Burn Injuries - Wrong Hurts
By Alex Viktora
Wildland Firefighters receive burn injuries every season. Often times some sort of flammable liquid ignites resulting in a burn, like the rather common drip torch leg burn scenario mentioned in this NWCG memo.
Lessons from the Knoxville Mobilization Center
How Thorough and Creative “What If” Thinking Led to Safety Successes
By the 2016 Fire Safety and Learning Teams, U.S. Forest Service Southern Region
[Note: As part of the historic 2016 fall fire season in the Southeastern United States, the U.S.
How Do You Manage “Aggressive Kindness” on Incidents?
Although volunteers and individual acts of kindness provide wonderful support, if a mechanism is not in place to deliver this support, it can create a unique kind of challenge.
By the 2016 Fire Safety and Learning Teams, U.S. Forest Service Southern Region
[Note: As part of the historic 2016 fall fire season in the Southeastern United States, the U.S.
Don’t Let Your Language Fool You: Risk “Transfer” is Not Risk “Mitigation”
Last week we featured writing from the Asheville Hotshots. This week we highlight several unconventional lessons generated by other folks in the Southern Area.
Saying/Thinking/Pretending We are Safe Does Not Make It So
This is Asheville IHC Reaction #13 - part of the Asheville Hotshots written reactions to "The Big Lie"
After Reading the “The Big Lie,” I 100 percent agree with what Mark Smith has to say in regards to the lies pervading our “safety oriented fire culture” and the many examples he uses in his essay.
The Change in Acceptable Risk Needs to Stem from the Top Down
This is Asheville IHC Reaction #14 - part of the Asheville Hotshots written reactions to "The Big Lie"
I agree and disagree with many things in Mark’s essay “The Big Lie.” The best thing it does is that it seems to have lots of people talking, from ground pounders to fire staff and national office types.
If You Don’t Like the Risks, Don’t Do the Job.
This is Asheville IHC Reaction #10 - part of the Asheville Hotshots written reactions to "The Big Lie"
2017 will be my fifth season fighting fire. I don’t think I can ever recall someone telling me that my job was safe. I don’t think I can recall anyone even giving the impression that my job was safe.
You Can Do Everything Right and Still Be Killed in This Job.
This is Asheville IHC reaction #11 - part of the Asheville Hotshots written reactions to "The Big Lie."
There are a lot of points that I agree with in “The Big Lie.” Things like fire is inherently dangerous, that a zero fatality goal is unattainable, and how much risk is acceptable.
No One Wants to Believe It Can Happen to Them
This is Asheville IHC Reaction #12 - part of the Asheville Hotshots written reactions to "The Big Lie"
After reading the Big Lie I was definitely on the same mindset as Mark Smith—no one wants to believe it can happen to them. I agree with the part of the essay that says “There is acceptable risk.