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RT-130, Wildland Fire Safety Training Annual Refresher (WFSTAR)

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Year Added Module Name WFSTAR Module Category Core Components RT-130 Module Image
2024 Grant West Case Studies
  • Local Topics
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
 A group of redwoods with the smoky sunlight filtering through
2024 How to Properly Refuse Risk Fire-Environment
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 new banner.
2024 2023 Fire Year in Review Operations
  • Local Topics
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
 Screen shot of the 2023 Fire Year in Review.
2023 Hub Locking and 4WD Operation Hazards
  • Local Topics
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 None
2023 2022 Fire Year in Review Operations
  • Local Topics
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
 Screen shot of the 2022 Fire Year in Review.
2023 Digital Maps Communications
  • Local Topics
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 None
2023 Working with Heavy Equipment Hazards
  • Local Topics
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 None
2023 Parked Regen for Diesel Engines Hazards
  • Local Topics
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 None
2023 Tire Information and Inspection Hazards
  • Local Topics
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 None
2023 Mission Planning, A Rappel Spotter's Perspective Operations
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Image of helicopter flying over trees with rappel team going down ropes.
2023 Counter Rotating Vortex Pairs Fire-Environment
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 A large plume of smoke spiraling up from a forest fire.
2023 Medical Incident Report Communications
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Three images of medical incidents on a black background with a banner across upper left corner that reads NEW.
2022 The Tenth Order: A Smokejumper Perspective Operations
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Smokerjumper sitting at opening, getting ready to jump from plane.
2022 Golden Gate Estates Fire - January 30, 1985 Case Studies
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Screen shot of Golden Gate Estates Fire video screen with new banner on right.
2022 Lauder Fire - September 29, 1987 Case Studies
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
  • Fire Shelters and Entrapment Avoidance
 Screen shot of Lauder Fire video screen with new banner on right.
2022 Devils Creek Fire Operations
  • Local Topics
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
  • Fire Shelters and Entrapment Avoidance
 Devils Creek Fire Entrapment screen shot
2022 2021 Fire Year in Review Operations
  • Local Topics
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
 Screen shot of the 2021 Fire Year in Review.
2022 Point Fire Immersive Case Studies
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Point Fire Intro Screen
2022 Emergency Medical Care Guidelines Medical
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
 Man laying on ground with oxygen mask on and a hand holding his head.
2022 Aviation Watch Out Situations Aviation
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
 Man wearing hardhat, holding radio while watching a helicopter land in the distance.
2022 Wildland Fire Investigation and Fire Origin Protection Operations
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Firefighter walking on side of road looking at a burned out area with a fire truck sitting in burned out area in the distance.
2021 2019 Year in Review Operations
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
 2019 Year in Review text
2021 Fire Danger Rating: More Than Just A Number Fire-Environment
  • Local Topics
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
 Title over background of heavily burning sage and grasses with billowing plumes of dark smoke with new banner in upper right of image.
2021 2020 Year in Review Operations
  • Local Topics
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
 2020 Fire Year in Review icon
2021 Bass River Fire Case Studies
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 A view from overhead of a burned fire truck in the middle of a burned fire area.
2021 Romero Fire Case Studies
  • Current Issues
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 An old dozer with operator at controls and a firefighter walking to right out of frame.
2021 Spanish Ranch Fire Case Studies
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Silhouette of two firefighters walking up a hill beyond burned brush.
2021 Mack Lake Fire Case Studies
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Animation of a flame front moving toward a tractor and fire engine. A cross hatch dozer line is between fire and equipment, and compass in top left corner.
2021 DoD Watch Out Situations Hazards
  • Local Topics
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 An armored tank drives across dirt.
2021 DoD Wildland Fire Operations: Six Steps to Installation Operations Operations
  • Local Topics
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 A group of roughly nine soldiers kneel and prepare to fire rocket launchers and weapons.
2021 Wildland Fire on U.S. Air Force Installations Operations
  • Local Topics
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 A fighter jet on tarmac with two other fighter jets lined up in background.
2021 Wildland Fire on U.S. Army Installations Operations
  • Local Topics
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Five army soldiers ready a rocket launcher.
2021 Interagency UAS Program: Wildland Fire Operations Integration Aviation
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
 Title slide with agency logos and UAS logo on background aerial of burning sage with new banner across upper right on image.
2021 Assessing the Fire Environment to Anticipate Fire Behavior Fire-Environment
