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May 10 2024
Presenter: Jesse Wallace-Webb
Hosted by Canada Wildfire
Jesse Wallace-Webb talks about the pressing issue of workplace fatigue in wildfire agencies. Based on his master's research, he explores how poor sleep and long work hours impact worker health and…
Apr 23 2024
Controlling fire was the first major technological advance made by early humans. These days, fire is still used as a management tool, but (usually!) under more prescribed conditions than in the Paleolithic. Prescribed fire is carried out in many…
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…
Apr 2 2024
Wildfires are becoming bigger and more severe around the world, overwhelming firefighters’ capacity to control them. Prescribed fires can be used to safely introduce fire in the landscape and regulate fire regimes through fuel management and by…
Jan 22 2024
Presenter: Sarah McCaffrey
Sarah McCaffrey, PhD, retired in 2022 after 20 years as a fire social scientist with the US Forest Service where her research focused on understanding the social dynamics of fire management. This included research projects that…
Dec 8 2023
Presenter: Chris Stockdale
Join Chris to learn basic concepts of burn probability modelling, see a demonstration of the BurnP3+ software using a case study landscape, learn the differences between BurnP3+ and the original version, and learn the…
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 17 2023
Presenter: Savannah M D’Evelyn, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Washington
Increasing wildfire size and severity across the western United States has created an environmental and social crisis that must be approached from a transdisciplinary…
Nov 16 2023
Presented by Melanie Wheatley, PhD Candidate, University of Toronto
Evaluating the effectiveness of airtanker operations typically revolves around assessing their impact on fire behaviour, primary determined by the relationship between the amount of…
Nov 15 2023
This session will cover an overview of the Arctic Council and Gwich'in Council International (GCI), highlighting initiatives related to governance, climate change, and promoting Indigenous Knowledge on a global level. We will discuss how decision making…