About Us

Wildfire Today and Fire Aviation are dedicated to news about wildland fire and aerial firefighting around the world.

This includes insights into major wildland fires, firefighter health and safety, community safety, prescribed fire, new science and technology advancements, Indigenous and cultural burning and land management, and the funding, resourcing and maintaining of wildland fire operations across the globe. And more.

The sites were founded in 2008 by Bill Gabbert, a long-serving and dedicated United States fire manager, who handed them to the International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF) before his death in 2023.

The IAWF is currently rebuilding and refreshing Wildfire Today and Fire Aviation. We will continue to add new content, but the aim is to relaunch in early 2025 drawing from the breadth of knowledge and resources of the global IAWF membership and the expertise gained from publishing Wildfire magazine and the International Journal of Wildland Fire.

Editorial content

Wildfire Today endeavors to source quality, diverse and fact-based content providing a range of views from experts in operations and practices, and in the academic and research community.

Wildfire Today has an inclusive outlook that reflects a breadth of evidence-based viewpoints and opinion. While no significant viewpoint should be ignored, this does not mean that all views can or must be canvassed. At times, Wildfire Today may publish articles or comments that take a position on controversial or newsworthy issues to the possible exclusion of other viewpoints.

Any views expressed in articles are the personal opinions of the experts named. They may not represent the views of Wildfire Today or the International Association of Wildland Fire.

Comments and contributions

Wildfire Today is a site for people around the world to hear about best practices and to collaborate on developing smarter ideas for managing wildland fire.

We foster a culture of constructive criticism and feedback through published contributions and comments. We respectfully exchange ideas and encourage others to question and challenge what we publish and what is said by others.

Our standards are in place to ensure a space for an engaged, lively, respectful fact-based discussion.

Contributions of articles and photographs are welcome. Please submit your idea via our Contact Us page and we will get right back to you.

Anyone is invited to post a comment about an article in the comments section under a story, as long as it adheres to the following policies.

Comments must:

  • Advance the discussion and further inform our readers.
  • Be on-topic.

Comments must not be:

  • Personal attacks.
  • Discriminatory or abusive. We have a zero-tolerance approach to abuse and encourage readers to report anything they think may be abusive.
  • Defamatory, breach copyright or put us in legal jeopardy.
  • Deliberate attempts to misinform, distort facts, provoke or misrepresent the opinions of others.

Wildfire Today will make every attempt to comply with the law. This includes laws around plagiarism, privacy, contempt of court, the use of confidential information and defamation. But just because material is legally fit for publication does not mean it necessarily adheres to our standards, and ethical considerations will always be taken into account.

Laws will be different in different jurisdictions around the world and contributors and commentors should acquaint themselves with local laws.

Where can I find information about fires that are burning right now in the US?
There are a lot of sources on the Internet. Here are some you can try.