Outka-Perkins, Lisa ; Miller, Theron . 2006. Personal Safety of Federal Land-Management Field Employees Working Along the Mexican Border. 0667 2802. Missoula, MT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Technology and Development Program. 16 p.
Discusses the unique problems faced by public land-management field employees working along the Mexican border. These problems center around the possibility of surprise encounters with illegal immigrants or persons smuggling drugs across the Mexican border. While permanent employees living in these areas face risks every day, many other employees serve temporary details along the border. Both groups of employees need tools to help them reduce the possibility of encounters and the possibility that any encounters might result in harm. Wildland firefighters face problems from illegal drugs and hazardous waste that might burn in fires along the border and in the possibility of encountering illegal immigrants whose warming fires may have gotten out of control. Two DVDs are proposed that would follow the format of the successful Personal Safety in Remote Work Locations video series. The DVDs would be titled Personal Safety in Remote Work Locations: Working on the Border and Personal Safety in Remote Work Locations: Managing Unexpected Encounters on the Border.
Keywords: DVD, fire fighting, firefighting, illegal drugs, illegal immigrants, Mexican border, mission deflection, personal safety, safety at work, sexual assaults, smuggling, theft, videotapes
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