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Physical Training

What THEY Said

February 22, 2018October 2, 2019 / wildfirelessons / 3 Comments

As our work on the 2017 Annual Incident Review Summary continues, we've got some more analysis to share with you.  Read this.  Do the Exercise and give us some feedback.  The final version of the 2017 Annual Incident Review Summary will be out soon! By Travis Dotson In 2017, the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center … Continue reading What THEY Said

Sorting the Lumps

February 15, 2018October 17, 2019 / wildfirelessons / 3 Comments

As our work on the 2017 Annual Incident Review Summary continues, we've got some more analysis to share with you.  Read this.  Do the Exercise and give us some feedback.  The final version of the 2017 Annual Incident Review Summary will be out soon! By Travis Dotson There it is - the 2017 season boiled … Continue reading Sorting the Lumps

Smokeless Danger

February 8, 2018October 2, 2019 / wildfirelessons / 12 Comments

At the beginning of each year we summarize and analyze incident reports from the previous year.  Check out these previous summaries.  This year we will post individual topics here as we complete portions of the analysis.  Take a look, engage with the exercises, and give us some feedback.  The complete 2017 Annual Incident Review Summary will be … Continue reading Smokeless Danger

Fatal Attraction

February 1, 2018October 2, 2019 / wildfirelessons / 2 Comments

We love to know how many firefighters died.

Physical Training and Death

January 12, 2018October 2, 2019 / wildfirelessons / Leave a comment

By Travis Dotson This is a nightmare. Your Engine Crew heads out on a normal PT hike which turns into a medical incident. That medical incident has all the common elements of an emergency situation, including communication struggles and delays. That medical incident ends with the death of your fellow crewmember. This is a nightmare, but … Continue reading Physical Training and Death

Minor Rhabdo Fatal Burns

January 11, 2018January 9, 2018 / wildfirelessons / 2 Comments

By Travis Dotson Look at this word cloud: I collect very simple notes about the types of injuries listed in the reports submitted to the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center. I took all of the notes from 2017 and used a word cloud generator to make this one. The size of the word is relative … Continue reading Minor Rhabdo Fatal Burns

Emerging Lessons – 2016

September 23, 2016October 2, 2019 / wildfirelessons / Leave a comment

Lots of incidents and accidents so far this year...what are the lessons?

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