GFMC: Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics
Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics
September 2013
- USA: Into the Wildfire (published by http://www.nytimes.com 22 September 2013)
- USA: Ikhana Pop: Meet NASA’s Predator Drone (published by www.fastcompany.com, 30 September 2013)
- USA: Firefighting crews should have GPS help (published by www.yumasun.com, 30 September 2013)
- Indonesia: How an Indonesian Peatland Project Is Offering a New Way to Curb Forest Fires (published by www.thejakartaglobe.com, 30 September 2013)
- USA: Homeowner fees recommended to address Colo. fires (published by www.myrtlebeachonline.com, 29 September 2013)
- Australia: Bushfire season: 1.3m NSW homes at ‘high-risk’ (published by http://au.news.yahoo.com, 30 September 2013)
- Australia: Firefighters contain most NSW blazes (published by www.dailytelegraph.com.au, 30 September 2013)
- USA: Time to address complex issues in the urban interface (published by http://helenair.com, 29 September 2013)
- USA: Is Living With Extreme Wildfires The New Normal? (published by www.npr.org, 29 September 2013)
- USA: Benefit held for ranchers who lost livelihood in wildfires (published by www.ktvb.com, 29 September 2013)
- USA: It’s time to rethink timber policy (published by www.chieftain.com, 29 September 2013)
- USA: Fighting fires with aging tankers from another era (published by www.latimes.com, 29 September 2013)
- USA: Better forest management sought after Rim fire (published by www.fresnobee.com, 29 September 2013)
- Australia: Incompatible emergency communications systems raise bushfire fears (published by www.heraldsun.com.au, 29 September 2013)
- South Africa: Death toll rises in West Rand crash (published by www.enca.com, 28 September 2013)
- USA: Radio problems cited in deaths of 19 firefighters (published by http://news.yahoo.com, 28 September 2013)
- USA: Elite firefighting crew died in Arizona wildfire while plane with flame retardant flew above, report reveals (published by http://news.nationalpost.com, 28 September 2013)
- Australia: Bushfire conditions ease in NSW (published by www.sbs.com.au, 27 September 2013)
- Australia: Boise smokejumper involved in deadly accident (published by www.ktvb.com, 27 September 2013)
- USA: As Rim Fire landscape shows signs of new life, scientists begin to assess forest management (published by www.washingtonpost.com, 27 September 2013)
- USA: Editorial: Wildfire season burned hot and deadly (published by http://democratherald.com, 27 September 2013)
- Indonesia: For Peats Sake: Indonesias Carbon Time Bomb Explained (published by www.thejakartaglobe.com, 27 September 2013)
- USA: UC San Diego, UMD researchers to build ‘WIFIRE’ cyberinfrastructure (published by www.eurekalert.org, 26 September 2013)
- USA: ‘Swamp fire’ has burned 9 months (published by www.woodtv.com, 26 September 2013)
- Australia: Heritage expert says people shouldnt live in some bushfire-prone areas (published by www.heraldsun.com.au, 26 September 2013)
- USA: Report on deadly Ariz. fire to be released Saturday (published by www.usatoday.com, 25 September 2013)
- USA: Oregon’s wildfire season: deadly, expensive, ignited by lightning (published by www.oregonlive.com, 25 September 2013)
- USA: Officials want Michigan to pay for wildfires (published by http://greatlakesecho.org, 25 September 2013)
- USA: Guilty plea on fraud related to helicopter crash that killed firefighters (published by www.kval.com,24 September 2013)
- USA: Feds developing ‘Richter’ scale for wildfires (published by www.seattlepi.com, 24 September 2013)
- South Africa: Animals in need of feed (published by www.thenewage.co.za, 24 September 2013)
- South Africa: Game lost in veld fires (published by www.thenewage.co.za, 24 September 2013)
- France: Incendie dans les Pyrénées-Orientales : 100 pompiers et 7 avions mobilisés contre un feu de forêt (published by www.huffingtonpost.fr, 24 September 2013)
- USA: Economic Warfare: Jihad by forest fire (published by http://communities.washingtontimes.com, 23 September 2013)
- Russia / United Kingdom: Russian Helicopters to showcase firefighting helicopter and new Ka-62 (published by www.aviationpros.com, 23 September 2013)