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Image of fire burning with large cloud of smoke.
2021 Chainsaw Operational Complexity and Tree Size-Up - When Complexity Changes Hazards
  • Local Topics
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Two men looking up the trunk of a tree.
2021 Helispot Management – A Skill for All Firefighters Aviation
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
 Helicopter hovering over a landing area with banner announcing new across top right corner.
2021 Wildland Fire Mental Health Medical
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Two women sitting outside under a tree. Woman on right with arm around shoulder of woman on left.
2020 Aquatic Invasive Species Mitigation for Ground Resources Operations
  • Local Topics
 Image of zebra mussels
2020 Firefighting Orders and Watch Out Situations Immersive Activity Operations
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Firefighter talking on a radio.
2020 Observations from Recent Prescribed Fire Reviews Hazards
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
 Firefighter with drip torch standing in a field.
2020 Sleep Deprivation Medical
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
 Cartoon of person sleeping in a bed.
2020 Felling Hazard Trees: Does it Need to Come Down? Hazards
  • Local Topics
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
 Image of sawyer looking at large tree to be cut
2019 2018 Wildfire Summary Operations
  • Local Topics
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
 Photo of international fire crew in front of NIFC sign.
2019 Standard Firefighting Orders Operations
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Group of wildland firefighters hiking up a hill, carrying tools.
2019 Watch Out Situations Operations
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Group of wildland firefighters stand on hill looking down at flames in trees. With "UPDATED" banner.
2019 LCES Operations
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Graphical image of the LCES commands with a man and an eye representing that he look around. With "NEW" banner.
2019 Introduction to the Crash Rescue Kit Aviation
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
 Group of wildland firefighters stand near a crash rescue kit.
2019 Smoke, Roads, and Safety Hazards
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
 Photo of heavy smoke with truck barely visible coming down road. With "UPDATED" banner.
2019 Jack Wilson Leadership
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Photo of Jack Wilson.
2019 Fuel Geysering Predictable Hazards
  • Local Topics
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
 Photo of someone holding chainsaw.
2019 The Risk Management Process: A Universal Tool Operations
  • Local Topics
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Photo of boat on a river with aircraft crew member hanging out door to look down.
2019 Point Fire Revisited Case Studies
  • Local Topics
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Man standing in front of two white cross markers.
2018 Alabaugh Fire Case Studies
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
  • Fire Shelters and Entrapment Avoidance
 Aerial image of the topography of South Dakota where the Alabaugh Fire occurred.
2018 Boise Bicycle Project - Collaboration and Partnerships Leadership
  • Local Topics
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Photo of Boise Bicycle Project logo with updated banner in upper left corner.
2018 Introduction to the Three Tier Dispatch System Communications
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
 Image of a triangle depicting tier 1, 2, and 3.
2018 2017 Season Summary Operations
  • Local Topics
 Photo of the United States with red circled overlaying portions of the country signifying season summary.
2018 Seven Oak Fire Case Studies
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
  • Fire Shelters and Entrapment Avoidance
 Aerial image of California where Aerial image of California where shelters were deployed on the Seven Oak fire with updated banner in top right corner.
2018 Santiago Fire Case Studies
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
  • Fire Shelters and Entrapment Avoidance
 Aerial image of the topography of California showing the Santiago Fire and where fire shelters were deployed with updated banner in upper right corner.
2018 Mudd Fire Case Studies
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
  • Fire Shelters and Entrapment Avoidance
 Aerial image of the topography of Nevada where shelters were deployed on the Mudd Fire.
2018 Indians Fire Case Studies
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
  • Fire Shelters and Entrapment Avoidance
 Aerial image of the topography of California showing where shelters were deployed on the Indians Fire.
2017 Introduction to Dead Fuel Moisture Fire-Environment
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
 Image of four types of fuel that includes pinecones/twigs, logs, brush, and trees.
2017 Incident Within an Incident Medical
  • Local Topics
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Photo of firefighters preparing to airlift an injured person on a backboard.
2017 Another Tool in the Box: National Rappel Program Aviation
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
 Photo of rappellers coming down off of a rappel line from a helicopter.
2017 AFUE Aerial Firefighting Use and Effectiveness Aviation
  • Local Topics
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
 Photo of a single engine air tanker making a retardant drop.
2017 Unmanned Aircraft Systems Update Aviation
  • Local Topics
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
 Image of a drone flying in the sky above smoke filled mountains.
2017 Little Venus Fire Case Studies
  • Fire Shelters and Entrapment Avoidance
 Aerial image of the topography of Wyoming showing where shelters were deployed on the Little Venus fire.
2017 Holloway Fire Case Studies
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
