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Manual

PM-1, Pre-Evaluation and Overview
PM-2, Overview of Authorities, Policies
PM-3, Team Preparation and Activation
PM-4, Initial and Recurring Briefings
PM-5, Team Management
PM-6, Exchanging Information
PM-7, Initial Site Investigation
PM-8, Maps, Sketches, Diagrams, and Photos
PM-9, Interviews and Witness Statements
PM-10, Evidence Gathering and Documentation
PM-11, Wildland Fire Investigation
PM-12, Deliberations, Findings, and Recommendations
PM-13, Outbriefings
PM-14 Reports
PM-15 Accident Review Board and Board of Review
PM-16, Followup Actions

Appendices

A. Agency Administrators Guide
B. Draft BLM Serious Accident Investigation Manual
D. 485 DM Ch. 7
F. 2005 Employee Casualty Guide
G. Firefighter Autopsy Protocol
H. Chapter 7, Redbook
I. Chapter 18, Redbook
J. HFACS Paper
K. Draft NPS Chapter 5 AI and Report

Charts

Lesson Objectives Other Charts
Lesson 1 slide Administrative Support Personnel
Lesson 2 slide AI Advisor/Safety Manager
Lesson 3 slide AI Process
Lesson 4 slide Cause
Lesson 5 slide Chief Investigator
Lesson 6 slide DASHO
Lesson 7 slide Document Specialist
Lesson 8 slide Findings
Lesson 9 slide Interagency Representative
Lesson 10 slide Law Enforcement
Lesson 11 slide Recommendations
Lesson 12 slide Reports and Due Dates
Lesson 13 slide Team Leader
Lesson 14 slide Technical Specialist
Lesson 15 slide Union Representative
Lesson 16 slide What is an Accident
  Poster (ppt)

Power Points

HFACS
Lesson 1 Course Overview
Lesson 2 Overview of Authorities and Policies
Lesson 11 Wildland Fire Accident Investigation
Lesson 15 NPS Board of Review
SAI Training
Sample SI Brief

Report Samples

Factual Report (DOI)
Management Evaluation Report (DOI)

Guest Speakers

Don Smurthwaite Mike Johns
Crisis Communication Extended Abstracts Excerpt
Crisis Communication 2 Fire Law 2007 ppt
  What was He Thinking
  Fischoff article
  Eberwine article
  Counterfactuals and Causation
  Debias Backfires
  Computer animations used in court colored by bias
  Semifactual Thinking
  Inside Judicial Mind
  Judging in Hindsight
  Can Judges Ignore
  Prosecution Decision Biases
  Assessment of Decision Quality
  A Third View of the Black Box
  Belief Perseverance
  Categorically Biased
  Nature of Human Error
  Decision Support for Tactical Decision Making Under Stress
  Fire Law ppt
  Integrated Critical Thinking Training
  Decision Making in Complex Military Environments
  Modeling Cultural Cognition
  Identifying Why Even Well-Trained Firefighters Make Unsafe Decisions
  Outcome Bias in Decision Evaluation
  Perspectives on Human Error
  Principles for Intelligent Decision Aiding
  The One-of-Us Effect in Decision Evaluation
  Theoretical Note
  The Situation
  The Situational Character
  Visual Hindsight

Handouts

Team Activation Notification
Action to be taken by the unit
Delegation of Authority Letter (NPS)
Delegation of Authority Letter (BLM)
Just in Time Info Paper
In-brief AA Checklist
Administrative Support Needs List
JHA (USFS)
Risk Assessment (BLM)
Dealing with OSHA
NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention
OIG Public Law
Dealing with Medical Examiners
Letter to Medical Examiner
Initial Site Investigation Guide
Accident Photographic Documentation Form
Accident Photographic Log
Memoradum of Interview
Weingarten Rights
Sample Witness Questions
Talking Paper on Three Types of Evidence
Human Factors Checklist
Evidence Log
Chain of Custody Log
MOU (DOI and Ag)
Fire Fatality and Entrapment Report
Fire Fatality and Entrapment First Response Form
Personal Protective Equipment Assessment Form
Practical Exercise Recommendations
Pownall Case Study
Investigation Team Closeout Briefing
Closeout Briefing with Management
24-Hour Preliminary Report
72-Hour Expanded Report
Factual Report Content
Management Evaluation Report Content
Handout Inventory

Other

Informational Summary
AI Process
Interagency SAI Acronyms
Recommended Additional Reading Reference
Poster

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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BLM - Bureau of Land Management NASF - National Association of State Foresters BIA - Bureau of Indian Affairs FWS -  US Fish & Wildlife Service - Fire Management NPS - National Park Service - Fire & Aviation Management FS - US Forest Service - Fire & Aviation Management NOAA -  National Weather Service - Fire Weather AMD -  National Business Center Aviation Management USFA -  US Fire Administration