2018 Award Recipients

The 2018 recipient of the IAWF Ember Award for Excellence in Wildland Fire Science is Dr. Marty Alexander .  His award was presented by Alen Slijepcevic, IAWF President, at the Fire Continuum Conference in Missoula.

The 2018 recipient of the IAWF Early Career Award in Fire Science is Dr. Nicholas Skowronski .  Nick is a research forester with the Northern Research Station, US Forest Service. His award was presented by Alen Slijepcevic, IAWF President, at the Fire Continuum Conference in Missoula.

The 2018 IAWF Early Career Award in Fire Operations and the  Firebreak Award for Excellence in Fire Management will be announced and presented at one of our upcoming conferences. Nominations for the 2019 IAWF Awards will open on September 23rd.

Accepting Nominations for the Wildland Fire Safety Award We are now accepting nominations for the Wildland Fire Safety Award, which will be presented at the conference in Asheville. The Safety Award will be presented to someone in the wildland firefighting community who has made a significant contribution to wildland firefighter safety, either directly on the fireline, or indirectly through management, cultural changes, or through wildland fire research. Their contribution is frequently beyond their normal everyday job expectations - sometimes at the potential risk to their own career, and their example can encourage others to act in a similar manner. To nominate, please compose a letter (no more than 800 words) explaining why the nominee should receive the award, and a list of three or more individuals (with contact information) who confirm the nominee's contributions.

Safety Award Nominations

Upcoming Conferences

As a global community of practitioners and scientists interested in human dimensions and safety, we seek to spark discussion, interaction and engaged conversation about whether we are focusing on the right problem framings and consequent solutions to deal with these on-going wildfire challenges.

The Call for Presentations and Registration are now open. Deadline for presentation proposals is August 15th. Conference Webpage

Presented by: International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF)   In partnership with: Bushfire & Natural Hazards CRC (BNHCRC) French National Research Institute of Science and Technology for Environment and Agriculture (Irstea) What you can expect from this global conference Three highly educational, engaging and entertaining programs featuring selected keynote addresses, numerous plenary, concurrent, and poster presentations, several panel discussions, educational and training workshop opportunities, vendor exhibits/displays, and other special sessions. Many of the sessions will be shared between the three locations as time permits. Conference Webpage

“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” — Isaac Newton Mentoring Program The IAWF is piloting a Mentoring Program and would like to invite you to participate, either as a mentor or mentee. We are currently gathering a list of interested individuals, who will then be matched based on interests and geographical locations if possible. Please complete the form to express your interest .

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