2007
California Interagency Wildland Fire Safety Officer Conference
(HO 1)
Reviewed the agenda for the conference to determine the sessions
the team will attend throughout the week. Stan Palmer presented
a SHWT update at the conference.
Review
the SHWT PowerPoint Presentation (All)
The team reviewed and modified the newly developed PowerPoint
presentation. The presentation will be used at various conferences,
meetings, etc., to provide an overview of the SHWT.
Safety
Posters/Criteria/Publication Proposal (King) (HO 2)
Issue: The NWCG logo is being put on posters without
NWCG endorsement or approval.
The team reviewed posters pertaining to vehicles and Wildland
Urban Interface, Situational Awareness that was developed
by Guy Pence and funded by MTDC.
The
team reviewed and modified the current criteria for accepting
publication proposals. The team agreed to write a letter to
Mr. Guy Pence to inform him of the current publication criteria.
Because
of other poster requests that have come forward, SHWT agreed
to use the existing NWCG Publication Management System (PMS)
Procedures Guide and the SHWT Criteria for Accepting Publication
Proposals to provide consistent guidelines for incoming requests.
Action Item: Follow up with Mary Ann Davies
from MTDC to determine who is publishing posters with the
NWCG logo and without NWCG approval. (Smith-MTDC)
Action
Item: Send a letter to Mr. Guy Pence to inform him
of the current publication criteria with a courtesy copy to
MTDC. (Sutton)
BLM
Burn Protocol Update (Ryerson) (HO 3)
The team discussed a proposal for the Parent Group’s consideration
to incorporate established standards for treatment and transport
of employees who sustain burn injuries during wildland fire
operations.
The
team recognized that a process needs to be put in place to identify
a minimum standard of care to lessen the severity of burns.
It is critical to increase the level of awareness and be more
involved with the care of employees. The FMO and AA should be
give authority to make appropriate decisions for burn injuries.
Action
Item: Submit BLM’s Protocol to SHWT for possible
NWCG adoption. (Ryerson)
Update
on Comments Received on Draft EMS Standards (Ryerson)
The team recommended discussing with Kim Christensen (Chair
EMSG) the outstanding tasks identified in the February 22, 2007,
memo to the Emergency Medical Services Groups (EMSG). The SHWT
needs to determine when the tasks will be finalized.
The
SHWT reviewed the list of outstanding tasks presented to the
EMSG and determined those tasks the SHWT can finish prior to
sunsetting the EMSG.
Action
Item: Meet with Kim Christensen via conference call
on May 1, 2007, at 10:00 a.m.
Action
Item: Appoint a SHWT member to present the findings
on this subject to the Parent Group at their next meeting,
Tuesday, May 8, 2007. (Ryerson)
Joint
IAFC/NWCG Safety Stand Down (Ryerson) (HO 4)
Reviewed and made revisions to the draft memo submitted to the
team by John Gould.
Action
Item: Finalize the Joint IAFC/NWCG Safety Stand Down
memo and submit to NWCG. (Ryerson)
Update
on WFLC Wildland Fire Fatality Reporting Issue (Ryerson)
NASF is part of WFLC. Michelle was contacted by Mr. Quigly (contractor
for the FS-Wildland Fire Leadership Council) attempting to retrieve
and extract data from the SHWT Safety Gram database possibly
for tracking performance measures. Michelle provided a copy
of the SHWT reports (Safety Gram, Trend Analysis) to Mr. Quigly.
Action
Item: Follow-up with Mr. Quiqly and provide him a
copy of the final 17 Year Trend Analysis Report. (Ryerson)
New Governance Update – SHWT/FFAST Function and Duties
(King)
There has been confusion distinguishing the difference between
the Federal Fire and Aviation Safety Team (FFAST) and the SHWT.
The SHWT recently provided NWCG a description of functions and
duties of both teams. The SHWT will wait for further direction
from NWCG. No further action is currently required.
Update
on I-Suite Project (Ryerson)
The new I-Suite Injury/Illness Model will be available on the
next I-Suite update (4-16-07). Incident Management Teams (IMTs)
are requested to ensure that injury/illness data is entered
into the new module (I-Suite version 7.010.01). The Medical
Unit will enter the module data.
17-Year
Summary for Trends Update (Ryerson) (HO 5)
The team reviewed and discussed the DRAFT Wildland Firefighter
Fatalities in the United States: 1990-2006 analysis provided
by Richard Mangan from MTDC. It was noted that the introduction
section does not have statistical data on exposure data, number
of hours worked, etc.
The
final 17-Year trends analysis report will be completed in May
2007.
Action
Item: Review the draft analysis and provide comments
to Deana by April 30, 2007, to forward to MTDC. (All)
Update
on Agency Administrator’s Guide to Critical Incident Management
(Sutton)
The team previously recommended contracting Chuck Whitlock to
finalize the Guide. There were barriers contracting Mr. Whitlock;
therefore, the team discussed other options to complete the
Guide.
A
recommendation was made to find out the availability of Mr.
John Gay and have Mr. Gay take the existing draft document in
PMS and incorporate Rose Davis’s edits.
The
other option discussed was to make two separate publications
by finalizing the current draft AA Guide to CIM and create another
guide for incident critical management.
Action
Item: Review the draft Agency Administrator’s Guide
to Critical Incident Management located at http://www.nwcg.gov./pms/pubs/PMS926-DRAFT.pdf.
Provide comments to Deana by June 1, 2007. (All)
Action
Item: Add the newly proposed incident critical management
guide to the SHWT budget. (Ryerson and King)
Action
Item: Follow-up on the proposal to create a critical
incident management guide after completing the Agency Administrator’s
Guide to Critical Incident Management. (All)
Action
Item: Send a copy of the Fatality/Serious Injury
Protocol-Plumas National Forest 2005 (incident command structure
for fatalities and serious accident) written by John Gay to
the team to review and discuss at the October 2007 SHWT meeting.
(Ashworth)
Interagency
Incident Business Management Handbook (IIBMH), Chapter 60, Investigations
and Reporting (All) (HO 6)
Reviewed and revised Chapter 60 of the IIBMH. The team also
discussed the placement of this particular chapter. The question
was raised if this chapter should be part of the IIBMH.
The team submitted the recommended changes to the Incident Business
Practices Working Team.
October
2007 Meeting Agenda Items:
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Hazard Pay
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NWCG Safety Gram Reporting Criteria
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Development of presentations by LLC for future investigations.
Use the 30-Mile model to set the standards for the future.
Future
Meeting Dates and Locations
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October 23-25, 2007 – Missoula, MT (WI State Host)
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January 22-24, 2008 – Boise, ID, joint meeting with TWT (NC
State Host)
Future
Conference Calls
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May 1 @1000 (MST) – EMSG Briefing
- May
24 @ 1300 (MST)
Handouts
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2007 California Interagency Wildland Fire Safety Officer Conference
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Safety Posters/Criteria/Publication Proposal
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BLM Burn Protocol Update
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Joint IAFC/NWCG Safety Stand Down
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DRAFT Wildland Firefighter Fatalities in the United States:
1990-2006
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Interagency Incident Business Management Handbook (IIBMH),
Chapter 60, Investigations and Reporting
5/30/07
Safety
and Health Working Team