May 2014 | Thoughts on Leadership
Facing profound change, prepare to lead
Mike DeGrosky: profound changes requires highly effective leadership
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The Measure of a Mega-Fire
“It’s going to happen again...with or without climate change.” – John McAneney, talking about [Australia’s] Black Saturday.
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The Yarnell Hill Fire: A review of lessons learned
On the afternoon of June 30, 2013, nineteen firefighters perished in a major fire blowup on the Yarnell Hill Fire (YH). This…
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The long slow burn of smouldering peat mega-fires
From Indonesia to Botswana, from Scotland to North Carolina, peat mega-fires burn for months, destroy habitat, clog the air with haze, and…
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Wildland Fire in Colorado: Technical Problems or Adaptive Challenges?
I took a look at the wildland fire situation in Colorado and asked, what critical factors are we not addressing?
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Defend or evacuate? I’ll decide later
Research shows that residents need triggers to take different actions under a variety of conditions.
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