06/24/2026
It has been a busy few days for us here in Anderson, to say the least. While we have a little breathing room, the Anderson VFD would like to take a moment to express our deepest appreciation for the agencies that came to our aid and quite literally held the line in defense of our community. Thank you to our neighboring agencies, Clear Fire Emergency Services, Tri-Valley Fire Department, and City of Nenana - Official, for your immediate response when we called for mutual aid. The Denali Borough and your Emergency Management team have had our backs the entire time, handling all overhead communications with everyone involved and providing fast and accurate information to the public at every stage of this incident. We also could not have protected this town without the incredibly fast response from Alaska DNR - Division of Forestry & Fire Protection - DFFP. While we were on the line staring at a wall of flames pushing towards us, I cannot describe the relief we all felt when we heard the rotors of your Helitack coming in. In almost no time at all, you had hand crews, air support, initial attack engines, and Incident Command on site and ready to work. Today, that team has grown to almost 100 members staffing this fire and providing resources to everyone. Lastly, thank you to the members of the community for taking time to go and spend your own money to buy food and drinks for our firefighters and for opening up your homes and schools to our evacuees. Our First Responders are always here for you, but this week you were there for us. We are so grateful for every one of you.
AVFD Team
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