Army, Alaska Fire Service fight fire danger with fire [Image 13 of 17]

DONNELLY TRAINING AREA, AK, UNITED STATES

11.04.2016

Photo by John Pennell 

United States Army Alaska

Bureau of Land Management Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service specialists Bob Schober (green helmet) and Matt Kilgriff discuss tactics for burning piles of brush as part of a prescribed burn project in U.S. Army Alaska’s Donnelly Training Area near Fort Greely Nov. 4, 2016. The piles were created by U.S. Army Alaska hand crews working to remove dead and decaying vegetation and black spruce in an effort to reduce the chances of a wildfire on military lands. AFS provides wildland fire management for 1.6 million acres of military withdrawn public land under an interagency service agreement with U.S. Army Alaska. (Army photo/John Pennell)

• Date Taken: 11.04.2016
• Date Posted: 12.06.2016 18:17
• Photo ID: 3036967
• VIRIN: 161104-A-SO352-013
• Resolution: 1800x1200
• Size: 1.94 MB
• Location: DONNELLY TRAINING AREA, AK, US