Burning in Smoke, Smothering in Flame

By Letícia Koproski, Antonio Carlos Batista and Johann George Goldammer

Brazil's continued struggles with widespread wildfires highlight the country's need for focused fire management policies geared to its incredibly diverse ecosystem....

Agents of Change

By Carol Campbell

South Africa's rural poor reap benefits of wildland firefighting program that gives them a "reason to live."...

The Little Things

By Steve Fraidenburg

For newly instated engine captains, wildland firefighting requires attention to detail and a regard for experience — both yours and your crew's....

Overcoming Obstacles, Online

By Kevin Roy Nunn

Firefighting in the interface requires new skills, knowledge and abilities for structural firefighters. A Tennessee department found that online courses can reduce instructional limitations, standardize learning and reduce costs....

Coming together

By Chuck Bushey

With the meeting's conclusion, a basic framework and plan of action were developed to help set the stage for all of us to begin to work collaboratively....

The many faces of change

By Mike DeGrosky

Anyone hoping to lead must understand the relationship between leadership and change. Your organization has little need for leadership if it is going to continue doing the same thing it does now, exactly as it does now....

IAWF presents Ember Award

The Ember Award recognizes sustained excellence in wildland fire research and is intended to encourage innovation, exploration, application and dissemination of important research results....

IAWF Board of Directors represent the membership

IAWF President Chuck Bushey of Billings, Mont., met with the membership at the organization's recent, very well-attended Third Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference in Spokane, Wash....

Mark A. Sofronov, 1930-2010

Dr. Mark A. Sofronov, a leading scientific researcher at the Forest Fire Laboratory of the Sukachev Institute of Forest in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, has died....

Nominations being accepted for IAWF Wildland Fire Safety Award

The International Association of Wildland Fire is accepting nominations for its Wildland Fire Safety Award to be presented at IAWF's 11th Wildland Fire Safety Summit....

Upcoming events

Event information for: International Wildland Fire Safety Summit....

International Journal of Wildland Fire update

The IJWF publishes new and significant papers that advance basic and applied research concerning wildland fire....

New website to be unveiled

By Sandra Williams, Chair, Editorial Advisory Board

Due to the phenomenal support and article contributions from the global wildfire community, the Editorial Advisory Board is pleased to announce that a new website will be unveiled during the first quarter of 2011....

Hickory shirt

Now available in NOMEX for wildland firefighters, the hickory shirt has always been popular with loggers, foresters and arborists....

Brush clothing

Strike Team brush clothing is now available in PBI TriGuard 590, a 5.3 ounce-per-square-yard twill with Stay Dry Plus water repellency created for the urban search and rescue, EMS and wildland firefighting markets....