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By Krista Gebert
During five of the last eight years, the Forest Services' wildfire-suppression expenditures have topped $1 billion. And states are feeling the heat.
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Mar 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Brian Sharkey, Theron Miller & Charles Palmer
The Forest Service is researching IMT stressors and adequate coping measures. ...
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....
Nov 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Josh McDaniel
Given the complex nature of wildland fire,
reports on the recent Southern California fires didnąt tell the whole story....
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. ...
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...
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....
Mar 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Josh McDaniel
In late July 2006, firefighting resources were stretched thin across the West, and more fires seemed to be starting every day. On July 23 and 24, the...
Nov 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Josh McDaniel
Rarely are decisions in land management clear cut. This is especially true where recreation, commodity interests and ecological stewardship are all promoted...
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"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.
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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.
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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....
Nov 1, 2007 12:00 PM, Chuck Bushey
I would like to take the opportunity to
extend a special thank you to the members of the Human Dimensions of
Wildland Fire conference planning committee....
Sep 1, 2007 12:00 PM, Chuck Bushey
Wildland firefighting has come along way since the days when the Pulaski tool was considered new technology...
Jul 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Chuck Bushey
A few years back, I had the pleasure of reading an early proof of Steve Pyne's Tending Fire, and some of my comments made it onto the book jacket. ...
Chuck Bushey
Wildland fire suppression costs in the United States have been on the rise, and while cost has been a topic of discussion throughout my career, the last...
Mar 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Chuck Bushey
Recently, the International Association of Wildland Fire posted an online survey to gauge U.S. wildland firefighters' concerns over the manslaughter charges...
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