12th International Wildland Fire Safety Summit
"A New Approach to Wildland Fire Safety"
Presented by the International Association of Wildland Fire
October 25 - 26, 2012
Citigate Central in the Haymarket
Sydney, Australia
PROGRAM
Thank you to all who attended the 12th International Wildland Fire Safety Summit in Sydney, Australia. The summit was an overwhelming success and we couldn't have done it without you. We are pleased to be able to share the power point presentations from the summit to all who are interested. If you are interested in learning more from the presenters please contact us via email and we will put you in touch with them.
Click here to view the full program booklet.
Presentations
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Welcome and Opening Remarks - coming soon
Dan Bailey, IAWF President and Chairman of the Board
Keynote Presentation
Teaching High Reliability Organizing (HRO) Principles Using Staff Rides
Michael DeGrosky
“Better Learn From This One" - Creating a Culture of Lessons Learned in a Sceptical Workplace
Sandra Whight
Utilising Planned Burning as a Learning Mechanism - Creating a Whole of Government Approach to Skill Acquisition
Sharon Merritt and Allan Budziarski
Capturing and Using the Deep Smarts of Our Fire Management Elders
Dave Thomas
Prevention of Psychological Injury Following Critical Events: A Literature Review
Meaghan O'Donnell and Nicole Middleton
The 1958 Wandilo Forest Fire Tragedy Revisited
James Gould
Coping Ugly in the Coordination of Large Scale Wildfire Events - coming soon
Ben Brooks
A New Approach to Bushfire Safety: Learning From Case Studies: Applying Human Factors Principles to Investigations of Serious Incidents
Samantha Sunderland
Coach as Servant
James Saveland
Wildfire Safety-related Decisions and Actions: Lessons from Stress and Performance Research
James McLennan
Closing Presentation
Enforcing Safety with Law - Implications for Incident Controllers and Fire Agencies
Michael Eburn
Friday, October 26, 2012
Keynote Presentation
Bulldogs and Boundary Spanners: Contested Visions of Leadership, Communication and Teamwork in Emergency Incident Management
Christine Owen
Efficiency and Thoroughness
David Christenson
The Protection of People and the Assets they Value Most During Severe Bushfires has Significant Spinoffs for Fire-fighter Safety
Damien Killalea
Safety Lessons from the Alaskan Bush
Rocky Ansell
Utilization of Resources to Enhance Physical Fitness: Are you FireFit?
Katie Sell
Field Studies of Fire-Atmosphere Interactions in Complex Terrain: Implications for Fire Fighter Safety
Dianne Hall
Physical Selection Test considerations; The Choice of New or Old
Cara Lord
Radio Communication and Misunderstandings in Wildland Firefighting
Elena Gabor
Using Extreme Value Analysis to Enhance Defendable Space for Fire Fighters and Residents
Grahame Douglas
Students of Fire
Rod Stebbing
Safety of People and Homes, Earned through Positioning, Training
Troop Emonds
Validating Ideal Qualities of U.S. Wildland Fire Leaders
Alexis Lewis
Poster Presentations
Introducing Burnover Protection for Passenger Vehicles
Robert Walker
Wildland Fire Safety Chapter in Wilderness Medicine Updated
Marty Alexander
Quad Bikes at Fires - a safety dilemma?
Eddie Staier
Sharing the Wildland Fire Defence of Buildings with the Architecture Profession
Douglas Brown
Assessing and ranking the flammability of ornamental species in WUI (SE France)
Anne Ganteaume
