Anchorage Fire Department is teaming up with the Alaska Division of Forestry to help the residents of an at-risk subdivision prepare for a wildfire by constructing a shaded fuel break.
The Eagle River subdivision is located on Denaina Drive and Kulchay Circle. A wildfire in this area could quickly spread in the Eagle River Valley and threaten hundreds of homes. A strategy to improve the chances of this neighborhood surviving a wildfire, like the one that started last May near the Briggs Bridge from an unattended campfire, is the construction of a shaded fuel break.
The Pioneer Peak Hotshots will construct a 200 foot wide, shaded fuel break, below the subdivision during the next two weeks. Alaska State Parks and Eklutna Inc. have issued permits for the fuel break project construction.