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On Protection of Towns from Fire — Benjamin Franklin, 1735

On Making Official History Honest — Kent Robert Greenfield, 1954

LCES—a Key to Safety in the Wildland Fire Environment — Paul Gleason, 1991

Attitude Check — Bill Fish, 1995

TriData Phase IV, “Developing a Cooperative Approach to Wildfire Protection” — Charles Perrow, 1998

Lessons From Thirtymile: Transition Fires And Fire Orders — Jerry Williams, 2001

Loop Fire Disaster Brief — November, 1966

1967 Task Force Report

• Preface
• Introduction
• Downhill Line Operations and “Chimneys”
• Communications
• Improve Scouting at All Critical Points
• Organization
• Protective Shelters
• Fire Protective Clothing
• Pre-Attack Planning and Construction
• Fuelbreak System
• Fire Behavior and Fire Research
• Appendix

2005 Fire Prevention and Safety grant application

• Synopsis and Budget
• Risk Assessment
• Evaluation
• Implementation Plan
• Justification

REPORT OF
THE FIRE SAFETY REVIEW TEAM

MARCH 1967

A PLAN TO FURTHER REDUCE
THE CHANCES OF MEN BEING BURNED WHILE FIGHTING FIRES

U.S. Department of Agriculture- Forest Service - Washington, D.C.

PREFACE

This report summarizes the work of the Fire Safety Review Team whose objective was to recommend a program to prevent men from being burned while fighting forest, grass and brush fires. Each of the team's recommendations was studied by me and key members of the Washington Office Staff. Then the team's report was expanded to include Washington Office comments and guidance for an action program.

Edward P. Cliff, Chief

Report of Fire Safety Review team to Recommend Action Program to Prevent Men from being Burned while Fighting Forest, Grass, and Brush Fires.

Our report and recommended action program is attached. We believe that much progress in fire safety has been made in the last ten years and that, in general, the program is heading in the right direction.

In flashy brush types, as in Southern California and in other areas with similar topography, fuel volume, and rate of spread, downhill line operations without positive knowledge that the toe of the fire is secured are not an acceptable practice. Also, a “chimney” can be expected to explosively flash up slope. We believe that activating our recommendations in regard to these and other items will further reduce the chances that men will be burned while fighting forest, grass, and brush fires.

/s/ Robert Bjornsen

/s/ Jay Peterson

/s/ Tony Skufca

/s/ Mike Hardy

/s/ A. E. Spaulding, Chairman

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