2019 alaska aop

https://fire.ak.blm.gov/content/aicc/Alaska%20Statewide%20Master%20Agreement/3.%20Annual%20Operating%20Plans/2019%20Alaska%20AOP.pdf

wildfire annual operating plan for Alaska in 2019

no specifics about aircraft, jumpers, engines, etc

list of dispatch centers

Table 2: Alaska Dispatch Centers

Dispatch Center - Location - Managing Agency

Alaska Interagency Coordination Center - Fort Wainwright - BLM/AFS

State Logistics Center - Fairbanks - DNR

Anchorage Interagency Dispatch Center* - Anchorage - BLM

Upper Yukon / Tanana / Military Zone Dispatch Center - Fort Wainwright
- BLM/AFS

Galena Zone Dispatch - Galena - BLM/AFS

Delta Area Dispatch - Delta Junction - DNR

Fairbanks Area Dispatch - Fairbanks - DNR

Kenai Interagency Dispatch Center - Soldotna - DNR

Mat-Su Area Dispatch - Palmer - DNR

Southwest (McGrath) Dispatch - McGrath - DNR

Tok Area Dispatch - Tok - DNR

Valdez-Copper River Area Dispatch - Glennallen - DNR

Chugach National Forest Dispatch - Anchorage - USFS

Tongass National Forest Dispatch - Ketchikan - USFS

*AICC serves as the dispatch center for AFS South Zone resources;
Anchorage Interagency Dispatch Center (AIDC) (formerly a part of "AFS
South Zone"), located in Anchorage, serves as the statewide dispatch
center for resource aviation operations and does not function as a
fire dispatch.

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from the communications perspective - seems to be simple

statewide dispatch centers are linked to local dispatch centers via
teletype / email / telephone

local dispatch centers use 1 portable radio or 1 fixed control station
to access all the VHF highband repeaters in their areas

thats all there is to it basically

1 exception - 128.45 and ?132.45? are statewide fire aviation channels
- do they have bases on those freqs? - that could be tougher to
implement - but if they tell the aircraft to keep in touch with
dispatchers via the VHF repeaters, then the dispatchers dont really
need to talk on 128.45 nor 132.45 - which might save them alot of
radio infrastructure worries

2nd exception - how much do they use satellite phones - maybe alot -
maybe VHF repeaters dont have great statewide coverage

Note - BLM (aka Alaska Fire Service) has zero engines in Alaska as far
as I know - they just have jumpers, helos, and airtankers - State
Forestry and USFS might have 25 engines in total - NPS lands dont burn
basically (and they are protected by BLM or state forestry)