Welcome to the Flip Side

By Francisco Manuel Cardoso Castro Rego

Fire Paradox, a European research project, looks at fire from multiple perspectives to influence policies regarding its use in integrated fire management....

Kaibab Adapts to Fire Flexibility

By Sandra "Punky" Moore

Arizona national forest tests new policy that allows for shifts in how to manage wildfires....

11 Burning Questions

By Gene Madden

Everything you've always wanted to know about wildfire EMS but were afraid to ask....

The Next Step in Asia

By David J. Ganz, Brett Shields, Darren Johnson & Petteri Vuorinen

Community-based fire management offers China a chance to manage fire through local participation and partnerships with government agencies....

Fire Knowledge at Your Fingertips

By Chuck Bushey

The International Association of Wildland Fire recently jumped into two brand-new aspects of the electronic communication age, allowing us to share more wildland fire information with a greater segment of our world community....

Lost in Translation

By Mike DeGrosky

Leadership is contingent on situation and context. In our rapidly diversifying and globalizing work world, national and cultural differences must be considered when weighing the applicability of leadership approaches in a cross-cultural context....

IAWF Launches Webinar Forum

A moderated discussion forum for the recent IAWF/Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center Webinar, "Prepare, Stay and Defend, or Go Early: International Perspectives," has been created on the IAWF Web site....

From the Editorial Advisory Board Chair

By Sandra Williams, Chair, Editorial Advisory Board

There is something to be said abut people who constantly serve others and go above and beyond....

IAWF Members Receive Free Access to IJWF

To use your IAWF membership to obtain access to the International Journal of Wildland Fire for abstracts and full-text articles, visit...

International Journal of Wildland Fire update

CSIRO recently published the newest issue (Vol. 18, No. 4) of the International Journal of Wildland Fire for the International Association of Wildland Fire....

Upcoming Events

Event information for: Aerial Fire Fighting Conference, AFAC 09, 13th World Forestry Congress, Third Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference...

Pickup Skid Units

The Firelite Transport FDHP-09 compact pickup truck skid units from Kimtek Corp. now are available in multiple sizes....

Digital Overspeed Switch

The digital overspeed switch from Wildfire continuously monitors engine speed through the use of a microcomputer....

Truckbed Tank

The Fire*Braker collapsable water tank from Firetak offers initial protection against small grass and brush fires....

Gel Nozzle

This gel nozzle from Akron and Thermo Technologies incorporates an infinitely adjustable, self-cleaning educator that is crucial for the proper application of Thermo-Gel, offering an advantage over fixed-percentage-type educators....