Lessons from 2023: Chainsaw Cut Incidents
This article originally appeared in the 2024 Winter Issue of Two More Chains.
In 2023 we saw a slight reduction in the number of chainsaw cuts. The most notable change was the difference in the “Cuts to Swamper” category.
Last year there were five. This year there were zero.
Lessons from 2023: UTV Related Incidents
This article originally appeared in the 2024 Winter Issue of Two More Chains.
Helping Women Navigate the Beginning of a Wildland Fire Career
This is the "One Of Our Own" feature on Liz Skelly that appeared in the 2024 Winter Issue of Two More Chains.
2023 Year End Infographic: Tree Strikes
For this last post highlighting the 2023 Year End Infographic, we look at the reports of "hit by tree" incidents we received last year. These incidents included both people and UTVs and getting struck by falling trees or limbs. These incidents resulted in numerous injuries, including serious, life-altering injuries, and one fatality.
2023 Year End Infographic: Entrapments and Burn Injuries
Today we are diving into the next couple of related incident types included in the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center's (LLC) 2023 Year End Infographic: Entrapments and Burn Injuries. How do we decide which incidents should be called entrapments and which are burn injuries?
2023 Infographic: Trouble on Four (or More) Wheels
Continuing our focus on the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center's (LLC) 2023 Year End Infographic, today we are looking at the 10 UTV incidents and 12 vehicle accidents reported to us last calendar year.
2023 Year End Infographic: Wildland Fire Fatalities
The 2023 Year End Infographic is out, distilling common themes and lessons from the nearly 150 incidents the Lessons Learned Center received in 2023. Over the next two weeks this blog will feature sections of the Infographic and provide links to many of the incidents that are referenced in it.