The National Park Service (NPS) Alaska fire management program hosted a seven-person all-woman wildland fire crew through the Student Conservation Association (SCA) in 2022 - the first of its kind for NPS in Alaska.
Staff from the NPS - both the Alaska Regional Office, Alaska national parks, and from the Lower 48, as well as the Bureau of Land Management trained the crew in early summer, in the classroom and then in the field at Katmai National Park and Preserve (KATM). This training qualified members of the crew as Firefighter Type 2: firefighters who serve on a crew and perform fire suppression and management duties in the most adverse climate, fuel and terrain environments. They also gained experience toward Basic Faller (FAL3) qualifications (chain saw operators in a firefighting crew) - under National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) standards.
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
