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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 06, 2009
Contact: Jennifer Collins 317-9929
Anchorage Fire Department Deployment to Interior Fires
The Anchorage Fire Department has sent two Type-6 Engines, usually referred to as “brush rigs,” to help fight the fires in Interior Alaska. The engines and four AFD firefighters are headed to the Railbelt Complex near Nenana. This deployment will last approximately two weeks, and all associated expenses will be fully reimbursed to the Municipality of Anchorage, including rental fees for the engines.
“Deployments to large, complex wildfires provides excellent training and hands-on experience for our Anchorage Fire Department personnel,” Acting Fire Chief Doug Schrage said on Thursday. “We want to be good neighbors to our fellow firefighters in the wildland realm, and this is just one way we can help.”
Along with the hands-on experience they will gain during the deployment, the firefighters on the assignment will be able to gain additional National Wildland Coordinating Group certifications. For more information on the Railbelt Complex or other fires in the State of Alaska, contact the joint fire information center at 907-356-5511.
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