New IAWF Cookbook Wants Your Recipes
Can there be too many cooks in a bonfire kitchen? The International Natural Fire Association doesn’t think so.
IAWF will hold its annual National Unified Wildland Fire Management Strategy Workshop from September 16th to 19th in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Ahead of that, the IAWF (in collaboration with the Wildland Fire Leadership Council (WFLC)) told people that the upcoming ‘Cohesive Strategy Cookbook’ will be ready in time for the workshop.
But please hurry! The deadline is June 7th, and those submitting recipes must provide:
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- recipe name
- Materials with measurements
- step by step instructions
- Prep time, cooking time, total time
- quantity
- photo of the finished dish
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The association also asks contributors to share the source of their recipes if they are not original, such as Betty Crocker recipes.
You can post recipes [HERE].
Anyone who has attended a fire camp knows that firefighters do not have the privilege of gourmet-level meals. On the contrary, the USFS has received numerous requests to update and increase food supplies for firefighters. For example, researchers at the University of Idaho analyzed standard USFS food vendor menus for fire camps and found that most of them lacked micronutrients, lacked electrolyte balance, and had minimal variety. , was found to not meet the nutritional needs of firefighters.
Researcher Heidi Holbetz said, “While we expect vendors to offer a variety of healthy options during fire season, firefighters are encouraged to make healthier choices themselves.” It is important to understand that this may affect the performance of
USFS is expected to pass on requests to contracted caterers in hopes of making menu changes for the 2025 contract. In the future, researchers hope to be able to work directly with vendors to update menus.
read more: Behind the scenes in the fire camp kitchen
