Standards For Survival Short Version -
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Crucial to know your Firefighting Orders and Watchout Situations
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Standards For Survival Short Version
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hold up B why don't you hang out in this area
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do a little hot spot improve this line a little bit the rest of us are going to go up around this up in here and do a line Loca hot
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spotting of our own okay good see you
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the knowledge provided in this lesson is directly related to life and death learn
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and apply this knowledge so you won't become a fire fatality
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since 1926 more than 250 Wildland firefighters
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have lost their lives the hairline difference between life and death has often been
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luck luck is not enough you need the knowledge to understand the importance
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of planning the ability to remain cool in life-threatening
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situations and the ability to recognize the watch out
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situations most fatal and near Miss fires have common
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denominators most have occurred on relatively small small fires or isolated sectors of larger
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ones some fatalities happen during flare ups and deceptively light
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fuels others happened when fires ran uphill in chimneys gullies or on steep
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slopes in some cases fatalities occurred during mop
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up and fatalities are not limited to isolated areas firefighters have died in
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most Geographic areas and fuel types not just in widely publicized
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California brush types but in the hardwoods of the East the conifers of
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the West the palmet of the southeast and in the sage and grasslands
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of the Great Basin all fires including prescribed
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fires under the right conditions and circumstances have the potential to take
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your life anticipating recognizing and responding
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in time to these situations makes the difference between an orderly escape and
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a fatality from past tragedies and near misses we have developed reliable -
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tested rules and principles to guide us in this hostile [Music]
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environment after completing this training you will be able to recognize the watch out situations by completing a
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survival checklist and then given various situations apply appropriate fire orders
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to minimize the potential for serious injury or death by identifying positive
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alternative actions the final responsibility for
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your safety rests with you each of you must know and
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consistently apply the standards for survival
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the first step in learning the standards for survival is to be able to recognize the watch out
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situations let's review the watch out situations one the fire has not been
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scouted and sized up two you are in country you have not
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seen in daylight three the safety zones and Escape Routes
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have not been identified four you are unfamiliar with the local
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weather patterns and the local factors that are influencing the fire's
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Behavior five you have not been informed on existing hazards or the strategies
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and tactics that are to be used
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six you have not been given clear instructions and
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assignments seven you are not in communication with your supervisor or other crew
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members eight you are building a fire line without ensuring a safe Anchor
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Point nine you find yourself building a fire line downhill with the fire below
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you 10 you are attempting a frontal assault
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on the fire
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11 you have a lot of unburned or flashy fuel between you and the
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fire 12 you cannot see the main fire or you
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are not in contact with someone who can
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13 you are on a hillside where rolling material can ignite fuel below
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you 14 you notice the weather is getting hotter and
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drier 15 you notice the wind increas ing or
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changing direction or both
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16 you find you are getting frequent spot fires across the fire
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line 17 you notice the terrain and fuels
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would make an escape to safety zones difficult
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18 you find yourself tired and concerned ing taking a nap near the fire
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line any of these watch out situations have the potential for causing Serious
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injury or death they are as fundamental for
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survival as looking both ways before you leave a stop sign
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for the next few minutes you will see six scenes that could happen in
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firefighting operations at the end of the six scenes or
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scenarios we will show them to you again Mark the watch out situations that
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you observe on the survival checklist
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boss right here this stay here good listen Vision a having hell of time of
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this wind what I'd like you to do is bunp your crew on up into pre Hol Canyon work your at the canyon noral wash and I
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you clean it up all the way up to the petol ridge time with a guy named milanowski at G3 on your grid map and
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try to be there by 13:30 okay Bridgeway Bridgeway that crew taking care of yeah
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anyway you catch all that no not really but I guess we better head that
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Direction go
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hey let's watch off for rock watch for rocks watch Rock watch
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Rock ahead Rock for lunch okay everybody Rex says
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we can breake for lunch all right all right yeah sounds
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good is getting hot out here been drinking a lot of water
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lately yeah DN hot to be out here yeah I noticed the wind starting to
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pick up though crows are starting to drill up over
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there re say anything about the weather I know he didn't tell me
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anything WR Rex go ahead Rex yeah Kathy Dan Squad
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lost little slop over that cany North they going to need your help bump your squad on up yeah okay everybody copy that let's
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settle up God that down
