A damp start to the summer months across the state gave a chance to send Alaska-based wildland crews to fire-ravaged areas outside of the state, but an unseasonably dry August led to a number of lightning-caused fires erupting in the Fairbanks North Star and Denali boroughs.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - It’s perhaps a lesser-known resource the state has available to assist in fighting Alaska’s wildfires, but one that was not off the table for 13 members of the Alaska National Guard who were deployed to the Interior in the 2023 wildfire season.
Tech. Sgt. Quintan Hecimovich was one of the five with the 176th Civil Engineer Squadron that responded in Nenana where the Anderson Complex fires were burning. The Alaska National Guard’s 176th wing firefighting capabilities are a resource Master Sgt. Tyler Larimer — the only full-time employee of the fire department — is trying to expand on to be able to assist wildland crews more frequently.
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