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2022 Incident Review Summary

The annual Incident Review Summary for 2022 is now available. It includes all of the incident reports from the past year summarized in ten pages.

Lessons into Action

“What are the latest trends?”

2022 Year-End Infographic

The 2022 year-end infographic is out. This product is simply some totals and a handful of lessons from fire year 2022. The intent here is to highlight some topics that may influence training and dialogue. You could even take some action...maybe look at where your UTV fire extinguisher is stored or get an AED for your vehicle. Take a look:

A Practice of Hope

By Erik Apland, Field Operations Specialist Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center

Opening a Space for Dialogue that has Never Closed

[This is the Cover Story featured in the Latest Issue of Two More Chains.] By Erik Apland, Field Operations SpecialistWildland Fire Lessons Learned Center “Erik, come up here.”

A Fire Manager with a Unique Perspective on Dispatch

[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

Entrapment/Extraction

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.

Not Knowing

[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