IAWF Wildland Fire Safety Award

           

The IAWF is accepting nominations for its Wildland Fire Safety Award, which will be presented at “The Fires of '88: Yellowstone and Beyond” in Jackson, Wyo., Sept. 22-27.

The award honors a person in the international wildland firefighting community who has made a significant contribution to wildland firefighter safety, either directly on the fireline or indirectly through management, cultural changes or wildland-fire research. The contribution is frequently beyond everyday job expectations — sometimes at the potential risk to the nominee's own career, and his or her example can encourage others to act in a similar manner.

To nominate an individual, please send an essay (no more than 800 words) on why the nominated person should receive the award, and a list of three or more individuals (with contact information) who may be contacted to affirm the importance of the nominated individual's contributions. Send e-mail nominations by Aug. 1 to president@iawfonline.org.

The award was first presented in 1997 at the IAWF's first Wildland Fire Safety Summit. It has been awarded to seven individuals since then.