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| Documents
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Common Errors,
FF Policy 1919 |
1957 Fire Task Force Report to the Chief |
Concerned
Taxpayer '97 |
Firefighter OT
Pay Bill '98 |
Herger
Addresses
Congress '98 |
Herger Again
11/98 |
Lyle Shook
Retires 11/98 |
Dombeck
Addresses
Congress 03/99 |
Kentucky
Fatalities 04/99 |
Recruitment
Problems 04/99 |
Sadler
Entrapment
Report 08/99 pdf |
Dragon Tamers
04/00 |
Ab Speaks
04/00 |
Kates
Basin
Report
08/11/00 |
Thomas Addresses
Congress 09/00 |
Thomas Addresses
Fire 2000 |
Cerro
Grande
Report 02/01 pdf |
Stand Down
for Safety '94 |
Thirtymile
Fire
Investigation Report
09/26/01 pdf |
Thirtymile
Fire
Management Eval.
09/26/01 pdf |
SenateCommittee
30-mi Investigation |
Index
of the 30mile Investigation |
Crew Cohesion, Wildland Fire Transition, and
Fatalities 03/07/02 pdf |
Bibliography American Indian Use
of Fire in the Ecosystem |
Brauneis' "Original Intent"
10 Standard Fire Orders |
Fire It Up,
CDF Budget Issues, 2002 |
Daley Fire Disengagement '02 |
Thirtymile
Memorial Brochure pdf |
Lessons
from Thirtymile (training) html |
Cavasso's Post- Sept. 11 Pentagon Journal |
| John Watt's Letter to the BRP on
Aerial Firefighting 10/02 |
Goodell's
"Better Way" Fire Orders 188K pdf |
Guy Pence on Competitive
Sourcing, 03/03/03 |
The
History of Fire Shelter Development |
Fiorito on Hotshots and
Prescribed Fire,
04/18/03 |
| Hugh Carson on
the Swiss Cheese Model of Accident Investigation, 07/26/03 |
Swiss Cheese:
The Human Factors Analysis and Classification System–HFACS, 2000
1242 K pdf |
Swiss Cheese: Accident
Investigation Guide, 2003 3400 K pdf |
CDF
Benefits, How and Why? a Commentary |
Fire
Behavior as It Relates to Firefighter Safety: 7 Key Points for
Discussion |
| Mission
& Vision Statements - Revealing Firefighter Ethics |
Where
Did All the ICs Go?
an Opinion
by Jeff Blackwood, 03/10/04 |
Fire Prediction using the Fire
Signature Prediction Method - Focus on Cramer |
Another Way to Prevent a
Reoccurrence - Cramer
(large pdf file, 3 MB) |
Why the Agencies Should Support the ICs,
an Opinion
by Steve, 04/07/04 |
| Similarities of Fatality Fires,
Observations of Payne, 04/04 |
Safety Protocol
Review SoCal Fire
Siege, 2003; the review that led to a change in Doctrine |
Drinking on Fires from
TheySaid, 10/20/04 |
Docs on the
Cramer Fatality Investigation, USFS & OSHA, 2003 |
Legal
Process - OIG Investigation - Cramer Fatalities,
Mellie, 11/05/04 |
|
Aftragstaktik, or Commander's Intent, a paper |
Nuttall Fire Shelter Deployment AAR,
Fact Sheet, &
Deployment Site Map
7/2/04 |
Cramer:
IMPLICATIONS, DC,
12/3/04 |
Cramer:
Accountability & Legal Outfall,
Misery Whip, 12/2/04 |
Cramer: Human
Factors, Large Organizations & Accountability, Misery Whip, 12/13/04 |
| Thoughts in
Times of Change, 12/13/04 |
Accountability 3, Misery Whip, 12/16/04 |
John Wendt On
Fire & Expectations of Fire Managers, 12/30/04 |
Argument for
a Professional Firefighter Series, Dozer, 1/6/05 |
Unreasonable
Expectations, Misery Whip, 1/09/05 |
| Forest
Service Fire Organization, A Systemic Organizational Problem that Impacts Safety? 2/8/05 |
Forest Service Fire Organization: Facts, Issues, Suggestions, 2/8/05 |
Wildland Firefighter -
Formal Education, 3/7/05 |
Legal Deep Survival, How to Protect Yourself, 3/8/05 |
Incompetence & Self-Awareness of Competence, 3/14/05 |
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Fire Behavior vs. Human Behavior: Why the Lessons from Cramer Matter 4/26/05 |
Kelly Close:
20
Minutes at H-2 – Linear Decision Making in an Exponential Fire Environment
Cramer |
Novato Fire Department Report on the Cedar Fatality '04 |
CDF Cedar Fire Fatality Report '05;
NIOSH |
FS Fire Suppression: Foundational Doctrine (html) June 2005 |
CDF Tuolumne Fire Fatality Greensheet plus
Map1,
Map2,
Map3
Executive Summary &
Tuolumne Fire Fatality Report |
Potential Entrapment,
Rivera Mesa Fire, 6/18/06 (doc file) |
Balls Canyon NearMiss, Peer Review,
6/27/06
(html file) |
72 Hr Report Sawtooth Complex
Entrapments, 3 Incidents, 7/11/06 |
Little
Venus Entrapment, Peer Review,
7/24/06 (7,648K pdf) |
New York Peak 72 Hour Report, 7/25/06
New York Peak Factual Report, (3076K pdf) |
Mudd Fire Deployment / Burnover, 8/26/06 |
What Was He Thinking?
Decision Making and Judging |
Roadmap to a Just Culture
Enhancing the Safety Environment |
Map of Esperanza Site with Risks.
Doug Campbell |
Esperanza Green Sheet 10/26/06 (559K doc)
Spread Map
(1509K pdf) |
Esperanza Labeled Contour Map (665K pdf)
Site Map
(pdf)
Site Map Detail
(pdf) |
30 Mile Charges (pdf) brought by the DOJ against Ellreese Daniels |
Rod Altig on 30 Mile Criminal
Prosecution an Agency Slippery Slope 1/7/07 |
R6
Chief Snell on Issues Re: 30 Mile
Criminal Prosecution |
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IAWF
Online Survey Results of 30 Mile
Criminal Prosecution a survey of 3,362 wildland firefighters |
Esperanza Investigation Report (pdf
file, 3.8 MB HUGE; or smaller pieces
here) |
Esperanza Action Plan (23k
pdf file) |
What Was He Thinking? (4854K doc file) |
Misery Whip's Critique
of the Esperanza Report & Action Plan |
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Rick
Halsey on Fire Suppression, Science, and Richard Minnich |
Shari Downhill on The Media |
Q:
Perspective on Forest Service 1.5 Years after Retirement |
Cascade
Complex Accident Prevention Analysis, huge (8.2 mb pdf
file) in the spirit of "peer review" and Lessons Learned |
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