Fire Shelter System Website
The NWCG – Fire Shelter Task Group is pleased to announce the launching of a new website. The purpose of the Fire Shelter System website is to offer a centralized consistent communication site that provides information to meet the program support and safety needs of the agencies and firefighters.
NWCG Safety and Health Working Team The purpose of this team is to improve firefighter health, safety, and effectiveness through emphasis on excellence in workforce development, leadership, and the establishment of standards. Through data collection and analysis the team will validate and prioritize safety issues for resolution and communication to the field and management. Team principles will emphasize the values embodied in High Reliability Organizations and help promote the concepts within the National Wildfire Coordinating Group.
The NWCG – Safety and Health Working Team (SHWT) is pleased to announce the launching of a new website. The purpose of the Hazard Tree and Tree Felling website is to help firefighters manage and mitigate this recognized high risk threat to safety in the wildland fire environment. The website will provide a centralized consistent emphasis on high risk activities, programs, and issues involving hazard trees and tree felling to meet the safety needs of the agencies and firefighters. The website includes ongoing information, education, and recommendations on the important roles that leadership, supervisors, sawyers, and individual employees have in managing and mitigating tree hazards.
Six Minutes For Safety The Federal Fire and Aviation Safety Team (FFAST) encourages every fire program to become involved in Six Minutes for Safety. This is the first interagency safety initiative that, on a daily basis, addresses the high risk situations that historically get our people in trouble.
SAFENET Front line firefighters have another tool that provides a way to be heard and get unsafe situations resolved on the fireline. SAFENET is a form, and process. It's a method for reporting and resolving field situations quickly and at the level closest to the fire.
The Aviation Safety Communique (SAFECOM) database fulfills the Aviation Mishap Information System (AMIS) requirements for aviation mishap reporting for the Department of Interior agencies and the US Forest Service.
DOI Bureau of Land Management Office of Fire and Aviation Standards for Fire and Aviation Operations, A new Web site for Airspace Information...
DOI National Park Service Fire Management Program Center Wildland and Structural Fire, Success Stories, Fire Aviation, Weather, Prevention...
FIREWISE Those who live in areas prone to wildland fires must take precautions to safeguard their homes. The Firewise Web site offers information about reducing the risk of property damage and loss due to wildfire in the Wildland/Urban Interface.
The Wildland Firefighter Foundation A nonprofit organization that provides emergency financial assistance to the families of fallen wildland firefighters.
Wildland Fire Training Sites:
University of Idaho GS-401 Series Page (Link posted 031505) Ways to meet the academic requirements of Interagency Fire Program Management (IFPM) hosted by College of Natural Resources at the University of Idaho in collaboration with federal agency partners.
Wildland Firefighting at Clackamas Community College (Link posted 120204) The Clackamas CC has a 1-year certificate as well as an associate degree in wildland firefighting. Email: SueMet@clackamas.edu, Sue Metcalfe at 503-657-6958 Ext. 2570
ARIZONA WILDFIRE ACADEMY
E-Mail: firecamp@localnet.com, Kori Kirkpatrick, Academy Coordinator
The Wildland Firefighter Apprenticeship Program Information on Academies, Recruitment, Forms, FAQ's, and some great pictures of academy events.
Fire Career Assistance FCA provides up to date & comprehensive employment information.
LCES Course Materials, PowerPoint Presentations (Smokejumper, Crew Boss & The Large Fire, Urban Interface Exercise, Engine Boss & The Blunt Fire, and The Prescribed Fire Scenarios), and Handouts
Interagency Aviation Training program for the Department of the Interior and USFS employees.
National Wildland Fire Training This site enables access to Local Area, Geographic Area, National, and other related Interagency Wildland Fire Training information.
National Advanced Fire Resource Institute (NAFRI) This Web site offers a complete NAFRI course calendar, fire management links, and opportunities for you to ask questions and offer feedback on NAFRI courses.
