November2016

Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics

November 2016

• Indonesia: Indonesia’s forest-fire problem is nowhere close to being solved. here’s why (published by http://time.com 30 November 2016)

• Egypt / Israel: Top cleric criticizes Egyptians for rejoicing at israeli forest fires (published by http://www.breitbart.com 30 November 2016)

• USA: The raging wildfires in the Southeast could be a glimpse of what’s to come (published by https://www.washingtonpost.com 30 November 2016)

• USA: Climate models may be overestimating the cooling effect of wildfire aerosols (published by http://phys.org 30 November 2016)

• Israel: Israel launches first national fire protection association (published by http://www.jpost.com 30 November 2016)

• USA: Tennessee officials say wildfires that left 7 dead ‘likely to be human-caused’ (published by https://www.washingtonpost.com 30 November 2016)

• USA: Extent of tennessee fire damage comes into grim focus (published by http://www.usatoday.com 30 November 2016)

• Australia: Social ties help sow the seeds for bushfire recovery (published by http://www.thecourier.com.au 29 November 2016)

• USA: Redmond smokejumper critically injured on Alabama wildfire (published by http://www.ktvz.com 29 November 2016)

• Australia: Black saturday bushfire study finds serious lasting mental health issues (published by http://www.abc.net.au 29 November 2016)

• Israel: Amid flames and suspicions in Israel, acts of jewish-Arab cooperation (published by http://www.nytimes.com 29 November 2016)

• USA: USFA: falling tree kills kentucky firefighter (published by http://www.firefighternation.com 29 November 2016)

• USA: 3 killed as smokies wildfire forces evacuation of 14,000 (published by http://www.aol.com 29 November 2016)

• Canada: Wildfires impact on hours worked for may and june (published by http://www.mymcmurray.com 28 November 2016)

• China: NGOs lead fight against rampant bushfires (published by http://citifmonline.com 28 November 2016)

• Israel: Minister floats radical plan to prevent fires amid climate change (published by http://www.timesofisrael.com 28 November 2016)

• Israel: Israel continues to block access to Palestinian villages due to forest fires (published by https://www.middleeastmonitor.com 28 November 2016)

• Israel: Forest fires in Israel will only get worse in coming years, experts warn (published by http://www.haaretz.com 27 November 2016)

• Israel: Netanyahu thanks abbas for sending firefighting crews — flames now mostly extinguished (published by http://forward.com 27 November 2016)

• Israel / Turkey: Israeli president thanks Erdoğan for Turkey’s wildfire assistance over phone (published by http://www.dailysabah.com 27 November 2016)

• Israel: Bennett: ‘fire terrorists tried to kill an Israeli town’ (published by http://www.ynetnews.com 27 November 2016)

• Israel: Arab leaders accuse government of stoking hatred over fires (published by http://www.jpost.com 27 November 2016)

• Israel: Israeli rabbi says it’s OK to break Sabbath and shoot Arab arsonists amid raging wildfires (published by https://www.rt.com 27 November 2016)

• Indonesia: Despite tough talk, Indonesia’s government is struggling to stem deforestation (published by http://www.economist.com 26 November 2016)

• Israel: Israel vows to punish ‘terrorism’ over wildfire raging near haifa (published by http://www.nbcnews.com 25 November 2016)

• Israel: Damage and destruction as 75,000 return home from raging fires in Israel (published by http://www.chabad.org 25 November 2016)

• Israel: Fires rage near jerusalem as Israel arrests arson suspects (published by http://www.bloomberg.com 25 November 2016)

• Israel: Israel wildfires: haifa residents back home; fires under control (published by http://edition.cnn.com 25 November 2016)

• Australia: Bigger, hotter ‘firestorms to become the new normal’ in Australia (published by http://www.ntnews.com.au 25 November 2016)

• Canada: Wildfire whisky: Canadian blaze leaves brewer with a surprising new drink (published by https://www.theguardian.com 25 November 2016)

• Israel: Fire rescue services show improvement post carmel fire (published by http://www.jpost.com 24 November 2016)

• Peru: Peru declares state of emergency over deadly forest fires (published by https://www.theguardian.com 24 November 2016)

• Israel: Croatia sends firefighting airplanes to help Israel (published by https://www.total-croatia-news.com 24 November 2016)

• Israel: Wildfires tear across Israel, netanyahu calls arsonists ‘terrorists’ (published by http://www.reuters.com 24 November 2016)

• Brazil: Semarh e UFT inauguram centro de monitoramento ambiental e manejo do fogo (published by http://semarh.to.gov.br 23 November 2016)

• USA: North Georgia wildfires: 1 dead, as crews work through thanksgiving (published by http://www.ajc.com 23 November 2016)

• Israel: Firefighting help on the way to Israel from Italy, Greece (published by http://hamodia.com 23 November 2016)