- United Kingdom: Smouldering peat fires may contribute to climate change (published by www.indiaeducationdiary.in, 23 September 2013)
- USA: Our approach to dealing with wildfires is all wrong (published by www.silive.com, 22 September 2013)
- Australia: Children from Black Saturday bushfire areas are doing it tough (published by www.dailytelegraph.com.au, 22 September 2013)
- USA: House Approves Critical Wildfire Legislation, Livestock Groups Thrilled (published by http://kticradio.com, 21 September 2013)
- USA: Brush fire prompts evacuations in Maili (published by www.hawaiinewsnow.com, 21 September 2013)
- Iran: 100 hectares destroyed in forestfire in Iran’s Golestan (published by www.turkishweekly.net, 21 September 2013)
- Zimbabwe: Veld Fires Decline (published by http://allafrica.com, 20 September 2013)
- South Africa: Animals killed in E Cape fires (published by www.iol.co.za, 20 September 2013)
- USA: Inmates playing vital role in wildfire suppression (published by www.contracostatimes.com, 20 September 2013)
- Indonesia: One Word May Save Indonesias Forests (published by www.bloomberg.com, 20 September 2013)
- Australia: A team effort to combat bushfire (published by www.northerndailyleader.com.au 19 September 2013)
- Australia: CSIRO research frames fire danger rating system (published by www.abc.net.au 19 September 2013)
- USA: Into the Wildfire (published by www.nytimes.com, 19 September 2013)
- USA: OSU Study: Wildfire debris could cause early snowmelt (published by www.kval.com, 19 September 2013)
- USA: NMU offers firefighting minor (published by www.thenorthwindonline.com 19 September 2013)
- USA: 2 insurers sue Army for 2010 wildfire (published by www.armytimes.com 19 September 2013)
- USA: Into the wildfire, what science is learning about fire and how to live with it. (published by www.nytimes.com 19 September 2013)
- USA: Researchers say contiguous footprint of destruction inside Sierra Rim Fire largest since 1300s (published by http://articles.washingtonpost.com, 18 September 2013)
- USA: Obama threatens veto of bill to thin out wildfire-susceptible forests (published by http://pjmedia.com 18 September 2013)
- USA: Nearly 40 percent of Rim Fire land a moonscape (published by www.boston.com 18 September 2013)
- Indonesia/Malaysia: Investigation into Riau, forest fires continues (published by www.thejakartapost.com 18 September 2013)
- South Africa: Ready when fires go wild? (published by www.enca.com 18 September 2013)
- Australia: Eco Building Products all set to introduce its lumber line in Australia (published by www.azobuild.com 18 September 2013)
- USA: Pyne: America’s approach to fighting fires is wrong (published by www.dailydemocrat.com 18 September 2013)
- USA: Blazing Northern California fire season takes toll on firefighters, families (published by www.mercurynews.com 17 September 2013)
- USA: Goats help prevent flames near devastating 2008 Oregon Trail Fire (published by www.ktvb.com 17 September 2013)
- Australia: Learning from loss – how people die in bushfires (published by www.abc.net.au 17 September 2013)
- Algeria: Médéa : 240 hectares de couvert végétal détruits durant le mois d’août (published by www.algeriesoir.com 17 September 2013)
- USA: Injured Fort Sill firefighter returns to work (published by www.kswo.com 17 September 2013)
- Indonesia: Fires and haze how to maintain a glow of interest? (published by http://blog.cifor.org, 16 September 2013)
- USA: Experimental forests could lessen toll of wildfires (published by www.livescience.com 16 September 2013)
- USA: Latina firefighter, first female pumper engineer (published by www.ctpost.com 16 September 2013)
- USA: Arizona Wildfire Starter Bryan Teague Sentenced to One Week in Prison (published by http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com 16 September 2013)
- USA: Reducing Wildfires and Making Biodiesel (published by http://domesticfuel.com 16 September 2013)
- Russia: Lighting triggers 7 forest fires in Russia’s far East (published by http://en.ria.ru 16 September 2013)