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got some new starts yeah maybe we're down here we go
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Down's right here uh we're starting to get some significant activity down here the fire's picking up because of the
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wind uh you think it's a good idea to keep golden line downhill there and going back up to the top yeah besides that
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we've done it lots of times and never been in any kind of trouble before okay
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well keep your eyes open yeah you know last time much down
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in s there a panorama fire oh is that a zoo get some pretty good o oh man it was
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great inside the city is that right burning off blocks of houses is that right
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great you know Dave need are really good sore from head line on this side Hill all night long yeah I hear
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that wow they've been doing that all night long they sure have maybe we better get out of here
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think you had a cup print this side of the Hill here this line nah I don't see any need line looks real good I think
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she'll hold besides the fire is pretty much out anyway I agre why don't we go ahead and catch up with the rest of the
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gr yeah we probably should you know how the boss gets when we get too far behind let's do it
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okay watch yourself through here man look pretty
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sure is Rock country yeah I hate fighting fire in the
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desert you know where our Escape Route is n now who really cares we're all
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right
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run
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run look game is here's another one should get in part of these spots
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sure there a lot of fire up there I wonder which side's the hottest I have no
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idea yeah me neither I haven't even seen our crew BX in over 2 hours
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Mark the situations that you observe in the firefighting scenes that you are about to see
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boss right here Cru this St here good listen Vision A's having a hell of time
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with this win what I like you to do is bump your crew on up into prish Canyon work your the canyon to choma wash like
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you clean it up all the way up to the petol ridge time with a guy named milanowski at G3 on your grid map and
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try to be there by 13:30 okay Bridgeway up
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Bridgeway taken care of any you catch all that no not really but I guess we
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better head that direction yeah go
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hey let's watch off the rock watch The Rocks watch The Rocks watch The
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Rock go ahead Rex break for lunch okay
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hey everybody Rex say we can break for lunch all right all right yeah sounds
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good getting out here been drinking a lot of water
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lately yeah damn hot be off here yeah I noticed the wind's starting
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to pick up though clouds are starting to drill up over
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there re say anything about the weather I know he didn't tell me anything
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long Rex go ahead Rex yeah Kathy dance squad
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lost little slop over that can North they going to need your help bump your squ on up yeah okay everybody copy that let's
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settle up God that down
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s's got some new starts yeah maybe we're down here go
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down there's the crew B right here we're starting to get some significant activity down here the fire's picking up
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because of the Winds uh you think it's a good idea to keep building mine downhill
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there and going back up to the top yeah besides that we've done it lots of times and never been in any kind of trouble
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before okay well keep your eyes
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open yeah in last much down in San panoram fire boy was that a zoo get some
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pretty good OT oh man it was great inside the city is that right burning off blocks of houses is that right great
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well you know Dave needs are really getting sore from head line on this SL Hill all night long yeah I hear
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that rock wow they've been doing that all
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night long they sure have he we better get out of here think
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we had a cut PR this side of the Hill here line nah I don't see any need line looks real good I think she'll hold
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besides the fire's pretty much out anyway I agree why don't we go ahead and catch up with the rest of the yeah we
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probably should you know how the boss gets when we get too far behind let's do it
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okay watch yourself through here man look pretty got it
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sure country yeah I hate fighting fire in the desert
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you know where our Escape Route is nah hell who really cares we're all
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right rock
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rock well
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look amamos here's another one you're Again part of these spots
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sure there's a lot of fire up there I wonder which side's the hottest I have no
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idea yeah me neither I haven't even seen our crew BX in over two
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hours when one or more of these situations exist you must know the
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appropriate actions in order to safely proceed the appropriate actions to take
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are called fire orders by taking the first letter from
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each order you will see it spells fire orders this may help you to learn
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them now let's look at each fire order more closely the first order is fight fire
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aggressively but provide for safety first this is the overall safety law for
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firefighting and prescribed burning aggressive action is essential
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but should not override firefighter safety remember that firefighting is one
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of the most hazardous occupations and no property or resource
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is more valuable than a human life don't let adrenaline and excitement
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dictate your actions this is
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chapparel a volatile fuel that covers hundreds of square miles of Southern
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California it burns very hot and
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fast a fire crew working in this fuel type was so busy fighting fire
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aggressively they forgot to provide for safety first 11 firefighters
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died order number two is initiate all actions based on current and expected
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fire behavior in determining what actions you
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should or should not take you must consider the basic fire Behavior Elements which
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are weather topography and
