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This paper presents a brief timeline of some significant organizational changes in the wildland fire service along with the annual entrapment fatality numbers.
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This article for Wildfire in 1995 discusses the limitations of human cognition in recalling and applying numerous checklists and guidelines during wildland fire response, and describes a summarized, simplified four-step Fire Environment Size-up Model.
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The report summarizes the effects of previous fuel treatments on the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, Arizona, on fire behavior in the June 2014 San Juan Fire.
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This report, created immediately after the October-November 2003 Southern California Firestorm, sought to capture the experiences of those who fought these fires, capture the important lessons learned by them, and learn how these events affected the firefighting strategy, tactics, techniques, and decision making of those involved.
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This infographic summarizes 24 incidents which occurred during the work capacity test ("pack test"), including five fatalities. It includes links to several reports.
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This report summarizes data collected in the field on 182 wildland firefighters, recording noise exposure while they performed 14 wildland fire work activities.
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The three phases of the Wildland Fire Safety Awareness Study was an effort of interagency fire management and TriData to improve wildland fire safety after the 1994 fire season. The study was released in three phases, comprising survey responses, goals, and recommendations, released from 1996 to 1998.
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Tri Data Study Phase 1.pdf (4.46 MB)
Tri Data Study Phase 2.pdf (368.61 KB)
Tri Data Study Phase 3.pdf (1.41 MB)
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This document is an early attempt to comprehensively analyze escaped prescribed fire reviews and near misses. Thirty prescribed fire escape reviews and near misses were analyzed for the creation of this work.
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