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November 2012 | President's Desk
It's time to make wildland fire policies work better By Guest Writer
President's Desk: This past fall, I had the opportunity to provide a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama on issues IAWF felt…
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July 2012 | Fire and Weather
Advice on Lightning Safety and Firefighting By Guest Writer
Exposure to lightning during firefighting is very common, and there really is no place in the outdoors that is safe when a…
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March 2012 |
AVIATION: Air Tankers -- Where Do We Go From Here? By Walt Darran
On February 10, 2012 the United States Forest Service released their Large Air Tanker Modernization Strategy. On the same day five U.S.…
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February 2012 |
GALLERY: Wallow Fire, Arizona, USA, 2011 By Kari Greer
"The Wallow Fire was divided into at least three zones and was managed by several Type I incident management teams over it's…
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January 2012 | Aviation
Big plane, little plane, or no plane at all? The battle of aerial firefighting resources By Bill Arsenault
While there has been a lot of discussion and a brief shutdown of certain large air tanker equipment during this past year’s…
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