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Fit to Fight

By Bequi Livingston

A federal task group developed a wildland firefighter fitness program to improve health and safety. ...

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Follow the Leader

Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Punky Moore

Participants in this year’s Followership to Leadership course honed their skills along a less-traditional path. ...

Southern Exposure

May 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Josh McDaniel

A record-setting 2007 fire season put Georgia officials on the offensive to battle continuing drought conditions. ...

Stress Relief

Mar 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Brian Sharkey, Theron Miller & Charles Palmer

The Forest Service is researching IMT stressors and adequate coping measures. ...

Arizona IMT Provides Shelter from the Storm

May 1, 2006 12:00 PM

On Sept. 3, 2005, Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano declared a state of emergency in support of Hurricane Katrina and established Operation Good Neighbor....

Natural Selection

Nov 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Josh McDaniel

Given the complex nature of wildland fire, reports on the recent Southern California fires didn¹t tell the whole story....

Codes of Conduct

Jul 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Josh McDaniel

In the midst of another record-setting fire season, maybe its time for the fire service to take the interface battle to legislators and insurers. ...

Boise IMT Aids in Greensburg Tornado Relief

Jul 1, 2007 12:00 PM

A weekend of severe weather battered southwest Kansas, beginning May 4. A 1.7-mile-wide wedge tornado hit the town of Greensburg. The EF-5 tornado passed...

Data Pushers

May 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Josh McDaniel

In recent months, there has been a big push to use online decision-support tools to track, manage and justify costs. Don’t get blind-sided by new requirements for situation analyses....

"One of the difficulties of change is that some individuals who have dedicated so much time and effort to making everything work must step aside a bit to allow others to step forward. "

Beyond Yellowstone

Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Chuck Bushey

With all of the work the IAWF has done to pull together the conference “The Fires of ’88: Yellowstone and Beyond,” it was inevitable that I would spend some time reflecting on that particular fire season 20 years ago....

IAWF Names New Executive Director

Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM

The International Association of Wildland Fire’s board of directors has selected William Ranieri as the organization’s new executive director. Ranieri is the managing partner and CEO of Prime Management Services ...

Be a Guiding Force

May 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Chuck Bushey

Until homeowners are sufficiently knowledgeable and organized and can tackle their own fire/fuel situation, it’s up to us in the fire community to provide guidance and help ...

Journal Unveils New Cover Look

The new issue of the International Journal of Wildland Fire, published by CSIRO for the International Association of Wildland Fire, has just been released. The journal sports a new look. Instead of the old-style cover, the journal will feature a different wildland fire action photo each issue....

Spare that Drop of Water

Mar 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Chuck Bushey

As firefighters, we worked with what resources we had and we did our best to stall and divert until the weather changed in our favor. But I don't think most of us realized how climate patterns truly were changing. ...

A Virtual Global Community

Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Chuck Bushey

FireNet is a free e-mail-based discussion and information-distribution system specifically serving the global wildland fire community. Because it is free and open to non-IAWF members means that the international participation is large, and while the emphasis is wildland fire, we have subscribers from a wide range of fire specialties....

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