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Title: Safety in Wildland Fire Suppression Operations


1
Safety in Wildland Fire Suppression Operations
  • Dick Mangan
  • International Association of Wildland Fire
  • Blackbull Wildfire Services
  • Missoula, Montana USA

2
4th International Wildland Fire Conference
  • Seville, Spain
  • 17 May 2007

3
Wildfire Suppression
  • A High Risk Endeavor

4
Death Injury on the Fireline
  • Hero Attitude
  • Situational Awareness
  • Social and Political Expectations
  • Wildland-Urban Interface

5
Some Additional Factors
  • Global warming effect on fuels
  • Inadequate training/equipment/leadership
  • Communications capabilities
  • Vehicle operations
  • Incomplete weather and fire behavior
  • Physical fitness issues.

6
Challenges for the Worlds Wildfire Community
  • Quantify causes of death injuries
  • Develop investigation protocols
  • Conduct on-going trend analyses
  • Open international channels for information
    sharing and lessons learned.

7
Improving Firefighter Safety in the 21st Century
  • Adequacy of training at all levels
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Lessons Learned
  • Safety Officer positions
  • Individual Responsibility and Accountability.

8
An IAWF Initiative for Wildland Firefighter Safety
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International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF)
  • .. Providing leadership and facilitating
    communications in the wildland fire community.

10
IAWF Fire Safety Initiative
  • To record, document and analyze wildland fire
    serious injuries and deaths world-wide.

11
IAWF Fire Safety Initiative
  • IAWF will create and maintain a fatality and
    serious injury database
  • Quarterly and annual reports analyzing data
  • Reports to the worlds wildfire community.

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More information on-line by June 1, 2007
  • www.iawfonline.org

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Suppressing Wildland Fire Remains a Dangerous Job!
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To Minimize Mitigate Risks
  • Identify risks and hazards
  • Share information and trends
  • Change practices and mitigate risks.

15
Muchas Gracias!
  • and be safe on the fireline!
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