Hygiene and PPE donning and doffing Alaska DNR DOF – This video produced by the Alaska Interagency Wildland Fire Medic Program explains what COVID-19 is, its signs and symptoms, how it spreads, how to prevent the spread and ...
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Chainsaw Training for BLM Firefighters Ahead of Fire Season
Sharpening up their skills Idaho News 6 -Thanks to a unique partnership with Twin Falls Parks and Rec and the Rock Creek Initiative, the firefighters have a change to sharpen up their chainsaw skills in a real world ...
Read More »Golden, Colorado Brush Truck Training
Training with Golden Fire Rescue Golden Fire Rescue – This video is about Brush Truck Training 0420.
Read More »Traditional Fire Organizations and WUI Firefighting
Without infrastructure, WUI doesn’t exist By Alex Rivera, FireRescue Magazine Issue 6 | Volume 1 In my short 17-year fire career, I have had the experience of operating on many wildland/urban interface (WUI) incidents that have tested the most ...
Read More »Honoring the Yarnell Hill Fire Fallen
A walking discussion of the Yarnell Hill Fire Wildland Fire LLC – This video was captured on site of the Yarnell Hill Fire in January 2014. The participants spent the day walking the ground and discussing the challenges ...
Read More »California Thomas Fire LODD Information Report
One firefighter become entrapped and suffered fatal injuries View of the entrapment site looking northwest (CAL FIRE) CAL FIRE On December 13, 2017, a CAL FIRE engine strike team was assigned to a part of the Thomas Fire ...
Read More »Nevada Cut Staff for Prescribed Burn Turned Wildfire
Investigation finds mistakes that led to October wildfire Hand crews finish up work on the Emerald Fire along Highway 89, Friday, Oct. 14, 2016 on the southwest shores of Lake Tahoe. The blaze that burned about 200 acres northwest of ...
Read More »NIOSH LODD Report: Heart Attack Claims Wildland Supervisor after Training
Investigators conclude that the exertion of the training precipitated the heart attack On June 10, 2015, a 33-year-old career, seasonal wildland fire superintendent (the “Superintendent”) completed physical fitness training. The training included a 1.8-mile trail run on a trail over ...
Read More »Crew Boss, 1962
Training for crew bosses in a Forest Service dramatization Jeff Kline – Released in 1962, this training film was designed to assist in training forest fire crew bosses. It dramatizes a crew boss and a project work crew on ...
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