Lessons Learned
Fire Shelter Deployment
| • | To ensure that firefighters retain the skills needed in an emergency, fire supervisors should have their employees perform fire shelter deployment drills at regular intervals during the fire season. |
| • | An entrapment drill should always precede a fire shelter deployment drill. |
| • | Firefighters should become used to combining the sets of skills required to successfully survive an entrapment and fire shelter deployment. |
