National Interagency Fire Center

Manual Lessons

PM-1, Pre-Evaluation and Overview
PM-2, Overview of Authorities, Policies, Procedures, Team Membership and Roles
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, Evidence Gathering and Documentation
PM-9, Wildland Fire Investigation
PM-10, Evidence Analysis
PM-11, Out Briefings
PM-12, Reports
PM-13, Accident Review Board and Review
PM-14 DOI Follow Up Actions

Charts

Lesson Objectives Other Charts

Lesson Course Objective slide Administrative Support Personnel

Lesson 1 slide AI Process

Lesson 2 slide Cause

Lesson 3 slide Chief Investigator

Lesson 4 slide Contributing Factors

Lesson 5 slide DASHO

Lesson 6 slide Document Specialist

Lesson 7 slide Findings

Lesson 8 slide Interagency Representative

Lesson 9 slide Law Enforcement

Lesson 10 slide Recommendations

Lesson 11 slide Reports and Due Dates

Lesson 12 slide Safety Manager

Lesson 13 slide Team Leader

Lesson 14 slide Technician Specialist

Union Representative

What is an Accident

PowerPoint Presentations

Evidence Analysis and Deliberations
HFACS
Serious Accident Investigation Team Brief

Report Samples

Factual Report (DOI)
Management Evaluation Report (DOI)

Guest Speakers

Don Smurthwaite	Mike Johns
Lets Talk: Communication Through Tough Times	Criminal Fire Law
	Fire Law (ppt)
	Responses by Mike Johns
	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 Inadmissible Information? The Difficulty of Deliberately Disregarding
	Prosecution Decision Biases
	Assessment of Decision Quality
	A Third View of the Black Box: Cognitive Coherence in Legal Decision Making
	Perseverance of Social Issues
	Categorically Biased
	Nature of Human Error
	Decision Support for Tactical Decision Making Under Stress
	Fire Law 2007 (ppt)
	Integrated Critical Thinking Training and Decision Support for Tactical Anti-Air Warfare
	Decisionmaking in Complex Military Environments
	Modeling Facts, Culture, and Cognition in the Gun Debate
	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 Making
	Objectivity in the Eye of the Beholder
	The Situation
	The Situational Character
	The “Saw-It-All-Along” Effect: Demonstrations of Visual Hindsight Bias

Handouts

Accident Investigation Kit
Team Activation Notification
Action to be taken by the unit
Delegation of Authority Letter (NPS)
Delegation of Authority Letter (BLM)
Delegation of Authority Letter (FWS)
Delegation of Authority Letter (FS)
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
Talking Paper on Three Types of Evidence
Human Factors Checklist
Accident Photographic Documentation Form
Accident Photographic Log
Witness Statement
Memoradum of Interview
Weingarten Rights
Cover Letter (FS)
Employee Rights and Responsibilities (FS)
Sample Witness Questions
Evidence Log
Chain of Custody Log
MOU (DOI and Ag)
Wildland Fire Fatality and Entrapment Report
Personal Protective Equipment Assessment Form
Practical Exercise Recommendations
Investigation Team Closeout Briefing
Closeout Briefing with Management
24-Hour Preliminary Report
72-Hour Expanded Report
Factual Report Content
Management Evaluation Report Content

Resource Documents

Agency Administrator's Guide
BLM Casualty Guide
BLM Serious Accident Investigation Manual
Firefighter Autopsy Protocol
Accident Investigation Guide (FS)
Joint Investigation Summary of a Fire Engine Rollover (CAL Fire and Contra Costa County Fire Protection)
Interagency SAI Acronyms
Safety Program Management (NPS)
Recommended Additional Reading
Red Book, Ch 7, Safety
Red Book, Ch 18, Reviews, Investigations Analyses
Serious Accident Investigation Team Resource
Poster

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Interagency Serious Accident Investigation