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Form Name Form Number Page Adobe PDF MS Word
Accident investigation team organizational chart Exhibit 1-1 9 PDF (84 kb)  
The accident investigation team leader’s delegation
of authority		 Exhibit 1-2 10 PDF (449 kb) Word (22 kb)
Team leaders’ investigation checklist Exhibit 1-3 11 PDF (55kb) Word (25 kb)
Preliminary (24-hour—after the accident) briefing Exhibit 1-4 12 PDF (178 kb) Word (20 kb)
Expanded (72-hour—after the team arrives) briefing Exhibit 1-5 13 PDF (178 kb) Word (28 kb)
Guidelines for the closeout meeting with the agency
administrator		 Exhibit 1-6 14 PDF (54 kb)  
Job hazard analysis Exhibit 1-7 15-27 PDF (7,371 kb) Word (63 kb)
Actions to be taken by the unit Exhibit 1-8 28 PDF (74 kb)  
Safety alert Exhibit 1-9 30 PDF (53 kb) Word (20 kb)
Aviation safety alert Exhibit 1-10 31-32 PDF (299 kb) Word (20 kb)
Accident investigation process chart Exhibit 2-1 36 PDF (58 kb)  
Human factors accident and incident analysis Exhibit 2-2 37-41 PDF (348 kb)  
Witness statement Exhibit 3-1 47-48 PDF (79 kb) Word (84 kb)
Memorandum of interview Exhibit 3-2 49-50 PDF (71 kb) Word (86 kb)
Physical evidence log Exhibit 4-1 54 PDF (46 kb) Word (21 kb)
Chain-of-custody log Exhibit 4-2 55 PDF (47 kb) Word (21 kb)
Photographic evidence Exhibit 4-3 56 PDF (287 kb) Word (25 kb)
Draft factual and management evaluation sections
transmittal letter		 Exhibit 6-1 61 PDF (179 kb) Word (20 kb)
Accident investigation report cover page Exhibit 6-2 65 PDF (94 kb) Word (20 kb)
Accident investigation report title sheet Exhibit 6-3 66 PDF (272 kb) Word (21 kb)
Accident Review Board delegation of authority Exhibit 7-1 71 PDF (177 kb) Word (36 kb)
Accident Review Board organizational chart Exhibit 7-2 72 PDF (62 kb)  
Accident Review Board letter of transmittal Exhibit 7-3 73 PDF (172 kb) Word (20 kb)
Accident prevention action plan Exhibit 7-4 74 PDF (419 kb) Word (21 kb)
Fire entrapment/fatality first-response form Exhibit 8-1 78 PDF (59 kb) Word (46 kb)
Wildland fire fatality and entrapment initial report Exhibit 8-2 79-80 PDF (101 kb) Word (41 kb)
Memorandum of understanding between the
U.S. Departments of the Interior and Agriculture		 Exhibit 8-3 81 PDF (61 kb)  
Entrapment investigation elements Exhibit 8-4 82 PDF (318 kb) Word (47 kb)
NTSB transmittal letter Exhibit 9-1 86 PDF (180 kb) Word (23 kb)
Aviation human factors analysis Exhibit 9-2 87-92 PDF (115 kb)  
Aviation accident investigation template Exhibit 9-3 93-102 PDF (311 kb) Word (91 kb)

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