January 2025 |
The Open Wounds of Pedrógão Grande By IAWF Executive Director
The fire storm’s intensity melted skin off hands and feet, liquified glass windows and reduced standing signs to puddles of metal. The…
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January 2025 | Health and Safety
How Does Wildfire Smoke Affect the Brain? By IAWF Executive Director
As the threat of wildfires grows, firefighters and affected communities grapple not only with the immediate threat of flames but also with…
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January 2025 | Point Of View
New Strategy Needed for Extreme Wildfires By IAWF Executive Director
After a career as an ecologist, senior emergency manager, and bushfire scientist I have a particular view of where climate change is…
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January 2025 | Technology
Integrated Team Approach By IAWF Executive Director
On Feb. 26-57, 2024, a historic wildfire outbreak devastated parts of the United States’ southern Great Plains. In all, about 40 wildfires…
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January 2025 | Prescribed Burning
Partners Collaborate To Show Conference Delegates Successful Practices By IAWF Executive Director
ACT Rural Fire Service (RFS) crews worked alongside ACT Parks crews to implement the conference burn, and demonstrated a camera detection system…
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January 2025 | Thoughts on Leadership
Thought's on Leadership By IAWF Executive Director
Months ago, a friend and reader asked me whether I had ever considered writing about leaders knowing when it is time to…
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