Proceedings of the 2001 International
Wildfire Safety Summit
University of Montana
Missoula, Montana
November 6-8, 2001
Hosted by:
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Proceedings
2001 International Wildfire Safety Summit
University of Montana
Missoula, Montana
November 6-8, 2001
Chair: B. Suenram
Produced by The International Association of Wildland Fire
Hosted by International Association of Wildland Fire, Interior
West Fire Council,
US Forest Service - fire and Aviation Management, National Wildfire Coordinating
Group, Northern Rockies Coordinating Group, Montana Department of Natural
Resources and Conservation, Missoula Fire Science Laboratory, Missoula Technology
and Development Center, Missoula County Fire Protection Association, International
Association of Fire Chiefs
Edited by
B.W. Butler
USDA Forest Service
And
Dick Mangan
Blackbull Wildfire Services
With assistance from Kate Sullivan and Evangeline Klang
The University of Montana-Missoula
Published By
International Association of Wildland Fire
P.O. Box 2156
Montana City, Montana 59634
Wildland Fire Safety: Building on Past Successes made possible
with generous support from the following organizations:
USDA - Forest Service
National Wildfire Coordinating Group
National Fire Protection Agency
Tycco Suppression Systems/Wildfire Equipment
Emergency One Corporation
Travers
Fire Logistics, Inc.
Queen Bee Air Specialties Inc.
Air Tractor Inc.
Deer Valley Press
Astaris LLC
Firecon
Table of Contents:
Individual papers can be
accessed by clicking on the title below.
Breakout sessions meeting notes summarized by Mike DeGrosky.
Evaluating
Risk and Reward Relationships in Wildland Firefighter Safety
Al Beaver
Fire Behavior
Assessment for Fireline Safety Using FLAME, the
FireLine Assessment Method
Jim Bishop
The
Doug Campbell
Neron
Project: Firefighters Safety in Urban Interface
Marc Castellnou, Manel Pardo, Moises
Galan, Marta Miralles, Santi Lleonart, Etel Arilla i
Eduard Martinez
Wildland-Urban Fire – A Different Approach
Jack D. Cohen
Turn
Down? Now What? Development of “How to Properly Refuse Risk”
Jim Cook, Greg Vergari
Gary R. Dakin
Achieving
Safe and Effective Fire Operations – A Five Point Strategy
Michael T. DeGrosky
Howard Dupuis
Concow fire
John R. Hawkins
Networked, Autonomous
Field-deployable Fire Sensors
R. Kremens, A. Seema, A. Fordham, D.
Luisis, B. Nordgren, S. VanGorden, A. Vodacek
Project
Report – Fireline Leadership
Lark S. McDonald
Reversing
the Trend: Taking Medical Care to the Firefighter
Thomas F. Pedigo
The Ten Standard
Firefighting Orders: Can Anyone Follow Them?
Ted Putnam
Francisco
Rodriguez Y Silva
Cardiovascular
Risks of Wildland Firefighting
Brian J. Sharkey
LACES Versus
LCES: Adopting an “A” for “Anchor Points” to Improve Wildland
Firefighter Safety
W.R. Thorburn, M.E. Alexander
Principles
of Fire Behavior: A CD-ROM Based Interactive Multimedia Wildland
Fire Training Course
W. R. Thorburn, A. MacMillan, M.E. Alexander, N. Nimchuck,
K.W. Frederick, T.A. Van Nest
Wildland Fire – Safety on the Fireline: A New CD-ROM
Based Wildland Firefighter Safety Training Course
W.R. Thorburn,
A. MacMillan, M.E. Alexander, D. Campbell, J. McLevin
Looking
for Local Solutions to the Wildland-Urban Interface
Problem
G. Scott Waldron