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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 12 2024
Presenter: Piyush Jain
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Hosted by Canada Wildfire
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 21 2023
Presented by Piyush Jain (Natural Resources Canada) and Rick Thoman (Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy)
In 2023, Canada experienced the worst wildfire season on record, including record high area burned, numerous community evacuations in…
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…
Oct 23 - 27 2023
The Alaska Wildland Fire Coordinating Group will convene the interagency Fall Fire Review the week of October 23, at the Dena'ina Center (Tikahtnu Ballroom E) in Anchorage. Plenary sessions will be Oct 24-26 with side meetings on Oct 23 and 27. AFSC…
Sep 8 2023
Hosted by Canada Wildfire.
Presenters: Dinyar Minocher and Roy Vera-Velez
When we recognize fire as an integral component of grassland and parkland ecosystems, addressing constraints on fire application and halting the decline of prairies' health become…
Aug 11 2023
Presenter: Steve Cumming
Come learn about the use of percolation theory in modelling wildland fire! Hear about perolation models, first introduced in the 1980s, and their application in theoretical and empirical fire regime studies. Professor Cumming…