COMMUNITY-BASED FIRE MANAGEMENT

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Gender / Inclusion

The role of gender in fire management is often over-looked, but is generally very important. For community based fire management to achieve its goals, the inclusion and direct participation of all sectors of the community, especially women, is fundamental. Women have been shown to be effective at managing fire hazards, improving fire prevention and using fire to protect important natural and cultural assets. Below are some resources concerning a gender-perspective on fire management and the participation of women.

In honor of International Women’s Day 2022, USAID and the U.S. Forest Service, through the FIRE program, invite you to the event “South American Women in Fire”. Firefighters from U.S., Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador will share their experiences in fire prevention and management (08 March 2022 02:00 PM Lima / Peru time)

Inclusion
Diversity, equity, and inclusion in fire management may build on encouraging examples from throughout the world. In the northwestern provinces of Iran, situated between the Ararat Mountains in the north and the Zagros Mountains in the south, volunteers are fighting wildfires – among which two volunteers, who have lost their legs, have joint the combat of wildfires.

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Awards

Soo Ing-Moody, Mayor of Twisp, Washington, U.S.A., was honored for her courageous management of the wildfire emergency. Soo Ing-Moody is a former staff of the Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC)

Obituary

On 10 July 2024, the international aerial firefighting community lost Juliana Turchetti. Juliana started her aviation career flying in the corporate world in Brazil. Longing for a more fulfilling career, she started agricultural flying in a Brazilian Ipanema. From there, she progressed to ferrying Thrush and Air Tractor planes from the US to Brazil. She often wrote about her experiences on those flights. She flew in the US, and finally, she landed a seat in a firefighting AT-802F. The Fire Boss was the last plane she flew. While in the maneuver of water scooping on 10 July 2024 near Helena, Montana, U.S.A., she lost control of the aircraft and perished. Juliana will be missed.

Honoring the Memory of aviatrix Juliana Aparecida Turchetti
Skies of Helena, Montana, U.S.A., 10 July 2024

Media

Merikin tradition: Akilah Jaramogi remembers hill rice was just one of many crops her grandmother planted as part of a Merikin tradition of agricultural self-sufficiency. Photo by Shereen Ali

Trinidad and Tobago: The St. Ann’s community-based Fondes Amandes Community Reforestation Project (FACRP) has engaged private- and public-sector stakeholders for its second series of consultations to develop a comprehensive draft national bush and forest fire policy (DNBFF). Merikin tradition: Akilah Jaramogi remembers hill rice was just one of many crops her grandmother planted as part of a Merikin tradition of agricultural self-sufficiency. Photo by Shereen Ali.

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