• Israel: Brushfires hit northern Israel causing injuries, evacuations (published by http://www.timesofisrael.com 23 November 2016)

• Indonesia: 69m people breathed toxic smoke from 2015 Indonesian fires: study (published by https://news.mongabay.com 22 November 2016)

• Israel: Brushfires hit northern Israel causing injuries, evacuations (published by http://www.haaretz.com 22 November 2016)

• USA: Few women fight wildfires. that’s not because they’re afraid of flames. (published by https://www.washingtonpost.com 20 November 2016)

• Australia / Indonesia: Australia, Indonesia help farmers to overcome climate change (published by http://www.antaranews.com 20 November 2016)

• USA: Body discovered in cana at brush fire scene (published by https://mtairynews.com 19 November 2016)

• Indonesia: Landmark court ruling expected to serve as deterrent (published by http://www.thejakartapost.com 18 November 2016)

• Chile: A Chile battles raging wildfires fueled by heat wave, winds (published by http://www.sfchronicle.com 18 November 2016)

• USA: Another crisis for trump: what to do about all the dead trees piling up in California (published by http://www.thenewstribune.com 18 November 2016)

• USA: Autonomous aircraft could soon fight forest fires (published by https://de.finance.yahoo.com 18 November 2016)

• South Africa: South Africa incident command system (SA ICS) working group meeting held in melkbosstrand (published by http://www.fireandrescue.co 18 November 2016)

• Global: New UN initiative aims to save lives and cut climate change by protecting peatlands (published by http://www.un.org 17 November 2016)

• Australia: Esperance bushfire: barnett says ‘some blazes simply cannot be stopped’ (published by http://www.news.com.au 17 November 2016)

• Chile: Wildfires rage in central Chile (published by http://www.aljazeera.com 16 November 2016)

• Indonesia: Research shows Indonesian wildfires exposed 69 million to unhealthy air pollution (published by http://www.news-medical.net 16 November 2016)

• Canada: Fort McMurray wildfire recovery to spur $5.3 billion in spending by 2019 (published by http://www.huffingtonpost.ca 15 November 2016)

• USA: Human-machine teams: Lockheed Martin UAS and optionally-piloted helicopters validate firefighting and search-and-rescue capabilities (published by http://www.prnewswire.com 15 November 2016)

• USA: Forest fires spread by drought strike southern Appalachians (published by http://www.foxnews.com 15 November 2016)

• USA: Explosion of wildfires, shortage of manpower a sobering reality in N. Ga. (published by http://www.11alive.com 15 November 2016)

• USA: Smoky haze over athens area aggravating some with respiratory issues (published by http://onlineathens.com 15 November 2016)

• USA: Harriman state park brush fires blanket parts of Rockland in smoke (published by http://www.lohud.com 15 November 2016)

• Australia: ‘Extreme episode’: hazard-reduction fires triggered 14 early deaths in Sydney, study finds (published by http://www.smh.com.au 15 November 2016)

• USA: 1,400 firefighters battle NC mountain wildfires that now top 33,000 acres (published by http://wncn.com 15 November 2016)

• Australia: Black saturday bushfire victims to challenge ATO’s decision to tax their $500million payout (published by http://www.dailymail.co.uk 14 November 2016)

• Singapore: Singapore company and Indonesian university develop mobile app to crowdsource haze data (published by http://www.straitstimes.com 14 November 2016)

• USA: Forest fires in Sierra Nevada driven by past land use (published by http://phys.org 14 November 2016)

• USA: Middle tennessee gets haze, smoke from region’s wildfires (published by http://www.tennessean.com 14 November 2016)

• Australia: Hell on earth: south Australia’s worst bushfires (published by http://www.adelaidenow.com.au 13 November 2016)

• USA: Between two fires: A fire history of contemporary America (published by http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com 13 November 2016)

• USA: Southerners wearing masks as smoke streams from mountains (published by http://abcnews.go.com 12 November 2016)

• Singapore: SEC tells two more senior staff to leave (published by http://www.straitstimes.com 12 November 2016)

• USA: North carolina wildfires continue to rage, arson suspected (published by http://abc11.com 12 November 2016)

• USA: Siskin limiting outdoor play because of wildfire smoke in area (published by http://newschannel9.com 11 November 2016)

• USA: Trump wins: the elephant in the fire, EMS dayroom (published by https://www.ems1.com 11 November 2016)

• USA: Texting is another tool in fighting wildland fires (published by http://www.kotatv.com 11 November 2016)

• USA: Firefighters from across US battle appalachian wildfires (published by https://www.yahoo.com 11 November 2016)

• Indonesia: Indonesia proposes three strategies in COP 22 to restore peatlands (published by http://www.thejakartapost.com 11 November 2016)

• Canada: Impact of wildfire on fort mcmurray indigenous communities to be studied (published by http://www.cbc.ca 10 November 2016)

