A call for diversity, science, safety and health in our profession
TODAY, IN OUR WILDFIRE COMMUNITIES, we may well claim, with some due pride, that we possess some quality of commitment when it comes to the diversity, science, safety and health that are key to our...
View ArticleBRIEFING: The Camp Fire burns Paradise, and we must act
When a vegetation fire burns vegetation — grass, brush, trees or a mix — we act as fire managers, fire responders, firefighters and medics — the whole array of ICS roles we’ve been trained for. When a...
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BRIEFING: Building Fire Resilience
One method: helping our neighbors Resilience has been on our minds, and that’s not new. In 2011, then IAWF president Chuck Bushey focused his President’s Desk column on“Resiliency and Recovery”...
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BRIEFING: Our Fire Globe – and introducing our new Managing Editor, Marjie Brown
Briefing by the Editors – Marjie Brown and Ron Steffens While we’ve been covering global fire news and issues for a good amount of time (the magazine is entering our 28th year), this month we’re...
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BRIEFING: Transitions
Transitions. In fire briefings, we often warn of the changing risks as we move into or out of complexity, from one form of management or communication, or when we change roles or tactics, or when the...
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BRIEFING: Our climate adventure is here
OUR CLIMATE ADVENTURE IS HERE and this issue of Wildfire magazine is something of a “Pick your Own Climate Adventure” game. And while “game” may be too light a term for our challenge, the call to...
View ArticleBRIEFING: Facing the Pyrocene
IN THE FIRST WEEK OF 2020, parts of Australia received a light rain. A land in a three-year drought is still in drought and the fires are returning but we could feel, half a world away, that our...
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Pandemic spreads, balloons fall, fires burn — and from chaos we build order
Pandemic spreads, balloons fall, fires burn — and from chaos we build order By Ron Steffens, Wildfire Magazine Managing Editor Ron Steffens CHANGE PERMEATES HUMAN EXISTENCE — in our world and in our...
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When fire worlds collide
When fire worlds collide By Laura King, managing editor of Wildfire Magazine Laura King, Managing editor, Wildfire Magazine A few months back, I came across a Twitter post by my friend, colleague and...
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Situation Report – Scandinavian Peninsula
Taking Stock – Vegetation and Climate Present Challenges BY NIEVES FERNANDEZ-ANEZ AND FRIDA VERMINA PLATHNER According to the World Meteorological Organization, the last eight years are on track to be...
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Situation Report – South Africa
Risk Management – Policies and Co-Operation Require Enhancement BY TESSA OLIVER The number and intensity of unwanted wildland fires in South and Southern Africa has increased significantly in the past...
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Situation Report – China
Precipatation and Tempurature – Climate Change Impacts the Fire Landscape BY MINGCHUN SHI, CONG GAO, AND XINYAN HUANG The forest coverage rate in China stands at 24.02 per cent, having jumped from 8.6...
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Situation Report – Malaysia
Getting to the Root of the Peat Fires – Researchers Propose Increased Collaboration BY MOHD ZAHIRASRI MOHD TOHIR AND DAYANG NUR SAKINAH MUSA Peat fires in Malaysia have been an issue for several...
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Situation Report – Australia
Accurately Predicting Fire Season Severity From Analysis of Historic Fire Climatology BY ANDY ACKLAND AND MUSA KILINC Climate change is increasing the severity of bushfire seasons across the globe....
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Way Down South – United Kingdom Provides Wildfire Training And Equipment To...
United Kingdom Provides Wildfire Training And Equipment To Falkland Islands BY ROB GAZZARD The Falkland Islands are a British Oversea Territory lying deep in the South Atlantic, just 427 miles from...
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