- USA: Most of Boise and Payette forests have burned since 1985, report shows (published by http://blogs.idahostatesman.com 16 September 2013)
- USA: Viewpoints: Rim fire shows we need to rethink how we manage forests (published by www.sacbee.com 15 September 2013)
- USA: Cost to contain Morgan Fire reaches $4.5 Million (published by www.firehouse.com 14 September 2013)
- Spain: Flammeninferno in Spaniens Naturparadies (published by www.nordbayern.de 14 September 2013)
- Lebanon: Forest fires rage in north, Army responds (published by www.dailystar.com.lb 14 September 2013)
- Australia: Bushfire Alert for Asthmatics (published by www.virtualmedicalcentre.com 14 September 2013)
- Canada: Southeast grass fire extinguished, one person injured in the blaze (published by http://calgary.ctvnews.ca 13 September 2013)
- Australia: Two escape Armidale helicopter crash with minor injuries (published by www.news.com.au 13 September 2013)
- Malaysia/Indonesia: Jakarta and KL haze deal angers Asean partners (published by www.themalaysianinsider.com 13 September 2013)
- Switzerland: From blackened hillside to colourful diversity (published by www.swissinfo.ch 13 September 2013)
- Lebanon: Forest fire rages in north Lebanon (published by www.dailystar.com.lb 13 September 2013)
- USA: From Yosemite to Colorado, our approach to wildfires is all wrong (published by www.washingtonpost.com 13 September 2013)
- USA: Climate models wildly overestimated global warming, study finds (published by www.foxnews.com 12 September 2013)
- USA: Wildfires and Pine Beetles (published by www.fairfieldsuntimes.com 12 September 2013)
- USA: Scars left by wildfires worsen flooding in Colorado (published by www.nbcnews.com 12 September 2013)
- USA: Wildland firefighting classes offered (published by http://abc10up.com 12 September 2013)
- Portugal: Seventh fire-fighter dies as it emerges only a handful of convicted arsonists are jailed (published by www.theportugalnews.com 12 September 2013)
- USA: California wildfire destroys 68 homes (published by http://news.yahoo.com 12 September 2013)
- USA: Timber company says damage estimates from large Douglas County forest fire will top $1 million (published by www.startribune.com 12 September 2013)
- Australia: Bushfire claims one man’s memories (published by www.theaustralian.com.au 12 September 2013)
- USA: U.S. Forest Service acknowledges air tanker shortage, vows additional fleet on the way despite tight budget (published by www.kivitv.com 11 September 2013)
- Canada: 50 homes evacuated due to Fort McMurray brush fire Tuesday (published by http://beaconnews.ca 11 September 2013)
- United Kingdom: Quick-thinking firefighters praised after Swinley Forest blaze (published by www.getreading.co.uk 11 September 2013)
- USA/Indonesia: South Dakota scientist tracks Indonesian carbon emissions (published by www.newswise.com 11 September 2013)
- USA: Containment lines holding in Calif. wildfire fight (published by www.utsandiego.com 11 September 2013)
- USA: Wildfire frequency patterns show that blazes could double by 2050 (published by www.huffingtonpost.com 11 September 2013)
- USA: BAE Systems provides desigb engineering expertise to BAE146/AVRO RJ Airtanker (aerial firefighter) conversion programmes in North America (published by www.avionics-intelligence.com 11 September 2013)
- Argentina: Forest fires rage across 4 Argentine provinces (published by http://abcnews.go.com 11 September 2013)
- New Zealand: Wind starts 200ha forest fire in Canterbury (published by www.3news.co.nz 11 September 2013)
- Australia: Residents recount lucky escape from bushfire at winmalee in the NSW Blue Mountains (published by http://news.yahoo.com 11 September 2013)
- USA: Burned body discovered in path of California wildfire (published by http://news.yahoo.com 11 September 2013)
- USA: Power outages ordered as Clover fire rages in Shasta County (published by www.latimes.com 11 September 2013)
- Canada: Province went over budget fighting summer forest fires (published by www.news1130.com 10 September 2013)
- USA: US Forest Service study links rifle ammunition to wildfires (published by www.thedenverchannel.com 10 September 2013)
