March 1, 2008
Cover Story
Venture Capital
Mar 1, 2008 12:00 PM, 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. ...
Features
Hand in Glove
Mar 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Mike DeGrosky
That's the beauty of leadership. It's not the responsibility of a fixed position in an organization. One is free to lead from wherever he finds himself in the organization. ...
Graceful EXIT
Mar 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Alan Tresemer
Every department needs to have a plan for evacuations. Consider these perspectives. ...
CFS Expert Discusses Entrapment
Mar 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Sarah Seinen
For people who live, work and play in the forest or wildlands, the danger of being trapped or burned by a wildfire is very real in spite of taking precautionary...
Brush Up
Mar 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Chris Cavette
Writing the specifications for light brush trucks might not take as much time as some other apparatus, but departments need to consider several points. ...
News
IJWF Publishes Special Ecology Issue
Mar 1, 2008 12:00 PM
The International Association of Wildland Fire is a non-profit, professional association representing members of the global wildland fire community. The purpose of the association is to facilitate communication and provide leadership for the wildland fire community. Here are some recent noteworthy events that helped further that goal. ...
Columns
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. ...
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. ...
