Fire Orders

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Fire Orders Watch Out Situations
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Fireline Safety

• Objectives
• Identify the hazards risks of being a Wildland
  Firefighter
• Discuss safe practices

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Hazards

• Snags
• Equipment
• Rolling Debris
• Weather
• Poision Plants
• Insects
• Geography
• Fuels

• WUI
• People
• Haz Mat
• Aircraft
• Trains
• CO2/Smoke
• Cold
• Dark

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18 WATCH OUT SITUATIONS

1. Fire not scouted and sized up.
2. In country not seen in daylight.
3. Safety zones and escape routes not identified.
4. Unfamiliar with weather and local factors
   influencing fire behavior.

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1. Uninformed on strategy, tactics, and hazards.
2. Instructions and assignments not clear.
3. No communication link between crewmembers and
   supervisors.
4. Constructing line without safe anchor point.
5. Building line downhill with fire below.

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1. Attempting frontal assault on fire.
2. Unburned fuel between you and the fire.
3. Cannot see main fire, not in contact with anyone
   who can.
4. On a hillside where rolling material can ignite
   fuel below.
5. Weather gets hotter and drier.

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1. Wind increases and/or changes direction.
2. Getting frequent spot fires across line.
3. Terrain or fuels make escape to safety zones
   difficult.
4. Feel like taking a nap near fireline.

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10 STANDARD FIRE ORDERS

• The NWCG Parent Group approved the revision of
  the Ten Standard Fire Orders in accordance with
  their original arrangement. The original
  arrangement of the Orders are logically organized
  to be implemented systematically and applied to
  all wildfire situations.

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Fire Behavior

• 1. Keep informed on fire weather conditions and
  forecasts.
• 2. Know what your fire is doing at all times.
• 3. Base all actions on current and expected
  behavior of the fire.

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Fireline Safety

• 4. Identify escape routes and make them known.
• 5. Post lookouts when there is possible danger.
• 6. Be alert. Keep calm. Think clearly. Act
  decisively.

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Organizational Control

• 7. Maintain prompt communications with your
  forces, your supervisor and adjoining forces.
• 8. Give clear instructions and insure they are
  understood.
• 9. Maintain control of your forces at all times.

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If 1-9 are considered, then...

• 10. Fight fire aggressively, having provided for
  safety first.

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Firefighter Code of Ethics

• The 10 Standard Fire Orders are firm!
• We Dont Break Them We Dont Bend Them.
• All firefighters have a Right to a Safe
  Assignment.

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LCES

• Lookouts
• Communications
• Escape Routes
• Safety Zones

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Entrapment Avoidance

• Situational Awareness
• Assessment
• Decision Points

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Safety Reference Materials

• Incident Response Pocket Guide
• Briefing checklist
• Risk Assessment
• Complexity Analysis

• Red Book
• Health and Safety Code Handbook
• Job Hazard Analysis
• Incident Action Plan

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Last Resort Survival

• Remember your briefing
• Stay together
• Listen to Your Supervisor
• Follow directions
• Safety Zone

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Fire Shelter

• What is it meant to do?
• Inspection.
• PPE.
• Site Selection.
• Clearing an area.
• Deploying the shelter.
• While in the shelter.