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[This is the "One of Our Own" feature that appeared in the Summer 2018 Issue of Two More Chains. Jeff Andrews is now the Fire Staff Officer on the Prescott National Forest, temporarily acting in the position of Assistant Director of Fire and Aviation Management (Budget, Planning, Prevention, Cooperat

Photo from the report: A reenactment of how the firefighter rode in the bucket.The Pole Creek Fire Bucket Extraction took place in September of 2012--ten years ago from the time of this writing. This was a much talked about event.

[This is Travis Dotson's “Ground Truths” column that appeared in the Summer 2022 Issue of Two More Chains.]By Travis DotsonAnalyst, Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center

[This article originally appeared in the Summer 2022 Issue of Two More Chains.]By Travis Dotson

Many of the narratives sent to the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center involve serious accidents that result in emergency medical treatment and/or medevac to higher levels of care. We would like to honor the 2021 National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) Emergency Medical Service Award Recipients and highlight their achievements for you.

[This is the “One of Our Own” feature that appeared in the Summer 2022 Issue of Two More Chains.]By Alex ViktoraAssistant Director, Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center 

This is from Learning in the Wildland Fire Service.Adults have had a great deal of previous learning, comprised of formal education, training, culture, reading, and life experience. Based on this prior learning, adult learners formulate assumptions about the world. Their assumptions can either help or hinder the learning of new material.

How does using the “Clocks and Clouds” analogy theory help us to think, talk about and learn from past events? To find out, read this excerpt from the “Desire and Responsibility to Learn” section of Learning in the Wildland Fire Service.Clocks and Clouds

This “Student of Fire” piece is from Learning in the Wildland Fire Service.