- USA: Official: 19 Firefighters possibly saved had air tankers responded (published by http://abcnews.go.com 10 September 2013)
- USA: Fire Shelters: A Wildland Firefighter’s Last Line of Defense (published by www.popularmechanics.com 10 September 2013)
- Australia: Evacuations as bushfires in Sydney’s west engulf homes (published by www.theaustralian.com.au 10 September 2013)
- Australia: Homes destroyed, firies injured in NSW fire emergency (published by http://au.news.yahoo.com 10 September 2013)
- USA: California wildfire destroys 30 homes, hundreds more threatened (published by www.reuters.com 10 September 2013)
- Argentina: Córdoba: rescatan a 50 personas atrapadas por un incendio forestal (published by www.datachaco.com 09 September 2013)
- Australia: Now is the time to prepare (published by www.youngwitness.com.au 09 September 2013)
- USA: Guest opinion: Firefighting policy must be adapted to new reality (published by http://billingsgazette.com 09 September 2013)
- Taiwan: No injuries reported after bushfire breaks out in Taipei’s Beitou district (published by www.chinapost.com.tw 09 September 2013)
- USA: About 100 homes evacuated in San Francisco area wildfire (published by www.sltrib.com 09 September 2013)
- Spain: La Xunta podrá obligar a los propietarios de terrenos quemados a restaurar el monte (published by www.farodevigo.es 09 September 2013)
- Bolivia: Advierten que incendios forestales afectaron ojos de agua de la Reserva de Tucabaca (published by www.jornadanet.com 09 September 2013)
- Australia: Bushfire Management Overlay extends to 17,000 more homes, owners set for heartache (published by www.heraldsun.com.au 09 September 2013)
- Argentina: San Luis: falleció un hombre por quemaduras en un incendio forestal (published by www.lanueva.com 08 September 2013)
- Argentina: Más de 50 chicos que quedaron aislados por los incendios forestales en Córdoba (published by www.laprensa.com.ar 08 September 2013)
- Zimbabwe: Put an end to veld fires (published by www.thestandard.co.zw 08 September 2013)
- Australia: Fire review raises childcare concerns (published by www.maitlandmercury.com.au 09 September 2013)
- USA: After a fire, before a flood: NASAs Landsat directs restoration to at-risk areas (published by http://wildfiretoday.com 08 September 2013)
- Australia: Agencies blamed in fire death (published by http://au.news.yahoo.com 08 September 2013)
- USA: Dozens of homes evacuated as fire on Mount Diablo advances (published by http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com 08 September 2013)
- USA: Sonoma grass fire destroys 6 structures, closes highway (published by www.ktvu.com 08 September 2013)
- USA: Living with fire-dependent forests (published by www.ravallirepublic.com 07 September 2013)
- Australia: Solar farms will ‘cut’ bushfire risk (published by www.eco-business.com 07 September 2013)
- USA: Feds headed to Calif. Rim Fire to assess damage (published by www.firehouse.com 07 September 2013)
- Australia: Albany bushfire death blamed on wind change (published by www.watoday.com.au 06 September 2013)
- South Africa: Working on fire (published by www.kormorant.co.za 06 September 2013)
- USA: Body of missing firefighter discovered in New Mexico (published by http://wildfiretoday.com 06 September 2013)
- Portugal: Forest fires destroy more than 94,000 hectares (published by www.theportugalnews.com 05 September 2013)
- USA: Yellowstone continues to grow back from 1988 fires (published by www.sfgate.com 05 September 2013)
- Zambia: Fire guts Chipili houses (published by www.lusakatimes.com, 05 September 2013)
- Portugal: Portugal Wildland Fire Claims Life of Seventh Firefighter (published by www.firehouse.com, 05 September 2013)
- Chile: CONAF abre convocatoria para trabajos temporales en el Parque Nacional Torres del Paine (published by http://radiopolar.com 05 September 2013)
- USA: California Wildfire Not Started By Marijuana Farmers (published by www.firefightingnews.com, 05 September 2013)
- USA: USFS: Hunter caused huge wildfire near Yosemite (published by http://news.yahoo.com, 05 September 2013)
- USA: Forest Service ends military firefighting aircraft activation (published by www.af.mil/, 05 September 2013)
