Prescribing Fire

By David McLoughlin

One of the most controversial issues in Australian forest management is the use of planned fuel-reduction burns to reduce the damage caused by the country's regular summer bushfires....

Protective Gear

Compiled by Beverly Beckert

Wildland PPE helps to keep staff safe while delivering comfort....

Relay Pumping Going Digital?

By Stephen Shoap

A networking engineer envisions a new way to get water to the flames — by applying networking technology to a traditional hoselay....

Fuel Mitigation Matters

By Chuck Bushey

With more people living in the WUI, the opportunity for wildfire disaster grows. Our role is to proactively advise and inform through prevention messaging and example....

Solitude, Focus and Relationships

By Mike DeGrosky

The ability to think for oneself requires the solitude necessary to allow for introspection....

Check out the latest Wildfire exclusives online

"New Apparatus Helps Fight Vegetation Fires in Europe" by Wolfgang Jendsch; "Rhabdomyolysis: The New Dirty World in Wildland Fire" by Bill Arsenault; "The Tunnel Fire 20-Year Anniversary" by Kenneth Blonski, Cheryl Miller and Carol Rice...

IAWF Furthers Fire Science Studies through Scholarships

Two advanced-degree students recently received scholarships for 2011 from the International Association of Wildland Fire....

3rd Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference Proceedings are Now Available

All IAWF's 3rd Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference attendees will receive a copy of the proceedings in the mail....

International Journal of Wildland Fire - 20th Anniversary Year

The fourth issue of the International Journal of Wildland Fire in this anniversary year has as its feature paper, "Relative importance of weather and climate on wildfire growth in interior Alaska."...

Upcoming IAWF Events

Event information on: Ninth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology; 3rd Human Dimensions of Wildland Fire Conference....

Engage in the Wildfire Editorial Experience

By Sandra Williams, Chair, Editorial Advisory Board

We are looking for an Editorial Advisory Board member and a contributing editor....