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Wildfire Fighting in America at a Crossroads! 3/17/2008 |
| A 32-page briefing was prepared in March 2008 to present WRN's assessment |
| that wildfire control capabilities in the U.S. are approaching a very critical |
| period. Very damaging wildfires are on the increase. Budget squeezes are |
| affecting many firefighting agencies' ability to cope with these threats. |
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Wildfire Research Network Congressional Testimony: 12/10/2007 |
| This is the documentation WRN submitted to the Congressional Domestic |
| Policy Subcommittee (chaired by Dennis Kucinich) in Fallbrook, CA on 12/10/07. |
| This Subcommittee hearing was convened in the San Diego Region following the |
| devastating wildfires that swept through that area in October 2007 to address |
| technical, financial, and administrative issues. |
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Can We Save Lives, Property, and Dollars Too?! 2/19/2004 |
| WRN (as its parent organization, Aerial Fire Protection Associates) |
| produced a 36-page assessment of the wildfire suppression capabilities within |
| California and recommendations for the future after the Southern California |
| wildfire siege of October 2003, submitted to the Governor's Blue Ribbon Fire |
| Commission convened shortly afterward. It covers a wide range of subjects |
| still relevant today, with some updated information for persons interested |
| in a broad view of wildfire control issues. |
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Press Release: Supertankers Now For California: 4/19/2007 |
| This press release presents the testimony of WRN delivered to the California |
| Assembly Subcommittee #3 in Sacramento on March 14, 2007 to support California's |
| contracting for the use of a DC-10 airtanker as a part of its aerial firefighting fleet. |
| It presents the argument for a seasonal contract as opposed to a Call When Needed |
| contract and its expected cost-effectiveness when using this type of contract. |
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Supertankers Now! Presentation |
| Addressing the wildfire peril facing California, the West and other parts of the U.S. |
| due to the trend of increasing numbers and intensities of wildfires and the |
| diminishing fleet of USFS heavy air-tankers, Wildfire Research Network assembled |
| this presentation to identify the need, issues and potential benefits of adding newly |
| offered high capacity air-tankers with drop capabilities greater than 3,000 gallons |
| to the firefighting arsenal. |
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Airborne Integrated GIS System |
| A briefing was prepared to illustrate the need, benefits, and characteristics of a |
| helicopter platform being developed in the Los Angeles City Fire Department |
| that has unique capability to sprint to the scene of a wildfire, or other large |
| scale emergency or homeland security risk event to provide the incident commander, |
| whoever he is, with real time, high-resolution video and IR imagery and mapping |
| with superimposed GIS information needed to assess the situation and immediately |
| assign closest resources to where they are needed. The system has the potential |
| to reduce the resource assessment and assignment time from several hours to 30 |
| minutes or less dependent on the helicopter flight response time. |
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