- Canada / USA: Next gen air tankers take flight (published by http://skiesmag.com, 05 September 2013)
- Bolivia: Bolivia wildfires devastate thousands of acres, force evacuation of communities (published by http://news.msn.com 04 September 2013)
- Indonesia: Muarojambi opens post to tackle forest fires (published by www.thejakartapost.com 04 September 2013)
- Canada: Wildfires, coastal flooding expected to increase due to global warming (published by www.canadianunderwriter.ca 04 September 2013)
- USA: How California’s rim fire grew so big (published by http://www.livescience.com 04 September 2013)
- USA: Wildfires and climate change (published by www.nytimes.com 04 September 2013)
- USA: Yosemite wildfires force evacuations (published by http://americanlivewire.com 03 September 2013)
- USA: Wildfires pose a major threat to our clean water (published by http://thinkprogress.org 03 September 2013)
- Portugal: Wildfires continue to rage through Portugal (published by www.aljazeera.com 03 September 2013)
- Indonesia: New findings on palm oil forest destruction, forest fires (published by http://www.scoop.co.nz 03 September 2013)
- Australia: Drones may be used to help battle bushfires this summer (published by http://www.heraldsun.com.au 03 September 2013)
- Turkey: Forest fires continue to destroy greens nationwide (published by www.hurriyetdailynews.com 03 September 2013)
- USA: Over 200 continue search for firefighter (published by http://www.krqe.com 03 September 2013)
- USA: Facing the flames: Natural disasters in the SCV (published by http://www.signalscv.com 03 September 2013)
- USA: Rim fire in and around Yosemite is 75% contained, officials say (published by http://www.latimes.com 03 September 2013)
- USA: Aircraft deploy to California to aid firefighting (published by http://rapidcityjournal.com 03 September 2013)
- USA: Incredible technology: How to fight wildfires (published by www.livescience.com 03 September 2013)
- Portugal: Portugal remains alert on new forest fires (published by http://thepeninsulaqatar.com 02 September 2013)
- New Zealand: Firefighter arsonist appeals jail term (published by http://nz.sports.yahoo.com 02 September 2013)
- Indonesia: NASA Photo Reveals New Round Of Indonesian Forest Fires (published by www.asianscientist.com 02 September 2013)
- Russia: Forest fires rage in Siberias Republic of Buryatia (published by http://en.ria.ru 02 September 2013)
- Australia: Busy fire season expected in much of NSW, Victoria (published by www.brisbanetimes.com.au 02 September 2013)
- USA: When it comes to fighting wildfires Big Government works (published by http://www.politicususa.com 02 September 2013)
- USA: Search resumes for firefighter in NM forest (published by http://abcnews.go.com 02 September 2013)
- South Africa: What went wrong at Bundu Inn Resort? (published by www.sowetanlive.co.za 02 September 2013)
- Australia: Inland grass growth increases bushfire risk (published by www.abc.net.au 02 September 2013)
- USA: State audit hits Cal Fire hidden funds (published by www.sacbee.com 02 September 2013)
- USA: Wildfire becomes fourth-largest in California history as containment continues (published by www.grandforksherald.com 02 September 2013)
- Portugal: Portugal battles fires again after respite (published by http://www.gulf-times.com 01 September 2013)
- USA: Montana Supreme Court decision could change how crews fight wildfires (published by http://missoulian.com 01 September 2013)
- USA: Fire in Yosemite offers forest management lessons (published by www.sfgate.com 01 September 2013)
- USA: Yosemite fire: What are California’s largest wildfires? (published by www.latimes.com 01 September 2013)
- USA: Smokejumper injured on Montana-Idaho border fire (published by www.idahostatejournal.com 01 September 2013)
- USA: Legislature shortsighted on wildfire prevention (published by www.theolympian.com 01 September 2013)
- USA: Another costly Colorado fire season sparks search for solutions (published by www.denverpost.com 01 September 2013)
- USA: Marijuana farm may have triggered massive bushfire at Yosemite National Park, fire chief suggests (published by www.abc.net.au 01 September 2013)