April (All News)
Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics
April 2017
- Japan: Fukushima authorities ask troops to help deal with forest fires near crippled nuclear power plant (published by https: //www.rt.com 30 April 2017)
- Ghana: KNUST develops world’s first open-space fire detector (published by http://www.ghananewsagency.org 30 April 2017)
- China: World’s largest Amphibious aircraft used for forest fire fighting tested in China (published by http://www.timesnow.tv 30 April 2017)
- Canada: Skyrocketing PTSD rates linger a year after Fort McMurray wildfire (published by http://www.cbc.ca 30 April 2017)
- Russia: Russian village burns to ground in wildfire sparked by trash-burning local (published by https: //www.rt.com 29 April 2017)
- USA: Looking at wildfire by the numbers (published by http://canadianrecord.com 29 April 2017)
- Ghana: GNFS Reviews Fire Outbreak Report In B/A (published by https: //www.newsghana.com.gh 29 April 2017)
- Chile: Los bosques de fuego (published by http://elpais.com 28 April 2017)
- USA: Reforestation tool to help determine where to plant tree seedlings (published by https: //www.usda.gov 28 April 2017)
- Australia: New fire danger warning system to be rolled out by CFS and Met Bureau (published by http://www.adelaidenow.com.au 27 April 2017)
- USA: Weather supercomputer predicts Colorado floods, wildfires (published by http://kdvr.com 27 April 2017)
- USA: How The Rural West Is Changing And Why Some Communities Thrive (published by https: //www.forbes.com 27 April 2017)
- USA: Fire burns 2,000 acres on Selawik refuge (published by http://www.thearcticsounder.com 27 April 2017)
- USA: CSU researchers will fly into smoke plumes to probe the impact of Western wildfires on air quality, weather (published by http://www.denverpost.com 27 April 2017)
- USA: Smithsonian Scientists Examine Impact of High-Severity Fires on Conifer Forests (published by https: //nationalzoo.si.edu 27 April 2017)
- Indonesia: Riau extends emergency alert status to maintain control of forest fires (published by http://www.thejakartapost.com 27 April 2017)
- Australia: Two new plant species rise like a phoenix from the ashes of WA bushfires, then vanish (published by http://www.abc.net.au 27 April 2017)
- India: Forest Fire destroys more than 57,000 sq km of India’s woods in 2014 (published by http://www.deccanherald.com 26 April 2017)
- USA: Daines, Cantwell Introduce Legislation to Protect and Recognize Wildland Firefighters (published by https: //www.daines.senate.gov 26 April 2017)
- USA: California Regulators Fine PG&E $8.3M for Deadly Wildfire (published by https: //www.usnews.com 26 April 2017)
- Zimbabwe: Community participation key to veld fire management (published by http://www.herald.co.zw 26 April 2017)
- USA: Florida wildfires draw attention to climate change (published by http://www.businessinsurance.com 25 April 2017)
- USA: Wildfire Experts’ Paper Informs Effective Policy (published by https: //headwaterseconomics.org 25 April 2017)
- USA: Officials predict Okefenokee wildfire won’t be contained until November (published by http://wgxa.tv 24 April 2017)
- USA: The East Coast is in the Hot Seat (published by http://www.govtech.com 24 April 2017)
- India: In a first, Uttarakhand monitors forest fires with drones (published by http://www.india.com 24 April 2017)
- Cyprus: Fire-fighting measures boosted in wake of Solea disaster (published by http://cyprus-mail.com 24 April 2017)
- Guam (USA): 2016 marked one of Guam’s worst fire seasons (published by https: //www.postguam.com 23 April 2017)
- USA: Growing Florida brush fire closes Georgia state park (published by http://www.11alive.com 23 April 2017)
- USA: Gov. Scott Issues Update on Wildfires in Florida (published by http://www.flgov.com 22 April 2017)
- Ireland: Farmers defend ‘extreme and irresponsible’ gorse bush burning as best practice (published by http://www.thejournal.ie 22 April 2017)
- Russia: Large wildfires and major flooding as Siberia faces a spring that’s both dry and wet (published by http://siberiantimes.com 21 April 2017)
