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2025 WOR: Letter to Leadership

Letter to Leadership |  Day 1  |  Day 2  |  Day 3  |  Day 4  |  Day 5  |  Day 6  |  Day 7  

 

The Week of Remembrance (WOR) was established in 2014 based on the 7-day span between June 30th and July 6th—the respective dates of the Yarnell Hill and South Canyon Fire tragedies. For 2025, WOR renews the wildland fire community’s commitment to this effort by adopting a new format that will be repeated annually. In a formal partnership between the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center and the 6 Minutes for Safety subcommittee, WOR will recognize fireline fatalities that occurred in the fire season 10 years prior. 2025 pays tribute to incidents from 2015 as follows:

  • Day 1 will always pay homage to the Granite Mountain Hotshots who perished on the Yarnell Hill Fire and, this year, also will list the names of all wildland firefighters who died in the line of duty in 2015.
  • Days 2–6 each take a closer look into the details and lessons of a specific event from 2015.
  • Day 7 will always pay homage to those who perished on the South Canyon Fire and then will offer final thoughts to close the week.

Throughout, the authors of this content aim to transmit value for our ground level firefighters by maintaining the WOR tradition of “honoring through learning.”

Learning and honoring can be a challenge to accomplish together. The act of recognizing the fallen feels personal, solemn, and solitary—like it should stand alone in quiet and remain untainted by the intellectual search for some learning opportunity. And it does, naturally. We welcome a moment of silence for each day of this WOR and all those to come. Making time and space to honor collectively is part of our healing and is a sobering nod to the fact that our workplace is inherently dangerous.

There also exists, naturally, an instinct to find meaning and make sense of tragedy. For the writer, gleaning lessons from these incidents can feel like a heavy, uncertain task. So, during WOR, we continually retrain our focus onto a search within these incidents for the relevant messages that will serve firefighters today and try to present them clearly. If successful in that mission, learning and honoring become one act. The Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center does this work full time and the 6 Minutes for Safety subcommittee is indebted to their talents and insights, and grateful for their collaborative partnership to improve WOR. May it make our firefighters a little wiser, and our firelines a little safer.
 

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2025 Wildland Fire EMS Awards

Date:  June 12, 2026
Questions? 
Please contact: Emergency Medical Committee

The NWCG Emergency Medical Committee (EMC) announces the recipients of the 2025 Wildland Fire Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Awards. EMC annually recognizes individuals and groups who have demonstrated outstanding actions or accomplishments that are above and beyond the expectation of one’s normal mission or job duties.

Congratulations to all the awardees and nominees. Through leadership and initiative, they have made significant contributions to the safety of the wildland fire community. These awards are well deserved.

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2025 Wildland Fire EMS Awards

Emergency Medical Committee

Incident Position Standards and the Next Generation Position Task Book Now Available for RAMP

Date:  June 12, 2026
Questions? 
Please contact: Airtanker Base Operations Unit

NWCG is excited to announce that Incident Position Standards and the Next Generation Position Task Book are now available for Ramp Manager (RAMP).

The Performance Support Package for this position was developed as part of the Incident Performance and Training Modernization effort. These resources support trainees, qualified personnel, and evaluators in their respective roles.

Any changes to qualification pathways will take effect with the next update of the NWCG Standards for Wildland Fire Position Qualifications, PMS 310-1, scheduled for release in January 2027.

References:

NWCG Ramp Manager Position Page

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Make an Impact: Serve the Wildland Fire Community as an IPTM SME!

Date:  June 11, 2026
Questions? 
Please contact: NWCG SME Specialist

Note: Positions with an * will last approximately 6 months.
Positions with ** will last 12 - 18 months.

NWCG is seeking experienced wildland firefighters and support personnel to serve as Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) for the Incident Performance and Training Modernization (IPTM) initiative. IPTM aims to transition NWCG’s training and qualification system to a performance-based model by updating position descriptions, Incident Position Standards, Next Generation Position Task Books (Next Gen PTBs), and training where needed.

NWCG is currently recruiting SMEs for the Fall 2026 positions listed below:

  • Equipment Manager (EQPM)*
  • Fixed Wing Parking Tender (FWPT)**
  • Mixmaster (MXMS)*
  • Public Information Officer Complex (PIOC)*
  • Retardant Crewmember (RTCM)*
  • Strike Team Leader Crew (STCR)*
  • Strike Team Leader Engine (STEN)*
  • Strike Team Leader Heavy Equipment (STEQ)*
  • Task Force Leader (TFLD)**
  • Wildland Fire Investigator (INVF)** 

Projects begin October 2026. Sign up by July 10, 2026, at the link below and review the attached document for additional details. 

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NWCG SME Interest Sign-up

IPTM Subject Matter Expert Duties and Expectations Document

Incident Performance and Training Modernization (IPTM)

RMC Safety Bulletin 26-001: Rhabdomyolysis in Wildland Firefighters

Date:  May 28, 2026
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Please contact: Risk Management Committee

The Risk Management Committee (RMC) has issued Safety Bulletin 26-001: Rhabdomyolysis in Wildland Firefighters. Research from 2016 to 2025 shows that 88 cases of rhabdomyolysis (rhabdo) were reported. Analysis of reports from eSafety, the Safety Management Information System (SMIS), and the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center (LLC) indicates that rhabdo is common during this time of year due to Work Capacity Tests and contributing factors such as weather, hydration, nutrition, and medication or supplement use.

RMC issued this safety bulletin to raise awareness in the Wildland Fire Community, and to provide research findings and educational resources that support reducing future cases of rhabdo.

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RMC Safety Bulletin 26-001: Rhabdomyolysis in Wildland Firefighters