The intent of the Hazard Tree and Tree Felling Task Group is to enhance a principle base approach to manage the risk of hazard trees in order to help firefighters continue to learn and stay safe in the wildland fire environment.
Resources
Accidents/Lessons Learned
Chainsaw Accident March 2005
Holmes Accident Investigation Report
Holmes Report Questions and Answers
Holmes Press Release
M Stanley Accident Report
Tree Falling Lessons Learned - Barrett
Alerts/Advisories
A Dangerous Day in the Woods
Chainsaw Felling Fatal Stats
Hazard Tree Safety Advisory
(Dated 9-23-2005)
Hazard Tree Safety Advisory
(Dated 7-16-2007)
Hazard Tree Alert
Hazard Tree 05 Safety Alert
Learn Advisory Hazard Tree 8-2-2007
Osha Stats Logging Fatal
SAFENET - Chain Saw Gas Cap
Safety Advisory - Hazard Trees
Safety Alert - Tree Felling
Misc.
Chainsaw Red Cross Volunteers
Chainsaw Basics - 6-11-2007
Dangerous Tree Checklist
Faller Safety-Oregon Report 2007
Hazard Tree JHA Template
(pdf)
(.doc)
HT and Risk Mitigation Paper 2-27-2008
OSHA Stats 06
Saw Notes from National 2005 Meeting
Scratchline Issue 16
Scratchline Issue 17
Snag Safety Poster
Stump Shot Definition 5-07
Tree Topping Darwin Award
Western Fallers Association Report BC
