10th Wildland Fire Safety Summit, preliminary announcement
The International Association of Wildland Fire, in cooperation with the NWCG Safety & Health Working Team, is pleased to issue this “Preliminary Announcement” for the 10th IAWF Wildland Fire Safety Summit.
We are in negotiations with a specific venue at this time, so the following information is “tentative”; we hope to finalize the specific details within the next 30 days.
Location: Phoenix, Arizona USA
Dates: April 28-30, 2009 (Tuesday - Thursday)
Conference Chair: Dick Mangan
Major emphasis areas for the Safety Summit will include:
1. 10 years after the Tri-Data Study: what is different?
2. Aviation Safety on Wildfire Operations;
3. Issues in Wildfire Safety around the World;
4. Safety in the emerging Wildland-Urban Interface.
5. New research in Wildland Fighter Safety practices, training and equipment
6. Firefighter Health and Fitness
IAWF needs your help!
If you would like to be a part of the Safety Summit Committee, or have ideas for topics that should be included, please let us know! Contact Chair Dick Mangan at 406-543-0013 or email: blackbull (at) bigsky.net.
