Month: May 2010

From NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Explanation: Sometimes part of the Sun can just explode into space. These explosions might occur as powerful solar flares, coronal mass ejections, or comparatively tame eruptive solar prominences. Pictured above is one of the largest solar prominence eruptions yet observed, one associated with a subsequent coronal mass ejection. The prominence erupted last month and was recorded by several Sun-sensing instruments, including the recently launched Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). The above time lapse sequence was captured by SDO and occurred over a few hours. In recent months, our Sun has becoming increasingly active, following a few years of an unusually dormant solar minimum.

The International Association of Wildland Fire is planning the 11th Wildland Fire Safety Summit, to be held April 4-8, 2011 in Missoula, Montana. This year’s theme is “Promoting the Story of Wildland Fire Safety”, and highlights the importance of story and narrative in safety training, operations, research, and organizational learning.

The two-pager flyer for the Summit can be downloaded HERE. The first page of it is below.

Later in the year more information will be posted at the conference web site.

The National Fire Protection Association is accepting applications for their NFPA 1977 committee, Standard on Protective Clothing and Equipment for Wildland Fire Fighting. This is your chance to provide input on equipment you might be stuck with down the road. It is my understanding that you don’t have to be a member of the NFPA to serve on their committees.

Their announcement.

The application.

Thanks Dick.

These photos were taken Monday, May 3 in the Bigfork area, which is on Flathead Lake in northwest Montana. Over much of Montana on Monday and Tuesday they had some major winds that damaged trees, signs and trucks. The photos were taken by Rick Trembath of Flathead Forestry and Fire Consulting, a former Chief of the Bigfork Fire Department.

More information and photos of the extrication of the trees are below.

Continue reading “Trees vs. house”

The caption contest, to provide the missing caption for the photo of the canoe-borne firefighters will end Monday night at midnight, 11:59 pm MT, May 10. The best caption submitted will win a Wildfire Today travel mug. So get your entries in!