As Nice Basin Incident Administration Kind 3 Crew 4, beneath Incident Commander Erik Newell, reaches the tip of their tour in Alaska, command of the Dalton Freeway Advanced can be transferred to incoming Incident Commander Tyler McCowan’s Idaho Incident Administration Kind 3 Crew 1. The brand new workforce will assume accountability tomorrow morning at 0800.
Three fires are included within the Dalton Freeway Advanced: the Douglas Fireplace 336, Curky Fireplace 318, and Snowden Fireplace 330. All three fires are positioned alongside the Dalton Freeway within the Yukon and Tanana Districts. Incident goals are firefighter and public security, monitoring the fires, and defending infrastructure such because the Alaska Pipeline, mines, and the Dalton Freeway.
Heavy smoke on the Dalton Freeway is lowering visibility. Please decelerate, drive with headlights on, and train excessive warning in these areas. Street shoulders are slim, pulling off to take pictures is harmful and never really useful. Arctic Circle Campground stays closed whereas firefighting exercise is ongoing.
Purple flag warnings are in impact within the inside of the state for thunderstorms, lightning, and a excessive chance of latest hearth begins. Temperatures can be within the 70’s to 80’s. Gusty winds are probably within the neighborhood of the storms. Storms could also be dry or could also be accompanied with rain or hail.
Particular Observe: The Nice Basin Nevada IMT-3 Crew 4 desires to precise appreciation and provides an enormous shout out to all of the voluntary cooperators who’ve helped to tell the general public of fireplace actions and to maintain everybody secure whereas driving via the hearth areas:
- Coldfoot Customer Heart
- Yukon River Customer Heart
- Yukon River Campground
- Alaska State Troopers
- Bureau of Land Administration regulation enforcement officers
- Alaska Division of Transportation
- Carlile Cargo Terminal Dispatch
Classes: AK Fireplace Data