  • Fire Shelters and Entrapment Avoidance
 Aerial image of the topography of the Oregon/Nevada border where the Holloway Fire occurred.
2017 Highway 31 Fire Case Studies
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
  • Fire Shelters and Entrapment Avoidance
 Aerial image of the topography of the South Carolina coast where the Highway 31 fire occurred.
2017 Kestrel Digital Weather Meter Tutorial Fire-Environment
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
 Image of a firefighter holding a kestrel into the wind.
2017 Belt Weather Kit Tutorial Fire-Environment
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
 Photo of a complete belt weather kit laid out on a table.
2017 Introduction to Fire Behavior Fire-Environment
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
 Cartoon image of a flame in the foreground of trees depicting flame length and height updated.
2016 When Lightning Strikes Hazards
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
 Photo of a bolt of lightening during a storm at night with updated banner.
2016 Yarnell Hill Fire Case Studies
  • Other Hazards & Safety Issues
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
  • Fire Shelters and Entrapment Avoidance
 Photo of the Granite Mountain Hotshots overlooking the Yarnell Hill Fire
2016 Driving Safety Hazards
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
 Photo of a fire crew rig driving down road.
2016 Identifying Hazard Trees and their Target Zones Hazards
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
 Two fire fighters looking at trees on hillside to access hazards.
2016 The Watch Out Situations Operations
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Photo of fire truck with flames burning very near by.
2016 Managing the Maze of Communications Operations
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 A picture put together to illustrate the various ways firefighters need to communicate with one another via radio.
2016 Fire Weather Forecasting Fire-Environment
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
 Photo of man with dark curly hair and mustache speaking.
2016 Analysis of Burnovers Operations
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
  • Fire Shelters and Entrapment Avoidance
 Clip art graphic of 5 people standing in a v-shape.
2016 Troubleshooting the Amazing Mark III Pump Operations
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
 Photo of a mark III pump with a jerry can to the left of it with updated banner in top right corner.
2016 Rollover Accidents and Seatbelt Safety Hazards
  • Local Topics
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
 Photo depicting an accident where crash dummies were not seatbelted in and ejected from the vehicle.
2016 Personal Protective Equipment Operations
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
 Photo showing firefighters holding tools with gloves and full nomex on.
2016 The Mighty Engine Operations
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
 Photo of a Forest Service Type 4 engine.
2016 Firefighter Footcare Medical
  • Local Topics
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
 Photo of a firefighter putting medicine on their foot.
2016 Fire Technology Communications
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
 Photo displaying various phone app's relating to wildland fire with updated banner.
2016 Tutorial: Programming Bendix-King Mobile-Radio Communications
  • Local Topics
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Photo of hand holding keypad to a mobile radio mounted on the dash board of a vehicle.
2016 Tutorial: Programming Bendix-King KNG Communications
  • Local Topics
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Image of a Bendix-King KNG radio being manually programmed.
2016 Tutorial: Programming Bendix-King DPH Communications
  • Local Topics
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Image depicting the manual programming of a Bendix-King DPH radio.
2016 Tutorial: Cloning Bendix-King KNG Communications
  • Local Topics
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Image of a Bendix-King KNG radio being cloned.
2016 Tutorial: Cloning Bendix-King DPH Communications
  • Local Topics
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Image of a Bendix-King Radio DPH being cloned.
2016 Fires of 1910 Case Studies
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Buffalo Soldiers of the 25th Infantry based at Fort George Wright in Spokane were called in to fight the 1910 fire and protect residents of Avery, Idaho.
2016 Lookouts Operations
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Image of a firefighter as a lookout up on a ridge overseeing the fire across the valley updated.
2016 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS/drones) Aviation
  • Local Topics
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
 Photo of a drone flying over mountains toward a area of smoke.
2016 SEAT - Single Engine Airtanker Aviation
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
 Side profile image of a single engine airtanker dropping retardant.
2016 Short-Haul Recap Aviation
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
 Image of firefighters loading an individual onto the end of a tether for a short-haul evac.
2016 Preparing for Wildfire Medevac Medical
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Photo of firefighters preparing an injured person on a backboard for a medivac.
2016 Paracargo Aviation
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Photo of paracargo attached to parachutes floating to the ground.
2016 Load and Return Aviation
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Picture of an airtanker on the RAMP getting refilled with retardant with updated banner.
2016 Innovative Use of Helicopters Aviation
  • Local Topics
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
 Close up photo of someone being hoisted via short-haul.
2016 Helicopter Operations Aviation
