Advances in Fire Practice
We would like to announce the launch of a feature on the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center site – Advances in Fire Practice. AFP is developing with the information needs and concerns of fire professionals front and center.
We invite you to look around, and then let us know how the site meets your expectations. Let us know if there is something we could provide that would help you in fighting or applying fire. Links to the site can be found on the Lessons Learned Center website http://www.wildfirelessons.net/ or you can go directly to AFP at http://www.wildfirelessons.net/AFP.aspx
The purpose of AFP is to highlight innovation in fire practice and management. We want to make the fire community aware of projects that are integrating science, research, and new ideas and approaches to some of the most difficult challenges in fire management. The first “issue” of AFP contains a feature article on the fireshed assessments and SPOTs approach to fuels management as well as an article detailing the increasing availability of resources and tools related to collaboration, communication, and outreach in fire management. Coming soon will be feature articles on innovations in biomass production and fuels treatment and research updates on risk-aversion and line officers in public land management agencies.
The site has also begun collecting and synthesizing fire resources found on the web including, fire pubs, projects and resources available on USDA Forest Service Research Station websites, and indexes of articles found in major journals with fire science content. We are also developing a resource corner for fire science instructors (university/college and NWCG), including a curriculum exchange center, discussion forums, and an article review platform.
