We are researching the impact of fuel treatment (removal of flammable materials) on wildfires in Interior Alaska. While fuel treatment seems to reduce wildfire intensity and size in the western US, it is not clear that such a treatment is effective in the boreal black spruce forest because the trees are very short and have branches extending to the ground. We found three locations that have both extensive fuel treatments and wildfires. Fire intensity and fire extent data show two different responses: 1) the fire stopped at the fuel treatment line (Shovel Creek fire), and 2) the fire burned through the fuel treatment line but fire intensity was reduced along that location. More research is needed to better understand how and if fuel treatment can be used to keep communities save in Alaska.