The Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center Library houses learning focused documents not specifically affiliated with an incident. Incident specific documents can be found in the Incident Review Database.
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| Facilitated Learning Analysis (FLA) Implementation Guide 2024 | This guide is intended for use by any organization wishing to foster organizational learning as the response to unexpected outcomes. |
| Findings From the Wildland Firefighters Human Factors Workshop 1995 | This paper outlines the findings of the Human Factors Workshop, held in June 1995 with experts in psychology, sociology, organizations, fire safety, and wildland firefighting, convened to discuss ways of improving firefighter safety. |
| Fire Environment Size-Up: Human Limitations vs. Superhuman Expectations 1995 | This article for Wildfire in 1995 discusses the limitations of human cognition in recalling and applying numerous checklists and guidelines during wildland fire response, and describes a summarized, simplified four-step Fire Environment Size-up Model. |
| Heat Illness and the Wildland Firefighter 2011 | A review of heat illness scientific literature, synthesizing key information on types of heat illness, risk factors, and prevention strategies and aids. |
| Learning in the Wildland Fire Service | This publication expresses the fundamental leadership concepts of the wildland fire service. It outlines the framework, values, and principles that guide wildland fire leaders in providing leadership across a broad range of missions. |
| LLC Year End Reports | Reports of accomplishments, staffing changes, new products, and other updates related to the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center organization in a given calendar year. |
| Preliminary Report of Task Force on Fatal Wildland Fire Accidents 1980 | This report was prepared by an ad hoc task force established by NWCG to study the problem of fire-related fatalities in Federal, State, and Canadian firefighting agencies. The report identifies common causes and makes recommendations to reduce recurrence of these accidents. |
| Prescribed Fire Lessons Learned: Escape Prescribed Fire Reviews and Near Miss Incidents 2005 | This document is an early attempt to comprehensively analyze escaped prescribed fire reviews and near misses. Thirty prescribed fire escape reviews and near misses were analyzed for the creation of this work. |
| San Juan Fire Fuel Treatment Effectiveness Report 2014 | The report summarizes the effects of previous fuel treatments on the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, Arizona, on fire behavior in the June 2014 San Juan Fire. |
| Some Common Denominators of Fire Behavior on Tragedy and Near-Miss Forest Fires 1978 | A review of US Forest Service fire records from 1926 and 1976. The authors identify some common denominators of fire behavior on fatal and near-miss fires during that 50-year period. |