Taylor Complex Fire

The Taylor Complex Fire was a 2004 wildfire in Alaska that consumed approximately 1,305,592 acres (5,284 km²) of land.[1] By acreage, it was the largest wildfire in the United States between 1997 and 2007.[1] The fire also was part of the record-breaking 2004 Alaska fire season that burned more than 6,600,000 acres (27,000 km²), the most in recorded history.

References

National Interagency Fire Center, "Fire Information - Wildland Fire Statistics: 1997-2007 Large Fires (100,000+ fires)", at "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-05-14. Retrieved 2009-05-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Accessed on 1/20/2009.

Facilities

Miscellaneous

General	Wildfire suppression Wildfire emergency management
Equipment and tactics	Aerial firefighting Controlled burn Driptorch Fire hose Fire lookout tower Fire retardant Fire retardant gel Fire trail Firebreak Firefighting apparatus Firefighting foam Helicopter bucket Hose pack Modular Airborne FireFighting System Pulaski Wildland fire engine Wildland water tender Wildfire suppression equipment and personnel
Personnel	Engine crew Fire lookout Handcrew Helitack Interagency hotshot crew Smokejumper
By location	Australia United States, History in the U.S. (California, Washington)
Lists	Glossary of wildfire terms List of wildfires

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