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BLM Oregon & Washington announces 2020 fire prevention order (www.blm.gov)

05/06/2020

Effective May 10, the Bureau of Land Management is prohibiting the use of fireworks, target shooting with exploding targets, and firing tracer or incendiary devices on all BLM-managed public lands throughout Oregon and Washington.

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.