NEWSPAPER ARTICLES |
 |
August 29th, 2013: "Can a Drone Save Yosemite?" |
| - Christine Pelisek for Newsweek's The Daily Beast |
| Christine Pelisek interviews Michael Archer about the |
| massive wildfire raging through Yosemite National |
| Park and how technology could help tame it. |
| Link to The Daily Beast |
|
|
|
July 2nd, 2013: "Inside the Yarnell, Arizona, Fire: How It Happened, and the Questions Still Unanswered" |
| - Christine Pelisek for Newsweek's The Daily Beast |
| Michael Archer talks with The Daily Beast about the tragic |
| deaths of 19 wildland firefighters outside of Yarnell, Arizona, |
| when they were overrun by a wildfire. |
| Link to The Daily Beast |
|
|
 |
July 30th, 2012: "RAND: Put water scoopers at core of firefighting" |
| - Mead Gruver for Associated Press |
| Michael Archer talks with Associated Press about a RAND report |
| advocating scooper aircraft to augment heavy air-tankers used in |
| wildland firefighting by US Forest Service. |
| Link to the Associated Press Website |
|
|
|
July 6th, 2012: "No new parts, support for C-130 wildfire system" |
| - Mead Gruver for Associated Press |
| Michael Archer talks with Associated Press about the Modular Airborne |
| Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) used by military C-130s to fight fires. |
| Link to the Associated Press Website |
|
|
 |
July 3rd, 2012: "Study warns of continued rise in wildfires in western U.S., elsewhere" |
| - Moni Basu for CNN |
| Michael Archer talks with CNN about the effect America's heatwave |
| could have on Western wildfires and future blazes nationwide. |
| Link to the CNN Website |
|
|
 |
July 2nd, 2012: "Deadly Crash Limits Planes Fighting Fires" |
| - New York Times article |
| Michael Archer talks about the impact of the crash of a military |
| C-130 on wildfire-fighting air-tanker availability. |
| Link to the New York Times Website |
|
|
 |
July 2nd, 2006: "Air-Tankers Fill The Skies" |
| - Stephanie Coots for Utah's St. George Spectrum |
| Michael Archer discusses the desperate shortage of air-tankers and |
| the bills currently buried in Congress that could get more in the air. |
| Homepage for The Spectrum |
|
|
 |
June 5th, 2006: "Hottest Technology Deployed In Fight Against Wildfires" |
| - Nick Martin for USA Today |
| Michael Archer talks about new technologies being deployed to |
| help improve firefighting, including communications gear, fire prediction |
| software, and other innovations designed to help battle wildfires. |
| USA Today Homepage |
|
TV INTERVIEWS |
 |
July 7th, 2012: C-130 wildfire system lacks new parts, support. |
| In this KABC-TV news segment, Michael talks about how the |
| Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) units that |
| military C-130's use to fight wildfires are no longer supported |
| by the manufacturer (Aero Union), which went out of business. |
| (To see a MAFFS 2 up close, click here). |
|
|
 |
May 31st, 2006: 747 Supertanker Unveiling. |
| KABC-TV Reporter Bob Banfield was covering the 747 Supertanker |
| demo in San Bernardino, California, where he interviewed Michael |
| Archer about the critical shortage of air-tankers in the U.S. |
| Eyewitness News Homepage |
|
|
RADIO INTERVIEWS |
 |
August 26th, 2013: Interview with Gil Gross. |
| In this interview with KKSF Talk 910 host Gil Gross, the |
| massive Rim Fire blazing through Yosemite and threatening |
| San Francisco's water and power supply is the topic. |
| Talk 910 Website |
|
|
|
July 2nd, 2013: Interview with Gil Gross. |
| This was an interview with KKSF Talk 910 host Gil Gross |
| discussing the tragic loss of 19 wildland firefighters in Arizona |
| after the wind changed direction and overran their position. |
| Talk 910 Website |
|
|
 |
September 21st, 2005: Interview with Hayes D. Brown. |
| This was a taped interview with the Alabama Forest Owners |
| Association about protecting your home from wildfires. The interview |
| was prompted by an article Michael Archer wrote on the topic. |
| AFOA Capital Ideas Website |
|
|
 |
April 6th, 2004: Interview with radio personality Roberta Gale. |
| This was a live interview about Michael Archer's soon-to-be- |
| released novel, "Firestorm", a fast-paced thriller dedicated to the |
| men and women who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. |
| Roberta Gale Homepage |
|
|