- USA: Senator demands Trump action against wildfires (published by http://koin.com 21 April 2017)
- USA: The Prescribed Burn Act: Legislation for a safer Garden State (published by http://www.burlingtoncountytimes.com 21 April 2017)
- Canada: Disaster-recovery bill climbs to $141M, 1 year after Fort McMurray wildfire (published by http://www.cbc.ca 20 April 2017)
- India: NDMA conducts its first mock exercise on forest fire in Uttarakhand (published by http://www.business-standard.com 20 April 2017)
- UK: Gamekeepers playing part in wildfire prevention (published by http://www.bbc.com 20 April 2017)
- USA: U.S. forestry experts visit Yucatan to share firefighting knowledge (published by http://www.theyucatantimes.com 19 April 2017)
- Mexico: Crime gangs block access to forest fires (published by http://mexiconewsdaily.com 19 April 2017)
- Sweden: Sweden warned about wildfire risk days after ‘white Easter’ (published by https: //www.thelocal.se 19 April 2017)
- Switzerland: Forest fire risk raised to highest level in Ticino (published by https: //www.thelocal.ch 19 April 2017)
- USA: Wildfires hurt western Montana air quality, report finds (published by http://www.greatfallstribune.com 19 April 2017)
- Guatemala / Honduras / Mexico: Guatemala declara ‘estado de calamidad’ por incendios (published by http://cinequo.com 19 April 2017)
- Chile: Prisión preventiva para dos ejecutivos de CGE formalizados por incendios forestales (published by http://cinequo.com 19 April 2017)
- Canada: Respiratory problems affect 1 in 5 firefighters after Fort McMurray wildfire (published by http://www.cbc.ca 18 April 2017)
- Ireland: Hundreds of acres affected as firefighters battle forest fire in Cork (published by http://www.irishexaminer.com 17 April 2017)
- USA: Noise Exposure Among Federal Wildland Fire Fighters (PDF, 0.7 MB) (published by https: //blogs.cdc.gov 17 April 2017)
- India: NDMA to conduct mock exercise on forest fire in Uttarakhand (published by http://www.indiablooms.com 17 April 2017)
- USA: CAL FIRE Launches New Ready for Wildfire App (published by https://yubanet.com 17 April 2017)
- USA: New era of western wildfire demands new ways of protecting people, ecosystems (published by https: //phys.org 17 April 2017)
- USA: Casualties in Big Sur Blaze Point to Hazards of ‘Wildfire Gig Economy’ (published by https: //ww2.kqed.org 17 April 2017)
- Southeast Asia: Sustainability in Southeast Asia: Escaping the Catch-22 (published by http://www.brinknews.com 17 April 2017)
- USA: Wildfires burn over 126,000 acres across Florida this year (published by http://www.orlandosentinel.com 16 April 2017)
- UK: ‘Fire setters intervention courses’ among steps being taken to try and stop deliberate grass fires (published by http://www.walesonline.co.uk 15 April 2017)
- China: 2,000 fire fighters mobilised to put out forest fire in China (published by http://www.dnaindia.com 15 April 2017)
- Indonesia: Digital Peatland Governance: Surveillance Technology For Haze-Free Region – Analysis (published by http://www.eurasiareview.com 14 April 2017)
- Guatemala: Aeronave hondureña llega para combatir incendios — Guatemala (published by http://tribumagazine.net 14 April 2017)
- USA: Partnership focuses on preventing large wildfires, their aftermath (published by http://nmpoliticalreport.com 14 April 2017)
- USA: Groups help kids cope with trauma after Sevier County wildfires (published by http://wate.com 13 April 2017)
- USA: Growing Wildfire Risk Brings Challenges for Remote Research Facilities (published by http://www.chronicle.com 13 April 2017)
- Canada: $45M for forest fires prevention, Alberta government announces (published by http://www.cbc.ca 13 April 2017)
- USA: Understanding and Adding to the Investigation Toolbox By Ivan Pupulidy (published by https: //www.linkedin.com 12 April 2017)
- Canada: Alberta wildfire evacuation highlights growing use of tracking workers using RFID (published by http://www.ctvnews.ca 12 April 2017)
- Ghana: Exposed electricity meters: cause of fire outbreaks – GNFS (published by http://www.graphic.com.gh 12 April 2017)
- Australia: Pressure increases for fire levy changes (published by http://www.farmweekly.com.au 12 April 2017)
