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… of Grand Junction, in the Battlement Creek drainage. The fire is burning over an elevation range of 6200-8400 ft on a steep west-facing slope. Friday July 16, 0630, two hotshot crews from the Coconino NF Arizona arrive at the Battlement Creek fire. This is the seventeenth fire of the first season for the newly formed Mormon Lake Hotshot Crew. The strategy is to prevent western and southern spread. The crews begin a major burnout of the catline (dozer line) from the rocky bluffs (Point A) at about …

Balance_Rock_Rollover_Accident.pdf

… (Team Lead), BLM Office of Fire and Aviation, Fire Management Specialist Jeff Birrell, BLM Elko District Office, Fire Operations Supervisor Nate Gogna, BLM Silver State Hotshots, Crew Supervisor and Acting AFMO Carson City District. Findings Finding #1: BLM work/rest and incident operations driving duty day policies were adhered to. …

BurnDamage_to_Engine_RLS.pdf

… continued operating with a two-person crew. The 20-person Hand Crew began prepping for a burn out along the west road. This prepping continued until an Interagency Hotshot Crew took over the operation and began burning out. While the line prep operation had not been completed, a decision was made to begin burning while conditions were favorable. The holding formation was E601 in the front, working with the Hotshot burn out crew, then the 20-person Hand Crew, followed by a Type 3 local county engine. Fire Damages Engine E601 was instructed to stay right with the ignitors and …

… under a full suppression strategy. Link to Geographic Area daily reports. Link to Understanding the IMSR. On September 17th, a crew member of a Forest Service Interagency Hotshot Crew was fatally injured during suppression efforts on the El Dorado fire near Yucaipa, CA. The wildland fire fighting community extends condolences to the friends …

… lessons to yourself, your crew, your team, and your unit. Ask yourself this: How can these lessons help change my behavior? Today is dedicated to the Granite Mountain Hotshots. Never forgotten. Consider making time today to watch the RT-130, Wildland Fire Safety Training Annual Refresher (WFSTAR) module on the Yarnell Hill Fire, … who have fallen in the line of duty and is intended to serve as an opportunity to renew our commitment to the health, wellness, Today is dedicated to the Granite Mountain Hotshots. Have an idea? Have feedback? Share it. …

… Used Dutch Creek on Big Meadows “On the morning of June 16, 2013, while en route to their assigned area of the fire, Luther Larkin, a member of the Horseshoe Meadows Hotshot Crew collapsed and quickly became unresponsive. Another crew member immediately assessed Luther and confirmed his breathing and heartbeat had stopped. Emergency …

… used” became most apparent to me as one of the developers of the Grant West Prescribed Fire Staff Ride which highlights the loss of Danny Holmes of the Arrowhead Hotshot Crew during the Grant West Prescribed Fire in Kings Canyon National Park on October 2, 2004. This was my slide which I applied. Without it, I don’t feel I would have been as decisive as I was during the tragic event and loss of my friend Brian Hughes, our Arrowhead Hotshot Captain assigned to the Ferguson Fire on the Sierra National Forest on July 29, 2018. It was our top priority that the crew and family of Brian were taken care of … the fire and arrived a couple of hours later at the airport. This is when and where I would make the last notification of the loss of Brian Hughes to the 2018 Arrowhead Hotshots. The crew then contacted their family members, informing them they were safe, as well as any needed support they needed once they were informed that Brian did not …

… Fire on Storm King Mountain outside of Glenwood Springs, Colorado, on July 6, 1994. We lost 14 firefighters on that day, nine members from our Prineville Interagency Hotshot Crew. The room with a view was my safety zone, a place where the media couldn’t find me, where supervisors felt I had competencies to complete a task, manage the … and acceptance, and the inability to share traumatic experiences. Social connectedness allows for the sharing of reactions and experiences. As a young female hotshot in July of 1994, I lost my social support in the form of the crew unit, in the form of the four women and five men who were my best friends and who died on the …

… is about five acres with two spots ahead of it. An engine with three firefighters arrives just after 2300. One engine arrives just before midnight, and an Interagency Hotshot Crew (IHC) arrives at 0100 hours. By 0530 on July 10th there are seven spots covering about five to six acres. Two spots are approximately one acre each. After …

… 2? Thirtymile Fire – The Morning of July 10th (Watch Learning from the Thirtymile Fire video https://youtu.be/4NFbBC2oqR0, from 25:00 to 57:12 minutes) As the Interagency Hotshot Crew (IHC) tries to get some rest, a crew member from the Type 2 Crew wakes the IHC Superintendent to request help. The IHC returns to the fire around 1400 with …

… to the sandbar they joined the crew member in the river. One of the squad bosses radioed for help, saying they were not in a condition to self-extricate. The Interagency Hotshot Crew (IHC) that had already organized for a rescue operation had to make two attempts to access the entrapment site due to heat and fallen snags. Upon arrival, the …

