) within the Complex.

August 1st update from Alaska Fire Info includes link to video embedded below



Cornucopia Complex, 85,511 acres

Crews from lower 48 deployed to complex: Type 2IA: CA(2), IN
Crews from lower 48 deployed to individual wildfires within complex:

• Chandler River, crew from lower 48: Type 2IA: CA
• East Fork Chandler, crew from lower 48:Type 2IA: CA
• Hadweenzic River, crews from lower 48: Tallac IHC (CA), Redmond IHC (OR)

August 1st update from Alaska Fire Info

Grouse Creek, 49,121 acres, crew from lower 48: Type 2IA: CA

Rainbow 2, 19,757 acres, crews from lower 48: Type 2IA: MN, OR

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