Wildland Fire Incident Management Guide (2014)

Wildland Fire Incident Management Guide (2014)

Key features

  • •Risk Management
  • •Wildland Fire Safety Culture and Principles
  • •Clothing and Personal Protective Equipment
  • •Fatigue, Nutrition, and Hydration
  • •Driving Limitations
  • •Smoke Impairment of Roads: Assessment and Response
  • •Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
  • •Injury and Fatality Procedures
  • •Burn Injury Procedures
  • •Night Operations
  • •Firing Equipment
  • •Chain Saws
  • •Incident-Generated Hazmat
  • •Media Access Guidelines: General Policy and Guidelines
  • •Safety Responsibilities of Wildland Fire Supervisors
  • •Initial Attack
  • •Duties of an Initial Attack Incident Commander
  • •Fire Suppression Strategies
  • •Initial Attack Safety Checklist
  • •Extended Attack
  • •Characteristics of an Extended Attack Incident
  • •Extended Attack Safety Checklist
  • •Large Fire Management Teams
  • •Area Command, Unified Command, and Transfer of Command
  • •Incident Commander Briefing
  • •Incident Commander's Checklist
  • •Urban Interface
  • •Wildland/Urban Interface "Watch Out" Situations
  • •Structure Triage Guidelines
  • •Structure Assessment Checklist and Structure Protection Guidelines
  • •Command and General Staff, Operations, Air Operations, Planning, Logistics, Finance and Administration, and Demobilization
  • •Organization Chart
  • •Position Checklists
  • •Planning
  • •Planning Process
  • •Factors to Consider When Locating and Laying Out an Incident Base or Camp
  • •Portable Pumps and Hydraulics
  • •Formula for Determining Pump Pressure
  • •Reminders for Using Portable Pumps and Hose Lays
  • •Drafting Guidelines
  • •Expected Output of Commonly Used Portable Pumps at Sea Level
  • •General Rules for Fireline Hydraulics
  • •Friction Loss by Hose Size and Type
  • •Foam-Foam Use, Foam Mixture Rates, Foam for Direct Attack, Foam for Indirect Attack, Foam for Mop Up, Foam for Exposure Protection, and Foam Safety
  • •Advantages and Disadvantages of Fireline Explosives
  • •Hazmat Checklist for Incident Base Management
  • •Use of Inmate Crews
  • •Interagency Crew Qualifications and Equipment Standards
  • •Minimum Crew Standards for National Mobilization
  • •Engine and Water Tender Typing (Minimum Requirements)
  • •Common Additional Needs for Engines and Tenders
  • •Air Tankers
  • •Helicopters
  • •ICS Map Display Symbols
  • •Conversion Factors for Map Scale
  • •Formula for Area and Circumference of a Circle
  • •Acreage Determination Factors
  • •Conversion Factors
  • •Incident Command System Forms
  • •Resource Status Card
  • •Distances and Formulas for Estimating Fire Size
  • •What the Color and Column of Smoke May Mean
  • •Fire Suppression Interpretations from Flame Length
  • •Wildland Fire Risk and Complexity Assessment
  • •Indicators of Incident Complexity

Wildland Fire Incident Management Guide (2014)

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