Global Landscape Fire News

January

• News from The Arizona Republic
• Wildfires burning in Parque Nacional Caazapá and other regions of the country
• 302nd airmen say 2011 was busiest firefighting season
• Smokejumper, Bestselling Memoirist Murry Taylor’s New Novel The Rhythm of Leaves: A Review
• Wildfire razes 32 huts in Napak
• Chile battles three huge forest fires
• Firefighting bungle wastes millions
• WCR Anti-Bushfire Campaign Underway
• Big burns offer poor bushfire defence: academic
• Elderly Man Admits Accidentally Starting Reno Wildfire

Febuary

• ‘Manmade’ forest fire near Ooty
• Cuba Works to Prevent Fires
• Umpiem Refugee Camp hit by forest fire
• As wildfire season nears, the aging fleet of air tankers raises concerns
• Wildfires kill 339,000 people per year: study
• Afigya Sekyere Farmers Lose GH¢200,000 To Bush Fire
• Logging threatens possum survivors: court
• Efforts needed to reach emissions target
• Wild fire destroy 500 acres of forest
• Chile blames wildfires for rats spreading hantavirus

March

• Raging fires destroy forests on Mt Kenya and Aberdares
• 3 charred to death in Maharashtra forest fire
• Indonesia Ready to Tackle Forest Fire During National Sports Fair
• Colo. wildfire could be linked to controlled burn
• Confront this burning issue
• Lao Cai park fire out of control
• Green light for Dandenong house despite risk
• Drought Causes Wildfire in Many Areas
• The forest supermarket
• Fuel Break Squabble

April

• Fire Chief Never Received Lower North Fork Burn Plan
• VS demands probe into forest fires
• Wildfires fought with wisdom from ’95 blaze
• Forest fires becoming frequent in Kazakhstan
• Thousands battle fires in Inner Mongolia
• Wildfire areas enlarge to 3,075 ha in Siberia
• Former volunteer firefighter who lit Victorian bushfire sentenced to 14 years
• Colorado wildfire claims third fatality, blaze nearly contained
• Devastating fire uncovers rare native orchid
• Across metro Detroit, fires set to control invasive species

May

• Heat wave creates threat of forest fires across Vietnam
• Environment Ministers To Seek Leaders’ Consideration On Development Of Proposed Asean-Wide FDRS
• Stop veld fires: Nhema
• Crews close lines around border-area wildfire
• Feds asked to delay logging near rare Tahoe birds
• Scorched earth terror threat
• Veld fires ‘flame’ Zimbabwe’s economy
• Gambia: Stay Green Foundation Conducts Anti-Bushfire Campaign in NBR
• Forest fire rages in north China
• Brazil’s Rousseff Vetoes Key Causes Of Land Law

June

• Massive Bushfire At Serambangun
• Their View: Responsible forest management is imperative
• Surviving Minden Air tanker inspected after crash landing
• Colo. firefighters make progress on large wildfire
• Federal firefighting money could go dry
• Obama signs bill speeding up air tanker deals to fight forest fires
• Photos Show ‘Phony Firefighter’ Posing With Gov., In Chopper
• GFMC: Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics
• More teams to fight outbreak of fires
• Radio response boost to Australian bush fires

July

• Gunfire blamed for more wildfires; target shooting limited
• Colorado wildfire: Waldo Canyon Fire evacuation warnings failed to reach thousands
• Fighting veld fires everyone’s responsibility
• Forest Service partners with NASA on International Space Station mission
• Native American town in New Mexico struggling to recover from wildfire
• Anger over SW bushfire compo offer
• CAL FIRE: WIND TURBINE GENERATOR CAUSED WILDLAND FIRE THAT CHARRED 367 ACRES
• Four dead in fire-fighting plane crash
• Incorporating a Direct Attack approach
• Car ignited wildfire that destroyed 4 Utah houses

August

• Canary Islands firefighters make progress tackling forest fires
• Fallen Idaho firefighter lived the life she chose
• Wildfire burning on Mediterrean island
• Consumers face paying Black Saturday’s bill
• Head to Head: Should California abandon the wildfire prevention fee?
• Forest fire that started at isolated Greek medieval monastic community spreads to resort area
• Two more forest, bush fires reported
• Taylor Bridge fire: A glimpse of what’s ahead?
• Johan Setia peat fire under control
• Namibia: Villagers Battle Raging Fire

September

• Wildfires in Washington State
• 700 000 hectares lost in fires
• Singapore chokes on smoke from Indonesia
• Forest fires raging in Siberia
• Rural firefighter job cuts not finalised: Minister
• Five dead, 73 hurt in Ecuador bush fires
• Water overlooked in forest management
• Report: Wildfires Pose Risk to Quarter-Million Western U.S. Homes
• Fire destroys 90% of yards in southern Bulgarian village: mayor
• Wyoming wildfires prompt evacuations, warnings in Casper Mountain and Jackson

Oktober

• American West will sizzle
• Country Fire Service calls for 24-hour cover to aid volunteer firefighters
• CA Lawmakers Fired Up Over Wildfire
• Storm causes fresh forest fire in Tenerife
• Managed forests survive fires better, forester says
• Gov. Hickenlooper speaks in Frisco on lessons learned under fire
• Pollution and bush fires choke honey output in the Rift Valley
• Blame game the enemy of good policy when disaster strikes
• Burnt firefighter dies after three-week battle
• Wildfire protection grants prove too costly for Greater Trail taxpayers

November

• System’s reach extended internationally
• Bush fire management is important for biodiversity
• Devastating St Francis Bay fire destroys dozens of homes
• Black Saturday lessons ‘still current’
• GFMC: Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics
• Bushfires menace Newcastle, forcing dozens to flee homes
• Key to survival of forest giants revealed
• Government documents show why Rincon fire crew was sidelined
• Firefighter laid to rest
• About 113 farmers honoured in Brong-Ahafo Region

December

• Ballarat firefighters march against government funding cuts
• Forest industries and the fire suppression industrial complex
• Farmer hopes Vic bushfire case aids others
• Farmer hopes Vic bushfire case aids others