Wildfire Magazine

Briefing

How did we get here?

This Issue: bitcoin broker preparing for the surprises

By Ron Steffens

President's Desk

Backstory, Part II: It’s still about the WUI facts

We need WUI facts if we're to face the WUI problem.

By Dan Bailey

Fire Science

IAWF Awards Student Scholarships

This is the seventh year the IAWF will be awarding two scholarships valued at ,500 to promote the scholarly pursuits and graduate-level training within the global wildland fire community. The 2013 scholarship program received several applicants from students around the world online forex trading platform in a range of science disciplines including social, environmental and physical sciences. This year’s [...]

By IAWF Executive Director

Fire Science

Recent articles in the International Journal of Wildland Fire

IAWF members have free online access to all research articles and back issues, a great member benefit. The IAWF member page directs you to the Journal, where you can search for your paper, author and/or fire subject of interest. All papers that have been accepted, even those not yet published in hard copy, can be [...]

By IAWF Executive Director

Thoughts on Leadership

Hardwired: That’s the way we work

The flourishing field of neuroscience may blow the lid off our understanding online trading account singapore of not only how leadership works, but why.

By Mike DeGrosky

Safety and Health

How much time does it take for a wildland firefighter to reach a safety zone?

field study of fire crews using escape routes provides insights into a key element of firefighter safety.

By Martin E. Alexander, Gregory J. Baxter and Gary R. Dakin

Feature

When a hurricane becomes a wildfire

When the gales of Hurricane Sandy pushed flames through New York City, an all-risk commander called on his wildfire experience to craft the strategy. But that was just the first night.

By Kat Sonia Thomson

Feature

Reducing the risks of prescribed fire: The Evan Thomas Burn

Seventy-five years after an early fire challenged the Alberta Fire Service, an innovative “fuel amendment” on a landscape-scale prescribed burn returns fire to the landscape.

By Rick Arthur

Feature

Mapping the burning bush

In northern Australia, satellite-based mapping shapes our strategies on-the-ground. By mapping the early burns and fuel breaks, we can manage later burns and build savanna carbon stocks.

By Ron Steffens

After Action

Photo-essay: A strike team of engines…

A day in the life of a Southern California strike team.

By Jeff Shelton