It's All Relative

By Dan Malkinson and Lea Wittenberg

While its wildfires may not be the biggest, Israel's blazes still matter. The country is learning how to fight them, and how they should be used to alter the landscape....

One Burn at a Time

By Leana Schelvan and Carl Seielstad

The University of Montana is developing the next generation of wildland firefighters with a regimen of prescribed burning throughout the Southeast....

Incident Geeks Wanted

By Kate Dargan

Situational awareness tech tools help commanders develop a common operational picture....

Firefighting Gels Evolve

By Steve Sinunu

While still not as popular as once predicted, gels have been steadily overcoming their disadvantages and proving their usefulness....

Resiliency and Recovery

By Chuck Bushey

Facing increasing weather-driven disasters, we should work towards improving safety nets of disaster assistance....

Learning from News Makers

By Mike DeGrosky

Recently, I found myself inspired by three people in the news: Oprah Winfrey, Wael Ghonim and Elizabeth Redenbaugh. While they come from diverse circumstances, they illustrate, for me, two important facts of leadership: it's all about influence and it takes courage....

Wildfire exclusives now online

"From Smokejumping to Fire Ecology" by Holly Bowen; "When It Rains, It Pours" by Steve Oaks; "The Desk Set" by Katie Sell, Ph.D., CSCS and Bequi Livingston; "Practice Makes Perfect" by Scott VanderMeer...

IAWF Wildland Fire Safety Award presented to Jim Cook

The IAWF's Wildland Fire Safety Award was presented to Jim Cook at the recent IAWF 11th International Wildland Fire Safety Summit....

Paula Nelson to head IAWF Public Affairs

Paula Nelson has joined the IAWF family as its person in charge of public affairs....

Safety Summit raises funds for three nonprofits

The recent 11th International Wildland Fire Safety Summit held in Missoula, Montana, brought together wildfire professionals from all over the world. Their attendance at after-hour special events benefited three nonprofit organizations at the local, national and international levels....

Brush fire foam rig to be awarded July 4

Michigan Power Cleaning will donate a UHP brush fire foam rig to a lucky fire department on July 4 for Operation Wildfire....

Upcoming IAWF Events

Event information on: AFAC and Bushfire CRC Conference 2011; Ninth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology....

IWJF - 20th anniversary year

The third issue of the International Journal of Wildland Fire has as its feature paper "Accommodating non-market values in evaluation of wildfire management in the United States: challenges and opportunities."...

Do You Have Mousetrap Syndrome?

By Sandra Williams, Chair, Editorial Advisory Board

Share your knowledge and experiences by contributing to Wildfire magazine, and by completing your local profile at www.wildfireworld.org....