GFMC: Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics
Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics
July 2015
- Saint Kits and Nevis: Numerous Bush Fires Problematic For Fire Services (published by www.thestkittsnevisobserver.com 29 July 2015)
- Italy: Fiumicino, incendio vicino all’aeroporto. Stop ai decolli. “Probabile dolo”. Renzi: “Basta: paralisi intollerabile” (published by www.quotidiano.net 29 July 2015)
- ASEAN: Joining efforts to fight forest fires (published by www.thejakartapost.com 29 July 2015)
- USA: What Its Like to Plunge Into the Heart of a Forest Fire (published by http://news.nationalgeographic.com 29 July 2015)
- Algeria: Vers ladoption dun dispositif de recherche des causes dincendie en Algérie (published by www.aps.dz 28 July 2015)
- ASEAN/Singapore: Singapore proposes information sharing with ASEAN to tackle haze (published by wwww.channelnewsasia.com 28 July 2015)
- USA: Are massive wildfires the new normal? (published by www.cbsnews.com 28 July 2015)
- USA: Supervisors authorize rewards to stop wildfire drone operations (published by www.sbsun.com 28 July 2015)
- USA: The unsung heroes in our wildfire fight (published by http://thehill.com 28 July 2015)
- USA: The way we pay for wildfires could be making them worse (published by www.washingtonpost.com 28 July 2015)
- ASEAN: Five ASEAN members to discuss progress on haze pollution fight (published by www.channelnewsasia.com 27 July 2015)
- France: 10,000 campers forced to flee forest fire in France (published by www.thelocal.fr 27 July 2015)
- Spain: Las BRIF protestan ante el Ministerio para ser reconocidos como bomberos forestales en el primer día de huelga indefinida (published by www.infobierzo.com 27 July 2015)
- USA: Fire crews monitor natural wildfire near Sedona (published by www.azcentral.com 27 July 2015)
- USA: Beneath Alaskan Wildfires, A Hidden Threat: Long-Frozen Carbon’s Thaw (published by www.npr.org 27 July 2015)
- Canada: Clark and Harper know forest fires linked to climate change. Why won’t they do anything about it? (published by www.nationalobserver.com 27 July 2015)
- USA/World: Missoula lab’s fire science breakthrough explains wildfire spread (published by http://mtstandard.com 27 July 2015)
- Bulgaria: Bulgaria authorities struggling to contain forest fire in Rila Monastery Nature Park (published by www.focus-fen.net 26 July 2015)
- Canada: Tree rings and plant surveys: Scientists map intensity of N.W.T.’s forest fires (published by www.cbc.ca 26 July 2015)
- Australia: Fire-wise Hakeas invest in larger, fewer seeds (published by www.sciencewa.net.au 26 July 2015)
- USA: Wuerthner: Wildfire policy based on flawed assumptions (published by http://trib.com 25 July 2015)
- Australia: Volunteers ‘bullied’ by paid firefighters (published by https://au.news.yahoo.com 24 July 2015)
- Canada/World: Expert says boreal forest ‘wouldn’t exist’ without wildfires (published by www.cjme.com 24 July 2015)
- USA: Supervisors to consider reward to find wildfire drone operators (published by www.sbsun.com 24 July 2015)
- USA: Drought and climate change fuel high-elevation California fires, study finds (published by www.dailydemocrat.com 24 July 2015)
- USA: New, pinker retardant being dropped on California fires (published by www.kcra.com 23 July 2015)
- USA: Fire surprise: Insect-killed forests no more likely to burn (published by www.ktvz.com 23 July 2015)
- Russia/Croatia/Bosnia: Russia ready to send fire-fighting aviation to Croatia and Bosnia (published by http://tass.ru 23 July 2015)
- USA: More Logging Wont Stop Wildfires (published by www.nytimes.com 23 July 2015)
- Thailand: Illegal wire connections are death traps for firemen (published by www.theborneopost.com 22 July 2015)
- USA: Tahoe gets Super Scooper firefighting plane (published by www.rgj.com 22 July 2015)
- Canada/USA/Greenland: 2015 wildfires: NASA photographs smoke over Greenland Sea (published by www.csmonitor.com 22 July 2015)
- Canada: Sask. Opposition leader Cam Broten calls for inquiry on forest fire response (published by www.cbc.ca 21 July 2015)
- USA: The New Approach to Fighting Wildfires (published by www.slate.com 20 July 2015)
- USA/Canada: Federal And State Agencies Continue Wildland Fire Suppression Support To Canada (published by www.nifc.gov 20 July 2015)
- USA: Developing software that more accurately predicts wildfire movement (video) (published by http://phys.org 20 July 2015)
- Iran: IRGC Adapts Russian Aircraft to Serve in Aerial Firefighting (published by www.tasnimnews.com 20 July 2015)
- USA: California Bill Lets On-The-Job Firefighters Take Out Drones (published by http://losangeles.cbslocal.com 20 July 2015)
- Canada/South Africa: Fire firefighters arrived safely in Canada to assist with wildland fire (published by http://www.workingonfire.org 20 July 2015)
- USA: Habitat in flames How the Forest Service is fighting to save big game with fire (published by www.steamboattoday.com19 July 2015)
- Greece: Greece beats back wildfires as one body found (published by http://news.yahoo.com 18 July 2015)
- Russia/Greece: Russia Ready to Help Greece Fight Wildfires – Ministry (published by http://in.sputniknews.com 18 July 2015)
- USA: NASA funds new satellite-based tool to detect wildfires (published by www.un-spider.org 17 Julio 2015)
- Thailand: Flying with the rainmaker (published by www.bangkokpost.com 17 July 2015)
