WFSTAR, Case Studies Modules

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Module Name Module Category Core Components Year Added Sort Status Key Words
Golden Gate Estates Fire - January 30, 1985 Case Studies Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making 		2022 Screen shot of Golden Gate Estates Fire video screen with new banner on right. 1 fatality, case study, burn over, burn injury, entrapment, Florida, heavy equipment
Point Fire Immersive Case Studies Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making 		2022 Point Fire Intro Screen 1 communication, red flag, case study, fatalities, weather, engines, fire shelter
Lauder Fire - September 29, 1987 Case Studies Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
Fire Shelters and Entrapment Avoidance 		2022 Screen shot of Lauder Fire video screen with new banner on right. 1 fatality, case study, burn over
Spanish Ranch Fire Case Studies Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making 		2021 Silhouette of two firefighters walking up a hill beyond burned brush. 1 dozer, burnover, weather, fatalities, case study
Bass River Fire Case Studies Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making 		2021 A view from overhead of a burned fire truck in the middle of a burned fire area. 1 burnover, weather, fatalities, case study
Romero Fire Case Studies Current Issues
Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making 		2021 An old dozer with operator at controls and a firefighter walking to right out of frame. 1 dozer, burnover, weather, fatalities, case study
Mack Lake Fire Case Studies Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making 		2021 Animation of a flame front moving toward a tractor and fire engine. A cross hatch dozer line is between fire and equipment, and compass in top left corner. 1 burnover, prescribed fire, weather, fatalities, case study
Point Fire Revisited Case Studies Local Topics
Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making 		2019 Man standing in front of two white cross markers. 3 Point Fire, NWCG, Training, Cooperators, Case Study, Fatality, Mutual Aid, Engines
Alabaugh Fire Case Studies Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
Fire Shelters and Entrapment Avoidance 		2018 Aerial image of the topography of South Dakota where the Alabaugh Fire occurred. 2 Fire Shelter
Mudd Fire Case Studies Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
Fire Shelters and Entrapment Avoidance 		2018 Aerial image of the topography of Nevada where shelters were deployed on the Mudd Fire. 2 Deployment
Santiago Fire Case Studies Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
Fire Shelters and Entrapment Avoidance 		2018 Aerial image of the topography of California showing the Santiago Fire and where fire shelters were deployed with updated banner in upper right corner. 2 Deployment
Panther Fire Case Studies Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
Fire Shelters and Entrapment Avoidance 		2018 Aerial photo of Panther Fire 3 Deployment
Seven Oak Fire Case Studies Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
Fire Shelters and Entrapment Avoidance 		2018 Aerial image of California where Aerial image of California where shelters were deployed on the Seven Oak fire with updated banner in top right corner. 2 Deployment
Indians Fire Case Studies Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
Fire Shelters and Entrapment Avoidance 		2018 Aerial image of the topography of California showing where shelters were deployed on the Indians Fire. 3 Deployment, Safety Zone, Fire Shelter
Highway 31 Fire Case Studies Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
Fire Shelters and Entrapment Avoidance 		2017 Aerial image of the topography of the South Carolina coast where the Highway 31 fire occurred. 3 Deployment, Fire Shelter
Holloway Fire Case Studies Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
Fire Shelters and Entrapment Avoidance 		2017 Aerial image of the topography of the Oregon/Nevada border where the Holloway Fire occurred. 3 Fire Shelter
Little Venus Fire Case Studies Fire Shelters and Entrapment Avoidance 2017 Aerial image of the topography of Wyoming showing where shelters were deployed on the Little Venus fire. 2 Deployment
Yarnell Hill Fire Case Studies Other Hazards & Safety Issues
Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
Fire Shelters and Entrapment Avoidance 		2016 or earlier Photo of the Granite Mountain Hotshots overlooking the Yarnell Hill Fire 2 Arizona, Fire Shelter, Fatality, Human Factors
Fires of 1910 Case Studies Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making 		2016 or earlier Buffalo Soldiers of the 25th Infantry based at Fort George Wright in Spokane were called in to fight the 1910 fire and protect residents of Avery, Idaho. 3 Big Burn, Great Blowup
1994 South Canyon Fire on Storm King Mountain Case Studies Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned
Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
Fire Shelters and Entrapment Avoidance 		2016 or earlier Photo of a firefighter looking through trees and brush at billowing smoke from the south canyon fire. 2 Historical, Deployment, Fatality, Human Factors
Salt Fire Case Study Case Studies Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making 		2016 or earlier Photo of a firefighter standing next to a dozer and truck looking toward the fire. 3 safety zone, idaho
Cramer Fire Case Study Case Studies Fire and Aviation Operational Safety
Human Factors, Communication and Decision Making
Fire Shelters and Entrapment Avoidance 		2016 or earlier Aerial picture of a deep river canyon in the Salmon River Breaks. 2 Fire Shelter, Deployment, Aircraft

 

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2023-03-20

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