Fire and People
By Stephen Pyne
It is here that storm surges of fire, roaring over the long fetch of the Great Plains, whipped by the westerlies into whitecaps of flame, crash against the less combustible woods.
By Stephen Pyne
Restoration is a slippery concept. In some places it means mostly finding ways to preserve and enhance relicts that have survived the battering. In other places it means an outright regeneration, or a reconversion of farmland to prairie. But at its core it involves sparing the pieces and saving the processes that connect them.
By Stephen Pyne
America's fire polity has split into two dominant confederations. One looks to wilderness as a guide, and tolerates human activities insofar as they lead ultimately to their own removal. The other looks to working landscapes for which fire remains an implement for hunting, herding, logging, and other forms of sustenance that serve human economies. There is little common ground between them...
By Josh McDaniel
Many fire information officers can probably recite a long list of instances where the media got it wrong on a fire, but overall there appears to be a shift in how the media are reporting on fire—and that shift is in the right direction.
By Sarah McCaffrey
There has been a growing interest in the United States in exploring alternatives to mass evacuation such as adoption of the Australian model.
Fact Sheet-Australia's Stay and Defend Program
The Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, covers 1,433,000 hectares and is one of the most bushfire-prone areas of the world.
Fact Sheet-Australia's Stay and Defend Program
While there is increasing evidence that the ‘stay or go’ is based on good evidence about the nature of the threat and effective response, recent research highlights that its effective implementation depends on the public's understanding, willingness and capacity to implement it.
Fact Sheet-Australia's Stay and Defend Program
By Josh McDaniel
The remarkably original approach to fire education at Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks illustrates the value of innovative approaches to communicating with the public...
By Barb Stewart
For me, every fire is a teachable moment, be it with a single homeowner, neighborhood, community, television viewing area or anyone with web access. This ranges from rural Virginia to New York City. Yes, New York City.
By Germaine White
As Salish and Pend d’Oreille people, our view of fire was and is quite different from the modern western view. In our tradition, fire is a gift from the Creator.
By Roger Kennedy
Once more, all across the foothills of the West, construction crews are in a race with fire crews. Some bulldozers are busy preparing new firetrap-residences while other bulldozers are just up hill – desperately trying to clear firebreaks.
There are three main WUI education programs in the United States, Australia and Canada, respectively: FireWise, FireSmart and Prepare: Stay and Defend or Go Early.
Fact Sheet-Australia's Stay and Defend Program
By Josh McDaniel
In June, 2003 the Aspen Fire burned through the village of Summerhaven, a mountain getaway in the Santa Cantalina Mountains above Tucson. The fire destroyed over 300 homes and businesses. Reconstruction began almost immediately.
While research on the social side of the ecosystem management equation has been embraced more slowly than say the ecological or biological aspects of fire management, a steady stream of focused research has begun to produce solid, empirically-grounded conclusions and recommendations.