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Picture of the underside of a helicopter with a bucket attached for water drops.
2016 Firefighting Airspace Aviation
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 An image of firefighting airspace that is tiered.
2016 Emergency Medical Short-Haul Aviation
  • Local Topics
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
 Image taken from the ground directly under a short-haul mission.
2016 Chainsaws and Human Factors Hazards
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Photo of a firefighter using a chainsaw to making a face cut into a tree. Updated banner
2016 Communication Tools Leadership
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Photo of a firefighter using a map on the ground to explain the situation to those around him with updated banner in upper right corner.
2016 Is Your LCES Adequate Operations
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Firefighters looking through trees at smoke from the fire while engaging in radio communication.
2016 Fire Orders Operations
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Fire fighter standing in front of flames holding sign that says "make them known".
2016 Stress Preparedness and Resilience Medical
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Image of a gauge with the word STRESS and the needle in the high zone.
2016 Fit For Fire Medical
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
 Photo of a group of people running down a path.
2016 Beyond Your Limits Medical
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
 Photo of silhouette of fire fighters walking up hill with flames in background.
2016 Crew Cohesion Leadership
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Photo of a group of firefighters standing on ridge top.
2016 Transfer of Command Hazards
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Photo of firefighter walking in front of flames.
2016 Hazardous Materials The Industrial Interface Hazards
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
 Photo of a gas fire plume in a field with fire trucks on the road.
2016 Communication with Aviation Resources Aviation
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Photo of man sitting at desk with a phone and microphone in front of him.
2016 Radios of Fire Communications
  • Local Topics
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Photo of firefighters gathered around a map discussing with a radio in hand with banner..
2016 Situation Awareness Operations
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Group of firefighters standing in a small meadow observing the fire in the background with updated banner..
2016 Position Task Books Operations
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
 Photograph of an Incident Commander Type 3 position task book with burnt edges.
2016 Margins Hazards
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
 Drawing of an individual with points of margin surrounding them.
2016 Seahawks Leadership Teamwork Communication Leadership
  • Local Topics
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Photo of Seattle Seahawks team doing drills with updated banner in upper left corner.
2016 The Fire Triangle Operations
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
 Photo of the fire behavior triangle with words on each side reading weather, fuel, and topography. Flames in center.
2016 Human Factors: The Gap Leadership
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 In this photo, passengers wait to be rescued on the wings of a US Airways Airbus 320 jetliner that safely ditched in the frigid waters of the Hudson River in New York with updated banner..
2016 Heat Related Illness Medical
  • Local Topics
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
 Photo of firefighters with chainsaws cutting slash next to a burning tree.
2016 Fireline Leadership Leadership
  • Local Topics
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Photo of firefighters gathered around a tree learning about tree hazards.
2016 Professional Reading Program Leadership
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
 Drawing of books on a bookshelf with a title that reads "professional reading program" updated
2016 Developing Realistic Tactical Objectives Leadership
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Image of a time wedge graph that grows larger from left to right updated.
2016 Cramer Fire Case Study Case Studies
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
  • Fire Shelters and Entrapment Avoidance
 Aerial picture of a deep river canyon in the Salmon River Breaks.
2016 Command and Control Leadership
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Photo of a hotshot crew lined out on a ridge in the black area of the fire.
2016 1994 South Canyon Fire on Storm King Mountain Case Studies
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
  • Fire Shelters and Entrapment Avoidance
 Photo of a firefighter looking through trees and brush at billowing smoke from the south canyon fire.
2016 Weather and Wind Warnings Fire-Environment
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
 Image of a firefighter adjusting a RAWS unit in a canyon with brush and rocks.
2016 Smoke: Knowing the Risks Hazards
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
 A skeleton holding head with brain showing depicting a headache with updated banner..
2016 Skywatching Fire-Environment
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
 Image of cumulonimbus clouds.
2016 Salt Fire Case Study Case Studies
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
  • Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
 Photo of a firefighter standing next to a dozer and truck looking toward the fire.
2016 Latest Research on Safety Zones Operations
  • Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
  • Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
 Image of a man with mathematical equations overlaid on the photo.
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NWCG Latest Announcements

