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By Lisa J. Klinger

By Travis Dotson, Analyst

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 recently announced 2022 National Wildfire Coordinating Group's (NWCG) Emergency Medical Service Award recipients.

The Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center staff is excited to share our new website and new URL - www.lessons.wildfire.gov.

By Travis Dotson, Analyst Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center

 By Travis Dotson, AnalystWildland Fire Lessons Learned Center[This article originally appeared in the 2023 Spring Issue of Two More Chains.]

An engine foreman for the U.S. Forest Service had a seizure out of the blue last year that led to the discovery of a brain tumor. With recent developments at the Department of Labor's Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP), he was able to get his medical expenses covered. This coverage comes from the 2022 adoption of a list of "presumptive illnesses," medical conditions which now OWCP presumes come from employment as a firefighter.

Kelly Woods and Travis Dotson discuss lessons collected at the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center in 2022. The centerpiece of the conversation is recent analysis of incident reports and learning reviews submitted by the field. Listen in to discover new information, action you can take, and nuances to facilitate learning. For previous episodes of the Wildfire Lessons Podcast, please visit: https://wildfirelessons.podbean.com/

These are the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center staff members’ recommended incident reports from 2022—that initially appeared in the 2023 Winter Issue of Two More Chains.

This is Travis Dotson’s "Ground Truths" column from the 2023 Winter Issue of Two More Chains.