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Incident management: dozer lines, structure protection and evacuations remain as crews prioritize lives and property
Summary
Incident management officials and local leaders told a community meeting in Healy that firefighting crews are building indirect dozer lines, wrapping and mopping up structures, and keeping evacuation notices in effect while mapping and damage assessment continue.
Incident commanders and local officials briefed residents at a community meeting in Healy on ongoing firefighting operations, evacuation boundaries and mapping efforts for the Bear Creek fire.
Zach Fleming, operations chief for the Alaska incident team, said crews are building an indirect dozer line from the Parks Highway on the fire's north side, planning burnout operations where weather permits, and prioritizing structure protection in road-accessible areas. "All the ones that are road accessible, we're going in there mopping and mopping them up. If they're not road accessible, we're going in there hiking," Fleming said.
The team is concentrating work in the Bear Creek drainage and the Washington Road–June Creek area, Fleming said, noting accessibility has been a limiting factor. "Those 2 areas have been, difficult, just due to accessibility to get in there," he said. Crews are using local knowledge to direct efforts and supplementing ground work with bucket drops from helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.
Jake Livingston, incident…
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