- USA: UCAR congressional briefing on wildland fires (published by https: //www2.ucar.edu 12 April 2017)
- USA;Florida fire emergency: state’s largest blaze continues to grow (published by https: //weather.com 12 April 2017)
- Canada: ICLR releases final report into why some Fort McMurray homes survived in otherwise destroyed neighbourhoods (published by http://finance.yahoo.com 11 April 2017)
- USA: As more of the Pacific Northwest burns, severe fires change forest ecology (published by https: //phys.org 11 April 2017)
- Columbia: LAAD 2017: Colombian Air Force fields MAFFS II firefighting equipment (published by http://www.janes.com 10 April 2017)
- Australia: Rural fire service plan up in smoke (published by https: //thewest.com.au 09 April 2017)
- Canada: Wildfire writers: Fort McMurray’s forest fire book boom (published by http://www.cbc.ca 09 April 2017)
- Georgia: Forest fire nearby Russian military base in South Ossetia (published by http://dfwatch.net 08 April 2017)
- Australia: Plans to extend bushfire overlay in Manningham expected to impact house values (published by http://www.heraldsun.com.au 08 April 2017)
- USA: Finding fires before They Rage (published by https: //earthobservatory.nasa.gov 07 April 2017)
- Malaysia: Malaysia prefers to use diplomacy to fight haze-causing fires (published by http://www.businesstimes.com.sg 07 April 2017)
- USA: University of Tennessee expert who predicted Gatlinburg fires honored (published by http://www.knoxnews.com 07 April 2017)
- Singapore / Indonesia: No haze for Singapore this year from Sumatran fires: governor (published by http://www.todayonline.com 07 April 2017)
- USA: Aerial Firefighting Use and Effectiveness study (published by http://fireaviation.com 06 April 2017)
- USA: Roberts, Marshall request additional flexibility from USDA in response to Kansas wildfire (published by https: //marshall.house.gov 06 April 2017)
- USA: More large, high-intensity forest fires likely in coming years (published by https: //phys.org 06 April 2017)
- Singapore / Sweden / Asia: Haze brings risk of cardiac arrests: study (published by http://www.straitstimes.com 06 April 2017)
- Chile: Imacec de febrero cae 1,3% tras incendios forestales y huelga en escondida (published by http://hoyentv.com 05 April 2017)
- Germany / GFMC: Aus Zerstörung wächst neues Leben(PDF, 0.3 MB) (published by http://www.shz.de 05 April 2017)
- Germany / Czech Republic / Austria: Katastrophenübung: Was wäre wenn der Böhmerwald brennt? (Disaster exercise: What would happen if the Bohemian Forest burned?) (published by www.nachrichten.at 05 April 2017)
- Germany: Forest near Cologne in flames as hundreds of firefighters arrive to battle blaze (published by http://www.express.co.uk 05 April 2017)
- USA: Wildland firefighters: the next generation (published by http://www.bitterrootstar.com 04 April 2017)
- USA: The Smokey Generation’s road trip (published by http://wildfiretoday.com 04 April 2017)
- Canada: Canadian scientists tackle the monster that ‘will burn down your town’ (published by http://www.nationalobserver.com 04 April 2017)
- Ghana: GNFS to begin nationwide campaign to curb domestic fires (published by http://www.graphic.com.gh 04 April 2017)
- China: Four firefighters killed in North China forest fire (published by http://www.shanghaidaily.com 04 April 2017)
- USA: Changes expected after firefighters threatened with gun (published by http://wspa.com 04 April 2017)
- USA: Why do firefighters have an increased risk of heart attacks? (published by http://www.medicalnewstoday.com 04 April 2017)
- USA: Inside the dangerous and unpredictable behavior of wildfire (published by http://www.hcn.org 03 April 2017)
- USA: The differences between fighting wildfires in Oklahoma and Kansas (published by http://wildfiretoday.com 02 April 2017)
- USA: Federal programs designed to help wildfire victims (published by http://www.hpj.com 02 April 2017)
- Indonesia: Community based options for water and fire management in Barito Selatan, Central Kalimantan (published by http://www.un-redd.org 01 April 2017)