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First Announcement and Call for Papers
Tenth Wildland Fire Safety Summit
Embassy Suites, Phoenix, Arizona, April 28-30, 2009
Sponsored by the International Association of Wildland Fire
in cooperation with the NWCG Safety & Health Working Team
Call for Papers: The 10th Wildland Fire Safety Summit continues the tradition begun by the IAWF in 1997 to provide a forum for sharing the latest developments in wildland firefighting safety.
In the mid-1990s, the interagency wildland fire community commissioned the groundbreaking Wildland Firefighter Safety Awareness Study. The final TriData report, released in 1998, made specific recommendations for implementing cultural changes for safety in the areas of organizational culture, leadership, fire management, training, human factors, and organizational learning, to name a few. To revisit the impact of this landmark initiative, a major emphasis of the 10th Wildland Fire Safety Summit will be:
"10 Years after the TriData Study: What is different?"
Please consider submitting an abstract for a paper presentation, poster, or special session on this or another safety-related topic, including:
- Aviation safety on wildfire operations
- Issues in wildfire safety around the world
- Safety in the Wildland-Urban Interface
- Advances in wildland firefighter safety research, practices, training, and equipment
- Case studies and lessons learned
- Firefighter liability
- Human factors in the fire organization
- Firefighter health and fitness
- New approaches to investigation and learning from close calls
- Policy, practices, and procedures
You will have the option to include your paper in the published conference proceedings.
Key Dates: October 31, 2008 is the deadline for abstracts for papers and posters, and for proposals for special sessions. Presenters will be notified in early December 2008, with final papers due for the optional proceedings in late February 2009.
How to Submit an Abstract: Details coming soon at http://www.iawfonline.org.
For more information about the 10th IAWF Wildland Fire Safety Summit please contact Bill Ranieri, IAWF Executive Director, at ExecDir@iawfonline.org
For more information about the TriData Study, please visit the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center at http://www.wildfirelessons.net.
History of the Wildland Fire Safety Summit™
| 2006 | 9th Wildland Fire Safety
Summit™ Pasadena, California, USA |
| 2005 | 8th Wildland Fire Safety Summit™ Missoula, Montana, USA |
| 2004 | No conference |
| 2003 | 7th Wildland Fire Safety Summit™ Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| 2002 | 6th Wildland Fire Safety Summit™ Luso, Portugal |
| 2001 | 5th Wildland Fire Safety Summit™ Missoula, Montana, USA |
| 2000 | 4th Wildland Fire Safety Summit™ Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| 1999 | 3rd Wildland Fire Safety Summit™ Sydney, Australia |
| 1998 | 2nd Wildland Fire Safety Summit™ Winthrop, Washington, USA |
| 1997 | 1st Wildland Fire Safety Summit™ Rossland, British Columbia, Canada |