- Canada: B.C., Sask. premiers call for national forest fire strategy (published by http://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca 17 July 2015)
- USA: Wildfire fighting’s unsung heroes: Redmond’s cache crew (published by http://m.ktvz.com 17 July 2015)
- Greece: Greek firefighters battle blazes in the south and near Athens; 200 people rescued from beach (published by www.usnews.com 17 July 2015)
- Spain: SEO/BirdLife alerta de que el incendio de León arrasa hábitat de urogallos (published by www.lavanguardia.com 16 July 2015)
- USA: Revisit policy on forest fire fighting (published by www.thestarphoenix.com16 July 2015)
- Singapore: Campaign launched to raise awareness of haze and its causes (published by www.channelnewsasia.com 16 July 2015)
- USA: Stratosphere pushes Santa Ana wind wildfires (published by http://earthsky.org 16 July 2015)
- France: New smartphone app used for the detection and monitoring of forest fires and their impact on the southern region of France (published by www.preventionweb.net 15 July 2015)
- World: Across The Globe, Wildfire Season Is Lasting Longer (published by http://thinkprogress.org 15 July 2015)
- USA: Wildfire Smoke Can Increase Risk Of Heart Disease, Study Finds (published by http://thinkprogress.org 15 July 2015)
- Thailand: NRCT strikes deal on haze reduction in northern region (published by www.pattayamail.com 14 July 2015)
- Australia: State push to make Telstra pay for bushfire alerts (published by https://au.news.yahoo.com 14 July 2015)
- USA: The stunning statistic that puts this years Alaskan wildfires in perspective (published by www.washingtonpost.com 13 July 2015)
- USA: Wildfire bill passes in U.S. House (published by www.spokesman.com 11 July 2015)
- USA: Drone disrupts fight against fire in San Bernardino Mountains, Highway 38 closed (published by http://bniussr.ning.com 10 July 2015)
- USA: Massive El Niño growing, say models (published by www.usatoday.com 10 July 2015
- India: Fire doused at HPCL Refinery in Vizag (published by www.thehindu.com 08 July 2015)
- Canada/Australia/New Zealand: Australian, New Zealand crews join efforts to battle Canadian forest fires (published by www.thestar.com 07 July 2015)
- Germany: Gewitter und Regen können Waldbrandgefahr im Süden nicht bannen (published by www.mz-web.de 07 July 2015)
- USA/World: The Biggest Danger From This Year’s Historic Wildfire Season (published by http://gizmodo.com 07 July 2015)
- Canada: Firefighting strategies may be contributing to larger wildfires (published by www.theglobeandmail.com 07 July 2015)
- Italy: Itri / Vasto incendio distrugge 30 ettari di campagna ma porta alla luce antiche mura preromane (published by www.temporeale.info 07 July 2015)
- USA: Can Drones Solve Americas Wildfire Crisis? (published by www.nationaljournal.com 07 July 2015)
- USA/Australia: Victoria and California to share bushfire and drought plans (published by www.theage.com.au 07 July 2015)
- Cuba: Incendio de grandes proporciones arrasa zona forestal en el oriente cubano (published by www.cubanet.org 06 July 2015)
- Georgia: Houses burned by bush fire in southern Georgia (published by http://dfwatch.net 06 July 2015)
- Turkey: Locals unable to put out bushfires at Turkey-Syria border from fear of ISIL (published by http://national.bgnnews.com 05 July 2015)
- USA: Berkeley researchers develop satellite, drones system for wildfire detection (published by www.dailycal.org 05 July 2015)
- Canada: Robert W. Gray: Wildfires cost far more than we think (published by https://countieswithnationalforests.wordpress.com 05 July 2015)
- USA: Backseat birth and a forest fire: The wildest birth story you’ve ever heard (published by http://blogs.babycenter.com 05 July 2015)
- Canada: Wildfire near La Ronge forces 685 to Alberta (published by www.cbc.ca 05 July 2015)
- USA: Clearing the smoke: wildfire and public lands (published by www.bozemandailychronicle.com 04 July 2015)
- Israel: Arson strongly suspected in Jerusalem forest fire (published by www.timesofisrael.com 04 July 2015)
- Canada: Over 100 wildfires burning in Northern Canada (published by http://wwlp.com 04 July 2015)
- Syria: Locals unable to put out bushfires at Turkey-Syria border from fear of ISIL (published by http://national.bgnnews.com 04 July 2015)
- USA: Not enough money for stopping wildfires early, lands commissioner says (published by www.theolympian.com 03 July 2015)
- USA: New wildfire law takes effect this month (published by www.king5.com 03 July 2015)
- South Africa: Working on Fire protects the environment and creates jobs (published by http://kormorant.co.za 03 July 2015)
- Canada: Fires, smoke force 5,000 out of homes in northern Saskatchewan (published by www.theglobeandmail.com 03 July 2015)
- Bulgaria/Ukraine: No Risk for Bulgaria from Forest Fires Around Ukraines Chernobyl (published by www.novinite.com 02 July 2015)
- USA: Saving West’s iconic landscapes from wildfires, one steppe at a time (published by www.csmonitor.com 02 July 2015)
- Australia: Teaching bushfire awareness to new arrivals in the Adelaide Hills (published by www.abc.net.au/news 02 July 2015)
- USA: Wildfire Increasingly an Urban Issue (published by http://headwaterseconomics.org 02 July 2015)
- Australia: Fire safety starts with kids (published by www.psnews.com.au 02 July 2015)
- Ukraine: Higher Radioactivity Detected at Chernobyl Amid Forest Fires (published by http://sputniknews.com 02 July 2015)
