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  • Approaches for changing human (mis-)behavior
    (Subgroup of Community-Based Fire Management in the Asia Pacific Region)
  • Approaches for raising public awareness
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  • Bandelier Wildland Fire Module
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  • Imperata grassland management strategies
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  • Legal frameworks
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  • October 2007 Balikpapan workshop outputs
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  • Rocky Mountain Area Fire Prevention
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  • Saguaro Fire Use Module
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  • Sequoia Fire Use Module
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  • Southwest Area Fire Prevention
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  • Specialized Equipment in the Private Sector
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  • TNC's Southern Rockies FUM
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  • Trainers in the Private Sector
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    Advances in Fire Practice Highlights
     


     
    The Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center and the International Association of Wildland Fire will host a webinar on Prepare, Stay and Defend, or Go Early on June 30 at 4 PM MST, bringing together international experts on fire management in the wildland-urban interface to discuss Australia's program and how it might or might not be applied to other fire-prone communities. Dan Bailey of the International Code Council will moderate and panelists will include Gary Morgan of Australia's Bushfire Cooperative Research Center, Jack Cohen of the Rocky Mountain Research Station, Tara McGee of the University of Alberta, Bob Roper, Fire Chief for Ventura County, CA, and Domingo Molina of the University of Lleida, Spain. Click here to find out more about this event and to register.     
     The Development of Safety Training after Mann Gulch
    By Mark Matthews
    In the decade following the Mann Gulch fire that killed twelve smoke jumpers and one recreational guard in Montana in 1949, the U. S. Forest Service created technical and research centers in Montana and California dedicated to developing equipment to help protect firefighters from a multitude of dangers on the fire line. Probably the most dramatic invention was the metal-coated, pup tent-like fire shelter that reflects radiant heat and gives a firefighter a better chance at surviving an entrapment. Today, the centers also study a myriad of health and safety issues--from the long-term effects of smoke inhalation on firefighters, to driver safety in and around large fire camps. More...
    Two years ago, I caught a CNN report on the Zaca Fire outside of Santa Barbara. There were the normal dramatic shots of crown fires, retardant drops, and evacuations, but I was struck by the content of the report. The CNN reporter explained that the fire managers on the Zaca were taking different strategies on different flanks of the fire, essentially allowing one of the flanks to burn into wilderness and aggressively suppressing a flank that was threatening smaller communities. CNN got it right!
      Questioning Mann Gulch
     On August 5, 1949, a surging wildfire trapped fifteen smoke jumpers and one fireguard in a chimney-shaped canyon called Mann Gulch, whose mouth opened onto the banks of the Missouri River outside Great Falls, Mont. The fire instantaneously killed eleven men; another two died in the hospital the next day. A total of 450 men fought Mann Gulch fire before it was controlled on August 10. By that time it had covered 5,000 acres. Around noon on August 6, 1949, a Bell 47-D helicopter flew the last of the bodies out of Mann Gulch. 

     Stay Cool - There are Ways to Survive an Entrapment
    The nature of fire remains unpredictable. Staying out of harm’s way may be the best advice—but what if fate and the elements don’t cooperate? Dr. Marty Alexander, a Senior Fire Behavior Research Officer with the Canadian Forestry Service, based in Edmonton, Alberta, wants to make sure firefighters and others are prepared for the worst—especially those who don’t carry fire shelters.
     Wildfire and the Carbon "Leakage" Problem
    Forests absorb billions of tons of CO2 globally per year, amounting to about 30% of all CO2 emissions from fossil fuel burning. And so far, forests provide this service mostly for free. However, now that the creation of a mandatory carbon emissions cap-and-trade system has become more likely under the Obama administration, this freebie economic subsidy may be coming to an end. Matt Hurteau, a forest ecologist with Northern Arizona University, thinks that may be good for forests. Hurteau believes that the increased interest in managing forests for carbon sequestration may actually help drive a new approach to managing forests by giving forest owners economic incentives to reduce fire risk and create healthier, more resilient forests. 
    		 
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