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Apr 15 - 19 2024
Fuel, Fire and Smoke: Evolving to Meet Our Climate Challenge
Wildfires present an increasing challenge to humanity and the ecosystems and atmosphere we depend on. The ability of societies to respond to larger and more destructive wildfire events and…
Mar 18 - 22 2024
The Alaska Wildland Fire Coordinating Group (AWFCG) will convene the 2024 Spring Operations meeting in person and online the week of March 18-22. The agenda is now available. The meeting will be at the Pipeline Training Center in Fairbanks with a virtual…
Feb 8 2024
Many firefighters have been injured or killed due to rapid changes in weather causing unexpected fire behavior. Examples include the thunderstorm outflow that killed 19 on the Yarnell Hill Fire, the cold front passage that killed 14 on the South Canyon…
Jan 17 2024
In a nutshell: This webinar discusses REBURN, a geospatial modeling framework designed to simulate reburn dynamics over large areas and long-time frames to investigate the impact of multiple fires in the same area.
Presenters: Dr. Susan Prichard,…
Jan 12 2024
Presenter: Piyush Jain
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Hosted by Canada Wildfire
Dec 4 - 8 2023
The Association for Fire Ecology (AFE) is hosting the 10th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress.
This event will include workshops, field trips, and 3 full days of presentations, discussion groups, and networking opportunities around the…
Nov 21 2023
Presented by Piyush Jain (Natural Resources Canada) and Rick Thoman (Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy)
In 2023, Canada experienced the worst wildfire season on record, including record high area burned, numerous community evacuations in…
Nov 10 2023
Presenter: Brian Wiens
Most introductory modelling resources focus on essential aspects of computer modelling, but what happens upstream of these well-covered fundamentals? Join Brian as he examines models as simplified representations of real processes…
Nov 8 2023
Presenters:
Derek Wroe, MS, National Weather Service Fire Weather Focal Point, Honolulu Forecast Office
Yi-Leng Chen, PhD, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, School of Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Francis Fujioka, PhD, Retired…
Nov 6 - 10 2023
The International Association of Wildland Fire in partnership with the Wildland Fire Leadership Council (WFLC) and its three regional strategy committees, invite you to register and attend the 6th Annual National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management…