6 Minutes for Safety

Mission Statement

The 6 Minutes for Safety Subcommittee (6MFS) provides national leadership and oversight of the 6MFS program. The Subcommittee is responsible for the development, maintenance, and distribution of the 6MFS platform, which delivers the daily topics, This Day in History, and the Wildland Firefighter Week of Remembrance.

Primary Objectives

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Provide daily topics to help firefighting personnel to actively troubleshoot known high risk situations encountered on the fireline.
Promote a vigilant fire safety culture by supporting the daily use of 6MFS by every firefighter and every fire program.
Develop critical thinking skills and awareness by creating meaningful learning opportunities for firefighters.
Proactively seek and sustain vibrant and collaborative relationships with other wildland fire partners such as the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center, the Hazard Tree Subcommittee, the Wildland Fire annual refresher group, National Technology and Development Program, the Wildland Fire Leadership Committee, and all field personnel.

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View today's Incident Management Situation Report.

May 2024
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
28 Hazard Tree - Situational Awareness	29 Take 5@2 PPE	30 Constructing Line Without a Safe Anchor Point	1 Leading Up	2 Vehicle Entrapment	3 Aircraft and Pilot Carding	4 Avoiding Fuel Geysering
5 Communication	6 Helicopter Landing Zone Selection	7 Extreme Fire Behavior – II	8 Chainsaw Safety	9 Bees and Wasps	10 Ash Pit Hazards	11 Driving Safety
12 Downhill Fireline Construction Checklist	13 Aviation Communications	14 Entrapment Avoidance	15 Fire Not Scouted and Sized Up	16 Frequent Spot Fires Across the Line	17 Making Sound and Timely Decisions	18 Falling Snags
19 Extended Attack	20 Fight Fire Aggressively But Provide for Safety First	21 Avoiding Fuel Geysering	22 Instructions and Assignments Not Clear	23 Escape Routes 1 (Take 5@2)	24 Escape Routes 2	25 Escape Routes 3
26 Effects of Smoke Exposure	27 Managing Vehicle Traffic in Smoke	28 Fire Shelter Deployment	29 Aviation Mishap Response	30 Hazard Tree - No Work Zones	31 NFDRS PocketCards

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Aviation

Felling Safety

Fire Communication

Firefighter Health First Aid

Leadership

Misc Fireline Hazards

Operational Engagement

This Day in History

Vehicles Roads

Weather Fire Behavior

Week of Remembrance

In the same Committee as 6MFS

Chair: Benjamin Evans

NWCG Coordinator: Katy O'Hara

Parent Committee: Risk Management Committee

Meeting Schedule: TBD

Page Last Modified or Reviewed: 05/08/2024

NWCG Latest Announcements

Updated NWCG Standards for Fire Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations, PMS 515

Date: May 10, 2024
Contact: IFUASS Qualification and Curriculum Board (IFUASS)

The 2024 revision of the NWCG Standards for Fire Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations, PMS 515 is now available. PMS 515 standardizes the processes and procesures for interagency use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), including pilot inspections and approvals. This publication is now available as a PDF for easy use offline.

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NWCG Standards for Fire Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations, PMS 515

Memorandum 24-003: Removal of Type 1 Command and General Staff (C&G) Incident Position Qualification Pathways

Date: May 10, 2024
Contact: Aitor Bidaburu

The purpose of this memorandum is to provide NWCG direction for removal of the Type 1 Command and General Staff (C&G) incident position qualification pathways to transition to Complex Incident Management (CIM). Responders may continue to utilize available NWCG pathways to attain Type 1 C&G qualifications until December 31, 2024.

References:

Memorandum 24-003

CIM Story Map

2024 Professional Reading Program

Date: April 26, 2024
Contact: Wildland Fire Leadership Development Program (WFLDP)

The Wildland Fire Leadership Development Program is announcing the 2024 Professional Reading list! The intent of the Professional Reading Program is to promote the reading and discussion of these books throughout the year. Discussion guides are provided and the corresponding Wildland Fire Leadership Levels have been identified.

The five books chosen for this year are: Young Men and Fire by Norman Maclean, The Wisdom of the Bullfrog by William H. McRaven, The Art of Clear Thinking by Hasard Lee, Emotional Agility by Susan David, and Writing to Persuade by Trish Hall.

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Professional Reading Program

Wildland Fire Leadership Levels

NWCG Training Catalog now on Wildland Fire Learning Portal

Date: April 25, 2023
Contact: NWCG Training

The National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) has migrated the training catalog from the NWCG website to the Wildland Fire Learning Portal (WFLP) as part of our ongoing efforts to streamline processes and improve efficiency. To facilitate this transition, the training catalog remains available on www.nwcg.gov through April 2024.

Starting May 2024, the training catalog will no longer be accessible on www.nwcg.gov. However, you can still access the complete training catalog by logging in as a guest to the WFLP.

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Wildland Fire Learning Portal

National Wildfire Coordinating Group

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