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Members of the Type 2 Emergency Firefighter crew from Nulato work on securing line on the Caribou Fire in Montana near the Canadian border in 2017. Photo by Travis McCabe//BLM Alaska Fire Service
FAIRBANKS, Alaska – Contract proposals for Western Alaska Village-based Type 2 wildland firefighting hand crews will be sought for the 2021 fire season by about March 26, 2021, according to a pre-solicitation notice published last week by the Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service (BLM AFS).
Multiple contractors may be selected to base crews in communities in the Galena Fire Management Zone covering much of Western Alaska for quick response to fires. The official solicitation notice is expected to post at https://beta.sam.gov/ (Reference 140L0621R0005) around Feb. 25 and give potential contractors 30 days to submit proposals.