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GLOBAL WILDFIRE AWARENESS. North and South.

Cathelijne Stoof — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 22:05:32 +0000

Amid the many talks at IAWF’s Human Dimensions Conference this past March, one collaborative presentation examined the crucial role for collaboration amid countries with emerging fire regimes. The authors, led by Wildfire Magazine contributing editor Cathelijne Stoof (The Netherlands and United States), Lisa Langer (New Zealand), Julia McMorrow (United Kingdom), and Brian Oswald (United States), [...]

Wildfire Awareness: Sharing our Tools

IAWF Executive Director — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 07:00:20 +0000

Missoula, MT, USA. The beginning of October (in the Southern Hemisphere) and the beginning of May (Northern Hemisphere) signals the start of wildland fire season in many locales. As such the International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF) launches a Global Wildfire Awareness Week this October 1-7, 2012, following on our prior Awareness Week in the [...]

Forest Research Institute of Athens – Devoted to Fire Prevention

IAWF Executive Director — Mon, 07 May 2012 18:21:44 +0000

Beautiful and culturally rich Greece has experienced wildland fires for centuries and has been studying wildfires and forestlands; sharing information within the nation and the world. Check out their research facilities at: http://www.fria.gr/EngPage/index.html Learn more about recent Greek wildfires and recovery in these Wildfire Magazine articles: http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/12/1085/2012/nhess-12-1085-2012.html Greiving, S., S. Pratzler-Wanczura, K. Sapountzaki, F. Ferri, [...]

AVIATION: Air Tankers — Where Do We Go From Here?

Walt Darran — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 21:48:48 +0000

To optimize the safety, effectiveness and efficiency of an integrated aerial fire suppression system, all parties must truly work together instead of pursuing individual agendas in isolated groups. Analysis by Walt Darran. On February 10, 2012 the United States Forest Service released their Large Air Tanker Modernization Strategy. On the same day five U.S. Senators sent [...]

GALLERY: Norton Point Fire, Wyoming, USA, 2011

Kari Greer — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:25:24 +0000

Photographer Kari Greer followed the fire season in the summer of 2011, capturing this portfolio of fireline and firescape images from Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming and Minnesota. This gallery follows the Norton Point Fire in Wyoming. “The Norton Point Fire was a long term wilderness fire managed for resource benefit on the Shoshone National Forest [...]

GALLERY: 2011 Wildfire Season (USA)

Kari Greer — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:15:53 +0000

Photographer Kari Greer followed the flames in the 2011 fire season, from Arizona to New Mexico, from Wyoming to Minnesota. Her documentary work offers a visual story of what it means to work and manage wildland fire in a challenging season, one that may foretell fire seasons to come. GALLERY LINKS: Wallow Fire (Arizona) Las [...]

GALLERY: Wallow Fire, Arizona, USA, 2011

Kari Greer — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:39:28 +0000

Photographer Kari Greer followed the fire season in the summer of 2011, capturing this portfolio of fireline and firescape images from Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming and Minnesota. Kari offers this reflection on her gallery of photos from Arizona’s historic Wallow Fire. She documented the fire and fire suppression activities in Arizona, which began May 29, 2011. [...]

GALLERY: Las Conchas Fire, New Mexico, USA, 2011

Kari Greer — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:33:16 +0000

Photographer Kari Greer followed the fire season in the summer of 2011, capturing this portfolio of fireline and firescape images from Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming and Minnesota. This gallery follows the Las Conchas Fire, New Mexico, in July 2011. “The Las Conchas Fire was another very large fire that was managed by several Type 1 [...]

GALLERY: Pagami Creek Fire, Minnesota, USA, 2011

Kari Greer — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:24:27 +0000

Photographer Kari Greer followed the fire season in the summer of 2011, capturing this portfolio of fireline and firescape images from Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming and Minnesota. This gallery follows the Pagami Creek Fire in Minnesota. “The Pagami Creek Fire was a natural fire near Ely, MN on the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW), [...]

Big plane, little plane, or no plane at all? The battle of aerial firefighting resources

Bill Arsenault — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:10:04 +0000

What aviation tools will US firefighters need in the coming decade? After spending time on the Texas firelines in 2011 — the state’s worst season on record, with 4 million acres burned, 4000 houses destroyed, and 10 people dead — one firefighter and line paramedic asks, What type of aviation support do we need on [...]