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fuels observe the density of the fire and anticipate how it might change in
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the next few hours expect fire Behavior to become
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more active and dangerous from midm morning until late
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afternoon gauge suppression actions with a margin for
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safety expect the unexpected and be prepared with an alternative plan
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fire Behavior can change suddenly with potentially deadly
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results in Wyoming a spot fire that had resulted from a reburn in heavy Timber
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was attacked by a hand crew they progress down slope towards
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the head of the fire a sudden Gusty wind caused the fire
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to flare up and race rapidly towards them
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if the crew had started from a safe Anchor Point downhill and worked UPS slope the erratic fire Behavior would
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not have caught them but they didn't trapped by the head
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of the fire 15 firefighters died had they based their actions on
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basic fire Behavior they would have built line from a safe Anchor
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Point order number three is recognize current weather conditions and obtain
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forecasts three weather factors that greatly affect fire Behavior are
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temperature relative humidity and the
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wind on the fire line firefighters must be alert to changing weather
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conditions your personal observations are important
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weather information can be obtained from many
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sources Southern Pine stands can produce fast burning fires during hot and windy
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conditions such was the case in South Carolina a firefighter died when he was
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trapped in low-lying dense Smoke by a fast moving
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fire had the firefighter than aware of what the weather was doing he could have made a better assessment of where he
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should have been order number four is to ensure
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instructions are given and understood it is the responsibility of
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your supervisor to be specific clear and
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precise however this may not always happen never assume
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if in doubt ask clarifying questions and demand precise
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answers and a sage and grass fire in Nevada an assumption cost a firefighter
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his life a sudden wind shift during a backfiring operation made it necessary
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for each of the two firing groups to quickly leave the area by
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truck each group left thinking the victim was in the other
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truck on foot the firefighter perished in a wall of
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fire had clear instructions been given and understood this probably would not
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have happened order number five is obtain
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current information on fire status you need to know such information
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as the location of the fire perimeter or Edge and how fast it is
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spreading is it spotting and what direction is it currently
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heading this information can be obtained through your own observations and from
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people you are in contact with a fire occurred in a pine stand and
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spread rapidly in several directions it created chaos among the
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retreating Crews one man unable to outrun the Flames was
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burned to death never rely on your ability to
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outrun a fire had the firefighters kept closer
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watch on what the fire was doing they would have had more time to plan a more
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organized Escape order number six is remain in
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communication with crew members your supervisor and AD joining
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forces remaining in communication at all times is vital to your ability to
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receive instructions warnings retain control and
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keep informed of status changes a fire roared up a steep slope
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in Virginia one man who had failed to stay in touch with his crew was killed
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because he didn't get some critical information order number seven is determine safety
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zones and Escape Routes a safety zone could be a lake or
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swamp it could also be a natural break in the vegetation a rock slide or even
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the burned over area choose the safety zone wisely it
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could save your life an escape route is a travel route
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to a safety zone it should be the quickest shortest
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and easiest route to the safety zone if a portion of the route needs
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cleared for easy travel clear it before you need it on a hot dry day in Montana a fire
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hooked under a group of smoke jumpers some jumpers retreated into the
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burned area and survived D however 13 men were killed as they
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tried to escape by running up hill had all firefighters known the
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safety zone and ensured their Escape Routes were not cut off this probably
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would not have happened order number eight is
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established Lookouts in potentially hazardous situations persons chosen to be Lookouts
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must be firewise dependable and
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alert they must be aware of changes in fire behavior and
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weather they must be able to recognize hazardous situations such as crowning
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and spotting Lookouts serve as your eyes and
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ears when you are out of sight of the fire and cannot hear because of equipment noise such as power saws and
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pumps in Pennsylvania a fire pushed by strong winds veered across the fire line
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scattering burning leaves under a squad of firefighters the sudden eruption of fire
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beneath them caused the crew to panic they did not have enough warning
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of danger to get out of the way and all eight firefighters
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died in this case a lookout may have provided the necessary time to plan an
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organized Escape order number nine is retain
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control at all times all the fire orders support
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retaining control however the primary elements in retaining control at all times
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are sure assignments and instructions are understood
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a communication link is established and maintained and the locations of all the
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crew members are known on a fire in Virginia a crew was
