Entrapment - A Sawyer's View
Emerging from fire shelters on the Nuttall Fire.In this podcast we hear Thomas Taylor recount his experience as a Hotshot Crewmember and Sawyer on the Nuttall Fire Entrapment and Shelter Deployment on July 2, 2004.
Blowing Up Hazards
The Story of Using Fireline Explosives on the Fork FireBlasting Crew laying out fireline explosives prior to detonation.You are managing the Fork Fire—being pushed by strong east winds—on California’s Eldorado National Forest.
Engagement Dilemma
As the Operations Section Chief What Do You Do?Here’s a prime opportunity to learn from—and apply—lessons from past Rapid Lesson Sharing (RLS) reports to our current challenges and activities today—and into the future.
COVID Guilt is a Real Thing
“I’m sharing this story in case you get the same call I did.”
By Ted Mason
The Problem with LCES
[This is the "Ground Truths" column from the Summer 2020 Issue of Two More Chains.] The Problem with LCES
Ground Ignition Equipment Standards?
By Paul Keller You now have an excellent, super-comprehensive “one-stop shopping” resource for insights and information on all ground ignition equipment standards and procedures.
Random?
Here is more from our forthcoming 2018 Incident Review Summary.By Travis DotsonStrange things do happen out there on fire assignments. Some of them are certainly outlier occurrences, some of them are not. Either way, these instances often provide an opportunity to re-frame and think about hazards we may not have recognized. Check these events out - then do the exercise at the end.
This Hotshot Was Burned When His Saw Geysered - Listen to His Lessons.
By Travis Dotson Nic bucked up the tree he had just put on the ground. Then he shut the saw off and sat with his saw partner for 15-20 minutes. Nic got up to cut another tree. The saw wouldn't start. He had heard all the stories. He had talked about geysering in training. He had even experienced fuel geysers before. Watch: https://youtu.be/MgWgVDN8e5s Nic is solid. Chances are you're solid as well. Solid does not mean accident proof. Wisdom from Nic: