July 1, 2008
Cover Story
Fit to Fight
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Bequi Livingston
A federal task group developed a wildland firefighter fitness program to improve health and safety. ...
Lessons Learned
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. ...
From the IAWF
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 ...
Features
Get Serious About HRO
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Mike DeGrosky
High-reliability organizing is more than a nice-to-know for wildland-fire personnel. HRO, as an operating philosophy, could serve as fundamental organizing principles fortifying other important initiatives. ...
Tech Tactics
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Michael Hoose
Size-up now can include a host of technological advances to help employ the best strategies. ...
Age of Exclusion
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By S.L. Biers
This essay sets out to show that existing age-based limitations for certain wildland firefighting positions constitute illegitimate, unacceptable discrimination. ...
Patrol Pumpers Speed Wildland Responses
Jun 10, 2008 2:31 PM, Chris Cavette, Senior Editor
Patrol pumpers are sort of like wildland sprinkler systems....
