11th Wildland fire safety summit

Background

Since 1997 the Wildland Fire Safety Summit has been the gathering place for members of the international wildland fire community to focus on safety: to discuss significant events and trends in safety, to promote best practices in safety training and operations, to reveal safety related research findings, and to explore new approaches to safety.

Conference theme

This year’s theme, “Promoting the Story of Wildland Fire Safety” highlights the importance of story and narrative in safety training,
operations, research, and organizational learning. “From the local to the global” calls forth the story of safety from the entire spectrum of
the global wildland fire community: from the individual, the crew, the incident, the local community, the agency, the region, the state, the
nation, the continent, to the entire hemisphere.To learn more about the conference theme, please visit http://www.iawfonline.org/
missoula2011/

Conference features

- Keynote speaker: Gordon Graham, internationally recognized expert in risk management, including firefighter safety and organizational performance
- Available training workshops with Gordon Graham
- Special screening of Red Skies of Montana
- Electronic poster session
- Indoor and outdoor exhibitor shows
- Tours to key wildland fire landmarks in the Missoula area