• USA: Mystery silence at erickson Inc. ends with bankruptcy filing (published by http://www.oregonlive.com 10 November 2016)

• USA: Smoke blankets southeast as winds fuel more than 30 wildfires (published by https://weather.com 10 November 2016)

• Botswana: Botswana: ngamiland receives agric, veld fire equipment (published by http://allafrica.com 09 November 2016)

• Zimbabwe: Veld fire deaths drop 12 percent (published by http://www.chronicle.co.zw 09 November 2016)

• Indonesia: Palm oil industry under fire as indonesia’s haze drama continues (published by http://www.foodnavigator.com 09 November 2016)

• Pakistan: Forest fire in talash valley brought under control after 48 hours (published by https://www.thenews.com.pk 09 November 2016)

• Indonesia: Judge turns down lawsuit on forest fire case in Riau (published by http://www.thejakartapost.com 09 November 2016)

• USA: Mayday: trapped firefighters ok as forest fire rages above laurel run park (published by http://www.timesnews.net 08 November 2016)

• Australia: TFS bushfire-ready program stokes community interest (published by http://www.themercury.com.au 08 November 2016)

• USA: Wildfires in southwest US have boosted streamflow (published by http://environmentalresearchweb.org 08 November 2016)

• USA: Crews battling 75-acre wildfire at south mountains state park (published by http://www.morganton.com 08 November 2016)

• Australia: The 10 Sydney regions most exposed to bushfire risk (published by http://www.smh.com.au 08 November 2016)

• Israel: Israeli fire planes to move from air force to police (published by https://www.airmedandrescue.com 07 November 2016)

• USA: More than fifty children checked out of CSAS for wildfire-related smoke in classrooms (published by http://newschannel9.com 07 November 2016)

• Australia: Increasing cost of natural hazards as climate changes (published by https://www.eurekalert.org 07 November 2016)

• Australia: Natural disasters are affecting some of Australia’s most disadvantaged communities (published by http://theconversation.com 07 November 2016)

• USA: Indigenous populations had a profound effect on forest fires (published by http://www.newhistorian.com 07 November 2016)

• USA: Planting experiment hopes to help habitat recover from wildfires (published by http://www.stgeorgeutah.com 06 November 2016)

• USA: The fire management program of the national park service: great expectations and limited results…why? (published by http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com 06 November 2016)

• Vietnam: Fires ravage over 2,400 ha of forest in 2016 (published by http://english.vietnamnet.vn 06 November 2016)

• Australia: WA bushfires: Alarm over lack of disaster plans amid summer fire threat (published by www.perthnow.com.au 05 November 2016)

• Indonesia: Parents who say Indonesia’s haze killed their children testify in citizen suit (published by https://news.mongabay.com 04 November 2016)

• India/Pakistan: NASA observes that India might be sending its toxic smoke to Pakistan (published by http://indiatoday.intoday.in 04 November 2016)

• USA: Another firefighter burned by chain saw “fuel geyser” (published by http://wildfiretoday.com 04 November 2016)

• Canada: Government report details Fort McMurray wildfire response, looks ahead to recovery (published by http://edmontonjournal.com 04 November 2016)

• Malawi: Minister Msaka warns against perpetrators of fire in Viphya Forest (published by www.nyasatimes.com 03 November 2016)

• India: Gurugram sees tenfold spike in PM2.5 levels in three days (published by www.thehindu.com 03 November 2016)

• Indonesia: Lead-up to COP22: Re-examining Indonesia’s land and forest fires (published by http://blog.cifor.org 03 November 2016)

• Canada/USA: Fatal wildfires examined (published by www.castanet.net 03 November 2016)

• USA: Unleashing the TREX (published by www.northcoastjournal.com 03 November 2016)

• Ecuador: Casi 74 hectáreas afectadas en Cerro Azul por incendio forestal (published by http://itapunta.com 03 November 2016)

• USA: Governor declares statewide emergency as wildfires spread (published by www.kentucky.com 03 November 2016)

• Australia: New waterbombing jets ‘changing the equation’ in bushfire battle (published by www.heraldsun.com.au 02 November 2016)

• Australia: Climate warning at bushfire inquiry (published by www.theadvocate.com.au 02 November 2016)

• Israel: Military’s fire safety procedures grossly lacking, comptroller says (published by www.israelhayom.com 02 November 2016)

• Canada: Alberta Wildfire Fines Increase To Up To $1 Million (published by www.huffingtonpost.ca 01 November 2016)

• USA: Looking to the Future and Learning from the Past in our National Forests (published by http://blogs.usda.gov 01 November 2016)

• USA: Study: Climate, not bark beetle damage, to blame for increased wildfire risk (published by www.clarku.edu 01 November 2016)

• India: Children Are The Biggest Victims Of Air Pollution, Accounts For Nearly 5 Per Cent Infant Deaths (published by www.indiatimes.coml 01 November 2016)

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