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Equipment
Lessons from 2023: Entrapments
Several of the lessons from these incidents focused on the difficult decision about when to stay with immobilized equipment or try to make an escape. Other lessons highlighted the need for well-practiced engine protection measures.
Lessons from 2023: Hit By Tree Incidents
Similar to chainsaw cut incidents, it’s good to remember that in tree felling operations, the person holding the chainsaw is not the only person facing danger.
Lessons from 2023: Chainsaw Cut Incidents
In preparing for the 2024 fire year, take a look into these events and revisit the standard risks associated with chainsaw operations.
Lessons from 2023: UTV Related Incidents
There were more UTV related incidents reported in 2023 than the past five years combined. The jump from 2022 to 2023 was over 300 percent (from 3 to 13).
2023 Incident Review Summary
Use this 10-page summary to guide your annual refreshers and prepare for the 2024 Fire Year.
2023 Infographic: Trouble on Four (or More) Wheels
Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center 2023 Year End Infographic. This week we look at the 10 UTV incidents and 12 vehicle accidents reported to us last calendar year.
Pump Danger
I just read an RLS about a scalding injury from the suction hose blowing off of a Mark-3 pump. I had a similar incident in 2003. At the time, it seemed to me like a freak occurrence. However, after looking through the various reports in the LLC’s IRDB, I now think this type of pump incident may not be quite as rare as I had assumed.
Firing Device Mishaps
Visit the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center Incident Review Database to check out these stories about when firing devices either caught on fire at an unintended time in an unintended location, or when the wrong tool was used for the wrong purpose.
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