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Warm, dry spring leads to catastrophic wildfires in Australia (www.climate.gov)

01/03/2020

The devastating fire season is the result of an extremely dry and warm spring and early summer according to the spring report from the Australia Bureau of Meteorology.

Prescribed fire at Quamash Prairie reconnects land, culture & habitat (www.oregonmetro.gov)

01/03/2020

Early last fall a wildland fire team from the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde led a prescribed burn of Quamash Prairie Natural Area west of Tigard, Oregon.

Ferocious fires in Australia intensify (www.nasa.gov)

01/02/2020

NASA's fleet of Earth-orbiting instruments detects actively burning fires, tracks the transport of smoke from fires, provides information for fire management, and maps the extent of changes to ecosystems.

Results from GAO study on federal wildfire preparedness & response (www.gao.gov)

12/20/2019

The Government Accountability Office examined the federal government's preparedness, response, and recovery efforts following the wildfires and other natural disasters of 2017.

Surpassing goals & breaking records (www.fs.fed.us)

12/19/2019

The USDA Forest Service announced today that 2019 was a historic year for America’s national forests and grasslands.

Crisis communications & the role of the PIO (www.iafc.org)

12/19/2019

Assistant Chief Shelly Jamison, Phoenix (Arizona) Fire Department and Public Information Officer Andrew Little, Tulsa (Oklahoma) Fire Department discuss the key elements of crisis communications and the changing role and responsibilities of the Public Information Officer.