August 2025 | Health and Wellness
Relational Wellness: Nurturing Relationships During Wildfire Season By IAWF Executive Director
BY BEQUI LIVINGSTON: All aspects of wellness are equally important to maintain balance. Relational wellness is often minimized but is so critical…
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August 2025 | Thoughts on Leadership
Promoting Change through Vision By IAWF Executive Director
By Mike DeGrosky: The fundamental purpose of leadership is to create and promote change, to move people and organizations from their current…
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August 2025 | Aviation
France: Studying Drops to Propose a Better System By IAWF Executive Director
BY FRÉDÉRIQUE GIROUD AND DOMINIQUE LEGENDRE: Research and experiments on airdrops in France began with the first LABEX (LArgage Bombardier d’eau EXperimentation)…
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August 2025 | Aviation
South Africa: Government-Funded Programme Boosts Aerial Resources By IAWF Executive Director
By Trevor Abrahams: Aerial firefighting has become a staple component of South Africa’s approach to combating unwanted wildfires and limiting the devastating…
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August 2025 | Aviation
United States: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Large Airtanker Drops By IAWF Executive Director
By Dave Calkin, Cal Bryan, and Jim Riddering -There has been a small but growing body of research within the United States…
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August 2025 | Aviation
Canada: Aerial Suppression Effectiveness Research By IAWF Executive Director
By Melanie Wheatley, Colin McFayden, Razin Refai, Emily Hope, and Heather Simpson Canada’s boreal zone spans more than 550 million hectares –…
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