Awards

The Wildland Fire Safety Award is given to someone in the wildland fire community who has made a significant contribution to wildland firefighter safety, either directly on the fireline, or indirectly through management or cultural changes. Their contribution is frequently beyond their normal everyday job expectations – sometimes at the potential risk to their own career, and their example can encourage others to act in a similar manner. Nominations open annually on September 23rd.

The purpose of the IAWF EMBER AWARD is to acknowledge sustained achievement in wildland fire science. The name ‘Ember’ was chosen to reflect the fact that research and science often move slowly, and their benefits or impacts may not be apparent for years or more. Nominations open annually on September 23rd.

The International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF) is pleased to announce the establishment of the Distinguished Service Award which recognizes individuals, groups or organizations for their outstanding contributions to furthering the goals of the Association.

Distinguished Service Award Past Recipients

Student award for best poster or oral presentation at every IAWF hosted conference. Partner conferences may request to give this award as well.

At the ISS2 we had some stellar student presentations included on the program schedule.   We had a wonderful group of professionals volunteer to attend each of the presentations, evaluate and compile their results.

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the Spark Award: Best Student Presentation!

First Place: Joshua Horsley, University of Sydney, Australia
Forecasting fire smoke exposure and health impacts in Australia
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Second Place: Scott Kelleher, Colorado State University
Low-cost wildfire smoke monitoring and detection
 Click here to view Power Point Presentation 

Third Place: Steven Brey, Colorado State University
There’s the smoke, where’s the fire? A regional analysis of which fires impact U.S. air quality based on a decade of HMS smoke data
Click here to view Power Point Presentation

Congratulations to each of these students. They will be awarded with an IAWF membership, as well as a cash prize.

The “Management Award” was established to honor achievements and excellence in the management of wildland fire programs. This award recognizes an individual who have made lasting contributions in program management and inspired others through their creativity, innovation, leadership, application, guidance, and communication in response to challenging and controversial wildland fire management issues. Nominations open annually on September 23rd.

The Early Career Award in Fire Science is to recognize a promising early-career professional who has demonstrated outstanding ability in any field of wildland fire science. Early career is nominally taken to include professionals who are under 40 years of age when nominated. Nominations open annually on September 23rd.

The Early Career Award in Fire Operations is to recognize a promising early-career professional who has demonstrated outstanding ability in any field of wildland fire operations. Early career is nominally taken to include professionals who are under 40 years of age when nominated. Nominations open annually on September 23rd.