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Historical Wildland Firefighter Fatalities 1910-2004
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Hazard Tree Safety from the Hazard Tree and Tree Felling Task Group
The intent of this website is to enhance a principle base approach to manage the risk of hazard trees in order to help firefighters continue to learn and stay safe in the wildland fire environment.
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Daniel Holmes Fatality (Grant West Prescribed Fire - Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks) Information
Reports, Findings, Action Plan, and Q&A relating to the Daniel Holmes Fatality.
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Firefighter Travel Safety Advisory
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) coordinated with the Forest Service in developing some screening procedures that will help save time at security checkpoints, ease processing for all wildland firefighters and avoid delays in airline departures.
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10 Standard Firefighting Orders & 18 Watch Out Situations
Known as the "10" and "18," these are the first thing a firefighter learns and the most important things to remember on the job.
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Historical Wildland Firefighter Fatalities 1910–1996
This data seeks to document historical wildland fire fatalities from the many different wildland fire management agencies. This report has been cross-referenced with the National Fire Protection Association and organized in the same seven reporting categories.
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Pack Test
Wildland Firefighting and other forms of fieldwork demand a high level of fitness to safely perform arduous, day-long work in difficult environmental conditions.
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FireFit Program
This program was created with the intent to provide the interagency wildland fire community with a comprehensive, easy-to-follow, fitness program with the ultimate goal of improving firefighter safety and health and reducing injuries.
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MYFIRECOMMUNITY.NET
Technology dedicated to sharing the value of your knowledge throughout your community of practice. Sponsored by Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center.
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Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center
The Center exists to improve safe work performance and organizational learning in interagency wildland fire.
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Common Denominators of Fire Behavior for Tragedy Fires
Important lessons learned from fires involving injury and death.
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Thirtymile Fire Information and Directives
Lessons learned and resulting Hazard Abatement & Accident Prevention Plan from the 2001 fire in Washington state.
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Fit to Work
Firefighting and other forms of fieldwork demand a high level of fitness to safely perform arduous day-long work in difficult environmental conditions.
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Lookouts, Communications, Escape Routes, Safety Zones
Known as LCES – the four items MUST be established and known by ALL firefighters BEFORE needed.
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Safety and Health Working Team — National Wildfire Coordinating Group
Committed to creating a safe work environment for the wildland fire community.
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Six Minutes for Safety
On a daily basis, addresses the high risk situations that historically trouble firefighters.
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Wildland Fire Safety and Health Reporting Network
Wildland Fire Safety & Health Reporting Network (SAFENET) is a method for reporting and resolving safety concerns encountered in wildland fire, prescribed fire or all risk operations.
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Wildland Fire Safety Training Annual Refresher (WFSTAR)
The web site, updated annually, offers guidance, agency policies, emerging issues, training materials and topics to assist instructors in preparing to teach annual refresher training.
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DOI SafetyNet
A Shared, One-Stop Information Source for the Safety & Health Community of the Department of the Interior.

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