Outka-Perkins, Lisa . 2009. Firefighter Cohesion and Entrapment Avoidance. 0951 2D02. Missoula, MT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Technology and Development Program.

This DVD, based on interviews with 49 experienced leaders of firefighters, emphasizes the importance of cohesion in avoiding entrapment by the fire. The 90-minute DVD has three parts:

Part I–Cohesion Among Firefighters—Cohesion is presented as a concept. Leaders describe what cohesion means to them in their everyday work.

Part II–Links to Entrapment Avoidance—Leaders describe how cohesion is linked to entrapment avoidance.

Part III–Eight Common Cohesion Problems on Fires—This part is divided into eight sections. Each section covers a common cohesion problem and the work practices that can be used to deal with the problem.

More materials are on the DVD to help facilitators and users. The materials also can be downloaded from http://www.fs.fed.us/eng/t-d.php

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