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Safety climate in the US federal wildland fire management community: influences of organizational, environmental, group, and individual characteristics

This study examined the effects of organisational, environmental, group and individual characteristics on five components of safety climate (High Reliability Organising Practices, Leadership, Group Culture, Learning Orientation and Mission Clarity) in the US federal wildland fire management…

Author(s): Anne E. Black, Brooke Baldauf McBride

Keywords: high reliability organisation (HRO), incident, operations, safety culture

Source: International Journal of Wildland Fire. 22(6): 850-861.

Year: 2013

Wildland firefighter burnover fatalities on prescribed fires and wildfires in the United States, 1990 to 2017

In the 28-year period from 1990 to 2017, there were 41 incidents in the United States where firefighter burnover fatalities occurred on wildland fires. Ninety-six fatalities and 78 injuries were reported, with an average of 1.5 incidents and 3.4 fatalities per year. The great majority (76 percent)…

Author(s): Richard C. McCrea

Keywords: accident, burnover, fatalities, incident

Source: In: Hood, Sharon M.; Drury, Stacy; Steelman, Toddi; Steffens, Ron, [eds.]. Proceedings of the Fire Continuum-Preparing for the future of wildland fire; 2018 May 21-24; Missoula, MT. Proceedings RMRS-P-78. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 177-181.

Year: 2020