Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Training: Annual Wildland Fire Safety Refresher

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Annual Wildland Fire Safety Refresher Training - 2008

The intent of annual fireline safety refresher training is to focus line going personnel on operations and decision making issues related to fireline and all-hazard incident safety. Refresher training will ensure firefighters have information regarding current initiatives, the upcoming fire season, and any policy/guidance changes. Refresher training is provided in order to recognize and mitigate risk, maintain safe and effective practices, and to reduce accidents and near misses.

Refresher Website (WFSTAR)

The 2008 revisions to the Wildland Fire Safety Training Annual Refresher (WFSTAR) website will be posted on January 31, 2008. This website is managed under the direction of the Federal Fire and Aviation Safety Team (FFAST). The purpose of WFSTAR is to provide a one-stop shopping resource for instructors of refresher training to obtain information necessary to conduct relevant and engaging safety refreshers. The website identifies topics for refresher training and lists a wide variety of reference materials that support refresher training.

Updates include a new National Emphasis Topic and Hot Topics. The 2008 National Emphasis Topic is “Thinking Ahead”. The 2008 Hot Topics include “How Can We Improve Aviation Safety”, “WUI Safety”, “Risk Management for Alternative Strategies and Tactics”, “Incident Communications”, and “Why Submit a SAFENET”. A Human Factors webpage has also been added.

Please visit the WFSTAR website at http://www.nifc.gov/wfstar/index.htm.
Training: Annual Wildland Fire Safety Refresher

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