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Wildland Firefighting

 

2019 MCFTOA RT-130 Wildland Refresher Training Guide

 

Wildland Firefighting Health & Safety: 

CAL FIRE – 2021 Annual Focus on Safety

Safety Zone Research – 6 minutes for Safety – July 2021

Wildland Firefighting – The 18 Situations that Shout “Watch Out”

MCFTOA Wildland Fire School – Heat Illness Prevention Program

Rhabdomyolysis in Wildland Firefighters

Prado Pee Meter

Pre-Season Safety Alert – California Wildland Fire Coordinating Group: Heat Injury due to Exertion, May 5, 2014

CAL FIRE – 2014 ANNUAL FOCUS ON SAFETY

 

Wildland Firefighting Operational Documents:

PMS 205: Glossary of Wildland Fire Terminology, National Wildfire Coordinating Group – October 2014

PMS 461:  Incident Response Pocket Guide – National Wildfire Coordinating Group – April 2018

PMS 210:  Wildland Fire Incident Management Guide – National Wildfire Coordinating Group – January 2014 (Replaces the Fireline Handbook)

PMS 310-1 National Incident Management System: Wildland Fire Qualification System Guide, – National Wildfire Coordinating Group – October 2015

PMS 551: Clinical Treatment Guidelines for Wildland Fire Medical Units – National Wildfire Coordinating Group – July 2012

 

 

Wildland Firefighting Training Documents:

Deploying Your Fire Shelter in a Body of Water

New Generation Fire Shelter

NWCG – Basic Land Navigation

 

Wildland Fire Weather:

Backcountry Lightning Safety

Fire Whirl Evolution Observed during a Valley Wind-Sea Breeze Reversal – Joseph E. Grant County Park, Santa Clara County, Oct. 7, 2008

Fire Whirls in California – March 15, 2008

Belt Weather Kit Instruction

 

Wildland Urban Interface:

Wildland Urban Interface Structure Defense – FIRESCOPE, October 21, 2013

ICS 231 – WUI Structure Placard

ICS 231 – WUI Placard PowerPoint Training Program

Structure Protection Strategies in the Wildland Urban Interface

Using Water Effectively in the Wildland Urban Interface

Fire Behavior in the Wildland Urban Interface

 

Wildland Fire Incident Analysis / Lesson Learned:

Indians Fire – Los Padres National Forest, Monterey County, Accident Prevention Analysis Report – June 11, 2008

South Canyon Fire – July 6, 1994 – Post Incident Analysis

Lessons Learned Review – Firefighter Entrapment – Horseshoe 2 Fire, Coronado National Forest, AZ. – June 2011

Jesusita Fire Burnover – Lessons Learned

CalFIRE Structure Defense Guide – Structure Triage Decision Process ( S-FACTS )

CAL FIRE General Safety Communication 2012-06: Wildland Structure Defense Tactical Action Terminology

 

Wildland Fire Safety Advisories:

Safety Awareness from the National Multi-Agency Coordinating Group: Wildland Firefighter Heat Related Injury Prevention, Awareness, and Rhabodomyolysis – June 19, 2017

Safety Advisory – “One-Pot” Methamphetamine Hazards

Ash Pit Burn Injury Safety Advisory

Cal Fire Safety Communication 2013 – 04: Personal Protective Equipment and Firing Devices

CAL FIRE Safety Communication 2012-04 – Cultivation Threat – September 2012

SAFETY ALERT – Interagency Aviation – August 22, 2012

Wildland Firefighter Safety – Operations Alert – June 22, 2012

Firefighter Fatigue Facts – Safety Communication 2008-1

Northern California Fuels and Fire Behavior Advisory, July 23, 2014

 

Wildland Fire Training Videos:

Training Video – Wildland Firefighter Safety Near Electrical Lines

LCES: Lookouts, Communications, Escape Routes, Safety Zones

Is Your LCES Adaquate?

Heat Related Illness – 2013 Refresher

 

Wildland Firefighting Training Websites:

The 18 Watch Out Situations and 10 Standard Fire Orders

The 10 Standard Fire Orders and 18 Watch Out Situations

“LCES and Other Thoughts” – Paul Gleason

“LCES” – Lookouts, Communications, Escape Routes, Safety Zones

“LCES” – Your Best Defense Against the Unexpected – California Professional Firefighters

Fireline Factors – Brad Mayhew

Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center

Fire Rescue 1 – Wildland

WFSTAR – RT-130 Wildland Fire Safety Training  Annual Refresher

National Wildfire Coordinating Group

Wildfire Today

 

Wildland Fire Power Point Presentations:

Lessons from the Thirtymile Fire – Avoiding Entrapment

SAFENET – Wildland Firefighting Safety Reporting Procedures

 

Wildland Firefighting Training - Fort Hunter Liggett, June 19, 2013

Wildland Firefighting Training – Fort Hunter Liggett, June 19, 2013

 

Wildland Firefighting Training - June 2013

Wildland Firefighting Training – Fort Hunter Liggett, June 21, 2013

 

Laguna Seca Training Burn – June 23, 2010