The need for modern technology in wildland fire management grows every day with each new incident. Keeping up with new technology advances as well as providing a portable, solid, yet adaptive and responsive information technology (IT) network at the...
Communications Portal
Definition: A device, system, network, or technology for communicating information or tools pertaining to wildland fire.
(Environmental Protection Agency/Fire Research And Management Exchange System)
Good communications are essential for carrying out fire management activities, whether in conducting fire suppression operations or in establishing two-way dialogues with the public. The Incident Command System (ICS) is similar in style to a paramilitary organization, with a unified command and control structure that requires a good communications infrastructure.
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November 2, 2020 (All day) to November 6, 2020 (All day)
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Person: Albert
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Central to public health risk communication is understanding the perspectives and shared values among individuals who need the information. Using the responses from a Smoke Sense citizen science project, we examined perspectives on the issue of...
Person: Hano, Prince, Wei, Hubbell, Rappold
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Alaska's Fire Environment: Not an Average Place is a compilation of excerpts from the keynote presentation given by Robert "Zeke" Ziel at the Albuquerque location of the 2019 Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference.
Alaska is nearly 18% of USA...
Person: Ziel
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
With multiple agencies/entities, groups and task forces all working to find solutions for operational concerns surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, the need for a space to share information is apparent. This forum serves as a platform to ask questions...
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Type: Website
Source: FRAMES
Wildland fire incident management activities create an ideal environment for the transmission of infectious diseases: high-density living and working conditions, lack of access to and use of soap and sanitizers, and a transient workforce. These and...
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Type: Website
Source: FRAMES
In recent years, severe and deadly wildland-urban interface (WUI) fires have resulted in an increased focus on this particular risk to humans and property, especially in Canada, USA, Australia, and countries in the Mediterranean area. Also, in areas...
Person: Log, Vandvik, Velle, Metallinou
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Despite recognition of the value of prescribed fire in scientific literature and policy, a number of factors impede its widespread implementation in the United States. Social acceptance of prescribed fire is a key factor, making consistent and...
Person: McGrath
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
As the application of citizen science expands to address increasingly complex social problems (e.g., community health), there is opportunity to consider higher-order engagement beyond that of individual members of a community. The US Environmental...
Person: Hano, Wei, Hubbell, Rappold
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Communication disruptions are frequent in aerial firefighting. Information is more easily lost over multiple radio channels, busy with simultaneous conversations. Such a high bandwidth of information throughput creates mental overload. Further problems...
Person: Clifford, Engelbrecht, Jung, Oliver, Billinghurst, Lindeman, Hoermann
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Understanding the social acceptability of managing forest fuels to reduce wildfire risk is essential to achieving long-term investment in fuel management that is supported publicly and politically. Integrative Complexity Theory (ICT) examines how...
Person: Mylek, Schirmer
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
With multiple agencies/entities, groups and task forces all working to find solutions for operational concerns surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, the need for a space to share information is apparent. This forum serves as a platform to ask questions, as well as to share ideas, information, and solutions.
Please refer to the National Wildfire Coordinating Group's website regarding infectious disease guidance for wildland fire incidents, Emergency Medical Committee.
Save the Date: IAFC's Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Conference 2020
November 2, 2020 (All day) to November 6, 2020 (All day)
Rescheduled from March due to COVID-19 concerns. More details to follow.
The IAFC's Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) conference offers hands-on training and interactive sessions designed to address the challenges of wildland fire. If you're one of...
3rd International Smoke Symposium - Virtual-event Only
Raleigh, North Carolina and Davis, California
April 20, 2020 (All day) to April 23, 2020 (All day)
Presented by International Association of Wildland Fire
In partnership with NWCG Smoke Committee; UC Davis Air Quality Research Center; UC Davis Office of Research and the UC Davis School of Medicine
After careful consideration amid the...
8th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress
Loews Ventana Canyon Resort
November 18, 2019 12:00 am PST to November 22, 2019 11:00 pm PST
Join the Association for Fire Ecology and the Southwest Fire Science Consortium for the 8th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress. The Congress will expand the ecological concept of pyrodiversity to explore interconnectedness among a...
3rd Annual National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy Workshop
Hotel 1620 Harbor
October 21, 2019 (All day) to October 24, 2019 (All day)
The International Association of Wildland Fire is presenting this workshop in partnership with the Wildland Fire Leadership Council (WFLC) and the Western, Southeast and Northeast Regional Strategy Committees.
2019 AFSC Fall Fire Science Workshop
October 9, 2019 8:00 am to 12:00 pm PDT
In association with the Alaska Wildland Fire Coordinating Group Interagency Fall Fire Review
Presentations from the Fall Fire Science Workshop:
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AWFCG Fall Fire Review
October 7, 2019 (All day) to October 11, 2019 (All day)
The theme for the 2019 Alaska Wildland Fire Coordinating Group Interagency Fall Fire Review is "Transitions And What’s Next – Information Gathering Is Rapidly Changing, Are We Changing How We Plan For And Respond To Fires?"
See...
Minnesota Wildfire Academy 2019
The Minnesota Wildfire Academy, Itasca Community College (ICC)
June 3, 2019 (All day) to June 7, 2019 (All day)
The Minnesota Incident Command System (MNICS) uses the Incident Command System (ICS) to coordinate the weeklong Wildfire Academy. Under the ICS structure, the MNICS Incident Management Team (IMT) works closely with 2019 Minnesota Wildfire Academy...
6th International Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference
Albuquerque, NM; Marseille France, and Sydney, Australia
April 29, 2019 12:00 am PDT to May 3, 2019 11:00 pm PDT
The conference theme is "Fuels of Today - Fire Behavior of Tomorrow" Understanding Fire Behavior and Fuels for Sound Decision Making and Effective Management
This conference will provide government and nongovernment professionals at all levels a...
Wildfires and Public Health: Lessons learned from the 2018 experience in California
April 17, 2019 11:45 am PDT
The memorial symposium honors Daniel J. Raskin, a highly skilled human factors investigator at the National Transportation Safety Board, a volunteer firefighter who died in the line of duty, and a tireless advocate for safety and injury prevention....
WTREX 2019
Tallahassee, FL
March 18, 2019 (All day)
This training goes from March 18-29, 2019.
When the US fire management system was conceived in the early 1900s, women’s roles in the workforce were much different than they are now. Even today, women constitute a relatively small proportion of...
Impacts of Wildfires on Air Quality and Health
Santa Rosa, CA
February 13, 2019 (All day) to February 14, 2019 (All day)
This conference will take an encompassing look at the air quality and public health impacts from wildfires by bringing together experts in multiple disciplines to share information and proposed solutions to mitigate smoke effects. This is a unique...