Wildfires and Invasive Plants in American Deserts
December 9-11, 2008
Reno, Nevada
Grand Sierra Resort and Casino
Details regarding the American Deserts program can be found at:
http://rangelands.org/deserts/index.shtml
Specific details about registration can be found at:
http://rangelands.org/deserts/American_Deserts_Registration.shtml
The IAWF is delighted to be supporting and attending the Aerial Firefighting Conference which is taking place at the Royal Olympic Hotel in Athens, Greece on the 21-22nd October 2008.
This is the first conference to focus its attention on the aerial fire fighting fixed and rotary-winged technologies and operations and is a truly international event with representatives from more than 30 countries attending. Operators from Australia, South Africa, Russia, Italy, France, Korea, Spain, Greece, Croatia, and, of course, Canada and the USA will be talking about their operational experiences. Ministries of Interior, Agriculture and Forestry as well as ground fire brigades will be joining the meeting. A major fixed and rotary-winged aerial fire fighting demonstration will be laid on at Elefsis Air Force Base, just outside Athens, by the Hellenic Air Force and other international operators for the benefit of the visitors to the show.
A major Panel Session will be taking place on a European initiative to develop a Cross-Border Rapid Reaction Aerial Firefighting Squadron to assist with Pan-European wildfires. Mr Christopher Allen from the European Union’s Environment General Directorate Civil Protection Unit will host this international debate. There will also be another Panel Session covering Air Pollution from Wildfires hosted by Professor Milt Statheropolous, Council of Europe - European Center for Forest Fires (ECFF).
We hope that you will be able to join us in Athens and ask those interested parties to register here.
HERE is a downloadable flyer about the conference (274k pdf)
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.
By popular demand, the deadline for the submission of papers and posters has been extended to the end of the day on April 22. Click here for more information about to submit abstracts. The submissions may include any subject as it relates to wildland fire challenges, and should not be limited to the 1988 fires.
April 22 is the deadline for: (1) oral paper abstract submission (2) poster abstract submission and (3) special sessions for “The ‘88 Fires: Yellowstone and Beyond” conference. The Program Committee will review all abstracts and determine which will be accepted as well as the schedule of presentations. Authors of accepted papers and/or posters will be notified by e-mail no later than May 30, 2008. The ‘88 Fires: Yellowstone and Beyond is being held in Jackson, Wyoming on September 22-27, 2008. This momentous conference commemorates the 20th anniversary of the 1988 fires in Yellowstone and the northern Rocky Mountain area.
The event is presented by the International Association of Wildland Fire in association with the National Park Service 9th Biennial Scientific Conference on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem with the support of a consortium of partners. The conference will offer a host of opportunities to celebrate and learn lessons from past and present fire management practices and scientific research which serve as a foundation for the future of fire management. Discussions, presentations, and special sessions will focus on the following themes:
The content of submissions may include any subject as it relates to wildland fire challenges, and should not be limited to the 1988 fires.
More information, including the call for papers and a draft of the program can be found on the conference web site. The website has recently been updated and registration for the conference is now OPEN! Be sure to join us in Jackson, Wyoming September 22-27, 2008.
The IAWF is one of the partners in the Aerial Firefighting Conference which will be held October 21-22, 2008 in Athens, Greece. Numerous vendors and users of wildland fire aircraft are already committed to participating.
This is the first aerial firefighting conference in many years and should be very worthwhile for those involved in managing or using wildland fire aircraft. It will address both the global issues and aerial technologies and techniques necessary to attack both low-populated forest and agricultural wildfires and the highly-populated urban and high-rise environments. This conference will bring together the worlds experts and focus on aerial firefighting technologies and operations, including the cooperation and collaboration experiences and lessons learned in ground-to-air firefighting management.
(originally posted in December, 2007)
The Extended Abstracts from the Human Dimensions of Wildland Fire conference are now available. Click HERE to download the 2.8 MB pdf file.
(originally posted in March, 2007)
During the 2nd Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference in Destin, Florida, March 23-27, 2007, the attendees contributed to a raffle and raised $1,088 for the Wildland Firefighter Foundation (WFF). The IAWF Board of Directors voted to match this and sent a total of $2,176 to the WFF.
We also owe our thanks to the companies that contributed items to be raffled. They are:
The IAWF held similar fund raising events for the WFF at 8th Wildland Fire Safety Summit in Missoula, Montana, in 2005, and also at the 1st Fire Behavior and Fuels conference in 2006 in Portland, Oregon.
The IAWF believes in the mission of the WFF, which is to “honor past, present, and future members of the wildland firefighting family”. The WFF also provides emergency support services to the families of injured and fallen firefighters. For more information about the WFF, visit their web site at Wildland Firefighter Foundation.
(originally posted in 2007)
The proceedings from the 2nd Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference, “The Fire Environment Innovations, Management, and Policy” are now available for downloading HERE. Be advised that it is a large file, 31 MB, and should not be attempted with a dial-up internet connection. A CD with the proceedings can be ordered from the U.S. Forest Service’’s Rocky Mountain Research Station.