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threatened the leader of the crew ordered his men to follow him to the Escape Route and safety
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zone one person apparently ignored the order and chose another
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route all escap AP except the firefighter who did not follow
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orders order number 10 is stay alert Keep Calm think
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clearly act decisively fatigue heat stress and Smoky
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and stressful situations adversely affect mental alertness and physical
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capabilities don't drop your guard when you get tired if an emergency situation occurs
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remember to stop and evaluate your planned actions before initiating
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them good decisions and actions can only be accomplished when you are under
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control once a decision is made then act
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decisively four firefighters were rushing to a fire in an old converted military fire
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truck in their haste they missed hearing about a drastic change in the fire Behavior and the order to evacuate the
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area as they approached the fire the truck broke down they all tried to run for it as the
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fire rushed toward them they all died they let the excitement of the
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moment Cloud their ability to think clearly and calmly
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cre boss right here St head good listen Vision A's
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having a hell of time with this wind what I'd like you to do is bump your crew on up into pre this Canyon work up
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the canyon to choma wash I you clean it up all the way up to the petol ridge time with a guy named milanowski at G3
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on your grid map try to be there by 1330 okay Bridgeway
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Bridgeway taking care got anyway you catch all that no not really but I guess
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we better head that direction yeah go
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hey let's watch out for rock watch for rocks watch Rock watch for
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rock ahead forun okay everybody re says we
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can B for lunch all right all right yeah sounds
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good sure is getting hot out here been drinking a lot of water lately
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yeah damn hot to be out here yeah I noticed the wind's starting
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to pick up though star to drill up over
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there re say anything about the weather I know he didn't tell me
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anything long Rex go ahead Rex yeah Kathy dance squad
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lost little SL over that can North they're going to need your help upm your score on up yeah okay everybody copy that let's
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settle up God just that down
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s's got some new starts yeah maybe we're done here we'll
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somebody who's the crew boss right here uh we're starting to get some significant activity down here the
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fire's picking up because of the Winds uh you think it's a good idea to keep golden line downhill there and going
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back up up the top yeah besides that we've done it lots of times and never been in any kind of trouble before okay
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well keep your eyes open yeah you know last down in San was
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a panorama fire oh is that a zoo get some pretty good OT oh man it was great
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inside the city is that right burning off blocks of houses is that right great
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well you know Dave knes are really getting sore from head line on this side Hill all night long yeah I hear
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that wow they've been doing that all night long they sure have may we better get out of here think
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you had a cup TR this side of the Hill here this line n I don't see any need line looks real good I think she'll hold
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besides the fire's pretty much out anyway I agree why don't we go ahead and catch up with the rest of yeah we
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probably should you know how the boss gets when we get too far behind let's do it
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okay watch yourself through here man look pretty got it
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sure is Rock country yeah I hate fighting fire in the desert
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you know where our Escape Route is N Hell who really cares we're all
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right
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look Gus here's another one sure get part of these spots
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sure there a lot of fire up there I wonder which side's the hottest I have no
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idea yeah me neither I haven't even seen our crew BX in over two
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hours during the past few few hours we have talked about and tried to apply the
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standards for survival standards that if followed
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would have saved the lives of more than 250 firefighters since
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1926 many others have narrowly escaped death fatalities and near misses have
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occurred in every state and Wildland fuel type except Alaska
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fatalities have occurred on prescribed fires under the right conditions any
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fire has the potential to kill nor are the statistics partial to
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any one group inexperienced firefighters as well as the most highly
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trained Hot Shots have died in Wildland fires in each case a common theme
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prevailed a disregard for or failure to recognize the life-threatening watch out
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situations and the failure to follow basic rules or orders when a watch out
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situation was recognized if you are able to recognize
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and act on the watch out situations by completing the survival checklist your
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next fire will be a safe one complete the checklist routinely on
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every fire regardless of fire size or
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complexity the survival checklist will become part of your mental process and
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one that you will use for the duration of the fire recognizing a watch out situation
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is not enough identifying and following the appropriate fire order or action is your
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real objective recog ize the danger and take a positive action to avoid or deal with
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it the survival checklist and fire orders are your standards for
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survival the hard hat decal and Wallet card you are about to receive are
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reminders to be alert for danger and apply the fire orders the Wallet card is a required
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item on all your fire assignments carry it know it
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the survival checklist and fire orders are your standards for
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survival for
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Sciacca and Whitney - same names from Yarnell Hill Fire 2013
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