… Grove Sub District of Kings Canyon National Park. This park has long been known for its active prescribed fire program and, since 1981, has been home to the Arrowhead Hotshots. The unit being burned this day has been burned several times before. The predominant tree in this unit is White Fir, a high-risk species, which had suffered a … a hazard and a holding concern and it is decided that it needs to be felled. Advanced Fallers (FAL1) are called over to size-up the tree; Daniel Holmes, an Arrowhead Hotshot, is the swamper. Because of its lean, it is decided to drop it across the line and to move the hose-lay so that it can be suppressed as a spot fire. Holmes and …

… to the medical emergency, the managing organization needs to take the necessary actions to obtain it.” Pyramid Butte Fire 2010 Facilitated Learning Analysis. 3 - When a hotshot got pinned by a burning log, a Rapid Extraction Module (REM) team joined the effort to pack him out. REMs are a relatively new, emerging resource, which many … member on this incident. Learn about REM teams by reading this RLS. Rough Fire Medical Extraction Lessons Learned Review 2015. 4 - At the beginning of the season, this hotshot crew practiced building a backcountry litter during training. During the July 20 medical emergency, when Foreman requested backcountry litter, “everyone on the …

… | MAIL: 6 Minutes for Safety Subcommittee • 3833 S. Development Ave • Boise, ID 83705 | FAX: 208-387-5250 On June 30, 2013, nineteen members of the Granite Mountain Hotshot crew lost their lives on the Yarnell Hill fire. Today we mark the anniversary of this tragedy and honor through learning. Anniversaries of such events provide an … when you realize you�ve missed something? Supporting Materials: Yarnell briefing video Honor the Fallen This is the last known group photo taken of the Granite Mountain Hotshot Crew. (Eric Marsh and Chris MacKenzie not pictured.) Day 1 A Focus on Normal Work This Week of Remembrance is dedicated to all those who have fallen in the line of …

… and pressure, but can reach up to temperatures of 115 *F, and up to 17 PSI. Watch the video at <https://youtu.be/MgWgVDN8e5s> to see how a fuel geyser affected a hotshot crewmember. To help keep gas-powered equipment running cooler: Keep the equipment’s chain/blade sharp and maintain it according to the manufacturer’s instructions. …

… Grove Sub District of Kings Canyon National Park. This park has long been known for its active prescribed fire program and, since 1981, has been home to the Arrowhead Hotshots. The unit being burned this day has been burned several times before. The predominant tree in this unit is White Fir, a high-risk species, which had suffered a … has become a hazard and a holding concern and it is decided that it needs to be felled. Class C-fallers are called over to size-up the tree; Daniel Holmes, an Arrowhead Hotshot, is the swamper. Because of its lean, it is decided to drop it across the line and to move the hose-lay so that it can be suppressed as a spot fire. Holmes and …

… Firefighting Orders and the18 Watch-Out Situations. 1959- MTDC (then MEDC) begins developing fire shelters. Field tests of the shelters begin in 1961 by the El Cariso Hotshots on the Cleveland National Forest. 1965- The Boise Interagency Fire Center (BIFC) was created when the USFS, BLM, and National Weather Service saw the need to work …

ReframingHROAFocusBehavior.pdf

… participants to be the force-multiplier for change and weaving HRO into their organizations. P.L.O.W.S. (Created by Craig Cunningham and implemented by the Ruby Mountain Hotshots during the 2011 fire season) P.L.O.W.S. is an alternative to the standard after action review (AAR) emphasizing safety in a learning environment. Information as … TASK #2a: Increase awareness of HRO principles to all fire personnel, including and across all levels of firefighters. • SORO leadership will provide leader’s intent to hotshots, rappel group, captain group and module leaders, empowering these groups to relay HRO principles to our boots on the ground. Measure of Success: Groups will have …

… GNP3 crew boss and a DIVS. Extreme fire behavior is discussed at the GNP3 crew briefing and is characterized as “normal”. 0900 GNP3 is assigned to support 2 Interagency Hotshot Crews asked to burnout from Big Safety Zone to the NW and the dozer line to Black Safety Zone. The dozer line is about ‰ mile north of the head of the fire. 1100 … winds. Overhead feels if they “didn’t attempt a burn, the fire would get away”. Plan is changed to burnout from the east to the west instead—the very plan that the hotshots had refused. 1430 Due to concerns regarding GPN3 crew’s lack of experience and fitness, only 3 members and the crew boss are used for the firing operation. 1500 …

… suppressing the Carr fire in Redding, CA. The firefighting community extends condolences to the family and friends of the deceased. On July 29th an Arrowhead Interagency Hotshot Crew firefighter was fatally injured while suppressing the Ferguson fire near Mariposa, CA. The firefighting community extends condolences to the family and …

Mormon_Rocks_Fire_Station_Defense.pdf

… well known to the media and public as a safe place to stop and watch fire. There were upwards of 20 vehicles at the Station when local Forest engines and an Interagency Hotshot Crew arrived around noon. They had 30 Minutes Before the Fire Reached Them The three local Forest Engines and the Hotshot Crew started structure defense in front of the north-moving fire. Personnel were briefed by their supervisors on the planned firing operations around the entire …