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Preplan

Climate change webinar replay available

Jul 1, 2010 12:00 PM

The Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center and the International Association of Wildland Fire co-hosted another in a series of free international wildland fire webinars....

Balancing learning and budgets

Jul 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Chuck Bushey

Educational development through conferences should be a spending priority....

International Journal of Wildland Fire update

Jul 1, 2010 12:00 PM

Remember that IAWF members have free online access to all Journal abstracts and articles. CSIRO recently published the newest issue (Vol. 19, No. 3) of the International Journal of Wildland Fire for the International Association of Wildland Fire....

International Journal of Wildland Fire update

May 1, 2010 12:00 PM

CSIRO recently published the newest issue (Vol. 19, No. 1) of the International Journal of Wildland Fire for the International Association of Wildland Fire....

The importance of wisdom

May 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Mike DeGrosky

People expect a lot from leaders. We expect them to be honest, visionary, inspiring, competent and credible, among many other qualities....

Better Building Blocks

Mar 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Cheryl R. Renner, Terry K. Haines and Margaret A. Reams

Eleven states share the effectiveness of their wildfire mitigation programs, focusing on how to reduce home losses....

Familiarizing the Unfamiliar

Mar 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Detlef Maushake

A German disaster response team uses the time-tested mix of classroom and live-fire training to help fire departments better understand wildland firefighting....

IFRM, IAWF form new partnership

Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM

Based on their mutual goal of protecting firefighter health and safety, the International Fire Relief Mission and the International Association of Wildland Fire have reached an agreement to work together....

Upcoming Events

Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM

Event information for: Aerial Firefighting Conference, Human Dimensions of Wildland Fire, Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference, and Wildland Fire Safety Summit....

Too Many Choices

Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Darren Hutchinson

Options abound, but what do you really need to load your new wildland engine?...

Error Correction

Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Michael Hill

Australian bushfire firefighting teams have adopted crew resource management tactics to reduce human error and increase crew effectiveness....

Forest Health Issues

Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM

IAWF Board Member Ann Walker recently moderated discussions held by the Forest Health Advisory Committee of the Western Governors' Association in Boise, Idaho....

Upcoming Events

Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM

Event information for: Human Dimensions of Wildland Fire, Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference, and Wildland Fire Safety Summit....

IAWF Awards Scholarships

Sep 1, 2009 12:00 PM

The IAWF recently awarded two scholarships in wildland fire for students providing high-quality research of relevance to the international fire management community....

Upcoming Events

Sep 1, 2009 12:00 PM

Event information for: World Forestry Congress, International Fire Ecology and Management Congress, Human Dimensions of Wildland Fire, and more....

Fire Knowledge at Your Fingertips

Jul 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Chuck Bushey

The International Association of Wildland Fire recently jumped into two brand-new aspects of the electronic communication age, allowing us to share more wildland fire information with a greater segment of our world community....

IAWF Launches Webinar Forum

Jul 1, 2009 12:00 PM

A moderated discussion forum for the recent IAWF/Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center Webinar, "Prepare, Stay and Defend, or Go Early: International Perspectives," has been created on the IAWF Web site....

IAWF Members Receive Free Access to IJWF

Jul 1, 2009 12:00 PM

To use your IAWF membership to obtain access to the International Journal of Wildland Fire for abstracts and full-text articles, visit...

Upcoming Events

Jul 1, 2009 12:00 PM

Event information for: Aerial Fire Fighting Conference, AFAC 09, 13th World Forestry Congress, Third Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference...

International Journal of Wildland Fire update

Jul 1, 2009 12:00 PM

CSIRO recently published the newest issue (Vol. 18, No. 4) of the International Journal of Wildland Fire for the International Association of Wildland Fire....

11 Burning Questions

Jul 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Gene Madden

Everything you've always wanted to know about wildfire EMS but were afraid to ask....

The Next Step in Asia

Jul 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By David J. Ganz, Brett Shields, Darren Johnson & Petteri Vuorinen

Community-based fire management offers China a chance to manage fire through local participation and partnerships with government agencies....

Applied Science

Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Josh McDaniel

When fire behavior modelers worked closely with incident management teams to provide information critical for accurate long-term planning on a large, complex fire, the result was a real-time integration of science and practice....

Olympic Training

Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Gwen Beavans

Three Forest Service specialists traveled to Athens to study and instruct the USAID-supported Hellenic Fire Services on U.S. fire-investigation and fire-prevention techniques....

See the New View

Nov 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Mike DeGrosky

Some people view leadership as a function of personality, suggesting that it derives from traits and characteristics that enable individuals to influence others. Others believe that leadership represents a kind of process that people engage in to influence others....

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