Crew Entrapment on the Brewer Fire
[The 2024 Summer Issue of Two More Chains focused on leadership and highlighted incidents in which firefighters who weren’t “in charge” suddenly needed to make leadership decisions and take action.
Engine Crew Public Assist Hit By Tree
[The 2024 Summer Issue of Two More Chains focused on leadership and highlighted incidents in which firefighters who weren’t “in charge” suddenly needed to make leadership decisions and take action.
Canyon 66 Prescribed Fire Vehicle Accident
[The 2024 Summer Issue of Two More Chains focused on leadership and highlighted incidents in which firefighters who weren’t “in charge” suddenly needed to make leadership decisions and take action.
Elkhorn Fire Point Protection
[The 2024 Summer Issue of Two More Chains focused on leadership and highlighted incidents in which firefighters who weren’t “in charge” suddenly needed to make leadership decisions and take action.
Vehicles vs. Sleepers in Fire Camp
Sometime after midnight on August 4, 2024, a driver in a pickup truck entered the Paulina Spike Camp on the Crazy Creek Fire in eastern Oregon. They drove slowly down a gravel road in the dark towards a group of tents and parked vehicles. Seeking a place to sleep and not wanting to disturb people in the tents further out in the field, the driver switched off their headlights and drove into a grassy area, towards the collection of parked vehicles.
Habituation to Risk, by Bobbie Scopa
[Editor's Note: This piece was recently featured in wildlandfirefighter.com and is a guest post from Bobbie Scopa.]
Crescent Mountain Fire Hiker Extraction 2018
A family of 7 (two adults and five children) plus three dogs hike into a mountain lake to camp. A fire starts in the area. They no longer have a way out.
Country Fire Engine Burnover 2019
On Tuesday, September 3, 2019, local government fire personnel were conducting a hoselay near the head of the Country Fire near Cool, California. Shortly after starting the hoselay, fire conditions intensified.
Mustang Fire 2012 - A Narrow Escape
The initial blowup on the Mustang Fire.
This fire went from being one difficult to locate due to limited smoke and fire activity, to one that caused firefighters to drop their packs and flee.
Is it Time to Reassess the Work Capacity Test?
By C. M. DeHart
[C. M. DeHart (NFPA Fire Instructor I) worked as a squad boss and fireline EMT with the U.S. Forest Service and currently serves as a Prevention Education Team Member and Public Information Officer.]