NWCG Equipment Technology Committee Releases Safety Warning: 24-001 Stihl Chainsaw Toolless Fuel Cap Spill Prevention

Date: November 14, 2024
Contact: Equipment Technology Committee

The Equipment Technology Committee (ETC) has released Safety Warning: 24-001 Stihl Chainsaw Toolless Fuel Cap Spill Prevention. Misaligned toolless fuel caps on Stihl chainsaws have led to recurring fuel spillage, fuel ignition, and burn injuries during wildland fire management operations.

This Safety Warning is intended to highlight the details and recommended procedures for the installation of a Stihl chainsaw toolless fuel cap, as well as how to identify and correct a misaligned, damaged, or broken fuel cap to help prevent fuel spillage.

References:

NWCG Safety Warning: 24-001 Stihl Chainsaw Toolless Fuel Cap Spill Prevention

Advertencia de equipos 24-001: Prevención de derrames de la tapa de combustible sin herramientas de la motosierra Stihl

NWCG Alerts

The Incident Position Standards and Next Generation Position Task Book are now available for Equipment Time Recorder (EQTR)

Date: November 13, 2024
Contact: Incident Business Committee

NWCG is excited to announce that the NWCG Incident Position Standards for Equipment Time Recorder, PMS 350-51 and NWCG Position Task Book for Equipment Time Recorder (EQTR), PMS 311-51 are now available.

The Performance Support Package, which for EQTR, includes the Incident Position Standards and Next Generation Position Task Book were developed through the Incident Performance and Training Modernization (IPTM) effort. The Performance Support Package will support trainees, those qualified in the position, and evaluators.

References:

NWCG Equipment Time Recorder Position Page

NWCG Incident Position Standards for Equipment Time Recorder, PMS 350-51

NWCG Position Task Book for Equipment Time Recorder (EQTR), PMS 311-51

The Incident Position Standards and Next Generation Position Task Book are now available for Personnel Time Recorder (PTRC)

Date: November 13, 2024
Contact: Incident Business Committee

NWCG is excited to announce that the NWCG Incident Position Standards for Personnel Time Recorder, PMS 350-53 and NWCG Position Task Book for Personnel Time Recorder (PTRC), PMS 311-53 are now available.

The Performance Support Package, which for PTRC, includes the Incident Position Standards and Next Generation Position Task Book were developed through the Incident Performance and Training Modernization (IPTM) effort. The Performance Support Package will support trainees, those qualified in the position, and evaluators.

References:

NWCG Personnel Time Recorder Position Page

NWCG Incident Position Standards for Personnel Time Recorder, PMS 350-53

NWCG Position Task Book for Personnel Time Recorder (PTRC), PMS 311-53

NWCG Risk Management Committee Releases Safety Bulletin: 24-001 Use of Respirators on Wildland Fires

Date: November 7, 2024
Contact: Risk Management Committee

The Risk Management Committee (RMC) has released Safety Bulletin: 24-001 Use of Respirators on Wildland Fires. As wildland fire respirators are available through several established vendors, wildland fire personnel need to understand regulations and limitations of respirator use in the workplace.

Safety Bulletin 24-001 outlines the following topics regarding respirator use for wildland fires:

  • Requirements for Respirator Use
  • Voluntary Respirator Use
  • Current Respirator Options
  • Unknown Risks of Respirator Use

This bulletin also provides mitigation recommendations to help reduce smoke exposure for wildland firefighting efforts.

References:

NWCG Safety Bulletin: 24-001 Use of Respirators on Wildland Fires

NWCG Smoke Management Guide for Prescribed Fire, PMS 420-3

VIDEO: Protecting Wildfire Personnel from Smoke - How Incident Management Teams Address Smokes Risks

VIDEO: Smoke, Knowing the Risks