August 2021 | Policy
Sixth-generation fires: Public-policy change toward prevention required to address large-scale events
Felipe Gonzalez, former president of Spain, delivered a keynote address during the 16th Wildland Fire Safety Summit | 6th Human Dimensions of…
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August 2021 | Training
The best training possible: But not the best training 
COVID-19 has changed so many components of our day-to-day wildfire operations; not one discipline has been left untouched.
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August 2021 |
Fire-generated storms; Technology improves warning systems
Fire-generated thunderstorms, sometimes called pyrocumulonimbus clouds or pyroCbs, are ferocious weather systems that can exacerbate the damage already caused by the bushfires that create them. While pyroCbs are…
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August 2021 |
Embracing PODs: Advancing wildfire response planning 
PODs, potential wildfire operational delineations, give land managers, fire managers, partnering agencies, and at-risk communities a structured framework for developing landscape-scale wildfire…
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August 2021 | Fired Up
Fired up: Culture change, Canadian works to alter biases
At first, Jane Park is reluctant to get personal. Then she opens up about diversity and inclusion in wildland fire.
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August 2021 | Thoughts on Leadership
Thoughts on leadership: Build the bench
I very recently retired after more than 40 years in the fire service. Retirement, it turns out, is a big transition and…
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