National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) Fire Training Develops interagency fire and aviation-related training courses for nationwide use. Federal and state agencies provide subject matter experts to work with training professionals. Performance-based training packages are developed, certified, published, and distributed for use by agency field offices.
Wildland Fire Leadership Development Program The most essential element of successful wildland firefighting is competent and confident leadership. The wildland fire leadership development program has been established to provide an avenue for you to improve essential leadership skills during all stages of your career.
National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG)
I-Suite The I-Suite application consists of the Incident Resource Status System (IRSS), Incident Cost Accounting and Reporting System (ICARS), Incident Time System (ITS) and the Incident Action Plan (IAP)
NWCG ROSS Project The National Interagency Resource Ordering and Status System (ROSS)
NWCG “Medical Unit Resource” new Web page. Go to: http://www.nwcg.gov/teams/shwt/emsg/resources.htm This page will help you get your medical unit up & running and the medical unit plan started.
Federal Emergency Management Agency Wildfire This page provides resources to assist local fire departments in preparing for, and responding to, wildfire incidents.
Annual Wildland Fire Refresher Training A centralized resource for instructors of refresher training to obtain pertinent policy guidance and identify interagency materials used throughout the nation.
Colorado Wildfire Academy
DOI's Office of Aircraft Services Training
Interagency Prescribed Fire Training Center-- Tallahassee, Florida
Incident Qualifications and Certification System (IQCS) Project: An interagency effort to develop a single, automated incident qualification and certification system.
Weather Sites:
WxPortal WxPortal lets you select from over 300 weather map layers and combine them to extract meaning and make decisions.
NOAA National Weather Service Fire Weather Page Forecasts, Offices and Outlooks
Good Forest Service Aviation Safety Sites:
The Campbell Prediction System (CPS) is a practical way to use on-scene fire behavior observations in order to determine fire behavior strategies and tactics. A combination of scientific research and the knowledge of the successful firefighters' methods and practices are utilized to explain fire behavior.DHS Lessons Learned Website (link posted 050404) A new online government resource that collects lessons learned, best practices, and “good stories” from emergency response exercises and actual terrorist attacks. The Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS) will speed the process of disseminating emergency management information to state and local first responders at a password protected Website:
http://www.llis.gov.
Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL) "The old saying "Live and Learn" must be reversed in war, for there we "Learn and Live"; otherwise we die. It is with this learning , in order to live, that the Army is so vitally concerned." -U.S. War Department Pamphlet No. 20-17, July 1945
The Society for Effective Lessons Learned (SELLS) (link posted 04/26/06) The Society for Effective Lessons Learned Sharing is a volunteer organization comprised of members from various DOE programs, Operations Offices, sites, and contractors that share the common goal of improving information exchange across the DOE complex, as well as between the Department and other public and private organizations.
Marine Corps Center for Lessons Learned (link posted 04/26/06) The Marine Corps Center for Lessons Learned (MCCLL) is part of the Marine Corps Combat Development Command (MCCDC), Marine Corps Training and Education Command (TECOM), located on MCB Quantico, VA.
Other Interesting Sites:
USPS Zip Code Server - - Everything you need to know about US Zip codes. The ZIP Code Look-Up Engine is useful to locate a ZIP+4 code, all ZIP Codes for a city or all cities in a ZIP Code
Firehouse.com a Web resource for fire, rescue and EMS
Federal Emergency Management Agency "Smart Practices Project" The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently launched an initiative to gather and share the smart practices of state and local emergency managers and responders on a weekly basis. The shared information will benefit the national emergency response community by improving state and local preparation and response plans for emergencies and disasters of all kinds.
FEDSTATS The gateway to statistics from over 100 Federal Agencies
Defend AMERICA.mil The gateway to the US Department of Defense news and information about the war on terrorism.
FIRSTGOV The Official Government Gateways for citizens, businesses or government employees interacting with the government.
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