Working in pairs is recommended. If a frontliner occasionally has to work alone, the unit manager can enhance security by scheduling the frontliner's hours to coincide with other employees' work hours to ensure no one is alone and backup is available when needed.

The Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit.

If other employees are not available, the unit manager can enhance the frontliner's safety by supplying an adequate communications network and asking Forest Service law enforcement to check in at the office once in awhile.