Wildland Fire News

A selection of news releases and stories related to wildland fire management. For details about ongoing wildfires, visit the National Interagency Fire Center.

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In the News: New system streamlines fire reporting (www.stateforesters.org)

05/06/2020

The Interagency Fire Occurrence Reporting Modules – or InFORM, for short – drastically streamlines the business of wildland fire reporting. Not only does InFORM eliminate redundant data entry, it also improves the quality, completeness, and usability of that data.

Kelly Woods Named New Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center Manager (www.nps.gov)

05/06/2020

Kelly Woods, a Bureau of Land Management supervisory training specialist responsible for leading the Great Basin Training Center in Boise, Idaho, has been named as the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center manager.

BLM Alaska seeks public comments (www.blm.gov)

05/05/2020

The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments through May 15 on its programmatic environmental assessment for reducing the risk of wildfires on public lands it manages in east-central Alaska.

Web Reads: Arson Awareness Week (www.usfa.fema.gov)

05/05/2020

Arson Awareness Week 2020 (May 3-9) highlights the crucial role that firefighters can play in a successful fire investigation.

In the News: Fire Analyst Robert (Zeke) Ziel wins award (uaf-iarc.org)

05/04/2020

Robert (Zeke) Ziel, the fire analyst for International Arctic Research Center's Alaska Fire Science Consortium, was recently named one of the three recipients from across the wildland fire service for the 2019 Paul Gleason Lead by Example award.

Better Air, Better Health (www.airnow.gov)

05/04/2020

The National Weather Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Forest Service, and U.S. Department of State – EPA celebrate Air Quality Awareness Week 2020 May 4 – 8, 2020.

New data management specialist (www.nps.gov)

05/01/2020

Susan McClendon, a GIS specialist with the Bureau of Land Management’s High Desert District in Pinedale, WY, has been selected as a data management specialist for the National Park Service’s Branch of Wildland Fire.

LANDFIRE critical to first nationwide tool on wildfire risk to communities (www.usgs.gov)

04/30/2020

LANDFIRE provides key dataset that enables nationwide wildfire risk modeling for communities.

Kristi Bulock reflects on a career in wildfire (medium.com)

04/30/2020

Retiring U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Fire Management Officer Kristi Bulock reflects on a career in wildland fire.

Prescribed burn at Mount Rushmore (www.nps.gov)

04/29/2020

Mount Rushmore National Memorial will implement a prescribed burn on Wednesday, April 29 to reduce accumulated fuels in support of the park’s fire management plan.

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