Crew cohesion, wildland fire transition, and fatalities / Jon Driessen.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Driessen, Jon J., author.

Contributor:

Technology & Development Program (U.S.), issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wildfire fighters--United States.

Wildfire fighters.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 15 pages) : illustrations (black & white)

Place of Publication:

Missoula, MT : United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Technology & Development Program, 2002.

Summary:

Describes the role played by crew cohesion in the deaths of firefighters in three firefighting tragedies: the Mann Gulch Fire, the South Canyon Fire, and the Thirtymile Fire. Two types of cohesion are involved, the cohesion within a crew (intracrew cohesion) and the cohesion among crews (intercrew cohesion). Cohesion is a way of describing how closely people feel they are tied to a group. Studies of field crews in the Forest Service have shown that the less cohesion crews had, the more likely they were to be involved in accidents. Meanwhile, studies of wildland firefighter fatalities during the 1990s have shown that nearly threefourths of the fatalities occurred when fires were making the transition from relatively small to relatively large fires, or shortly after they had become relatively large fires. The transition is often sudden, when it is described as a "blow up." Driessen recommends studies that would allow the different types of transition fires to be classified. This classification system would allow crew leaders and fire managers to communicate clearly when fires are making the transition from relatively small fires to relatively large fires. The studies would also identify tactics that successful crew leaders use to build the essential level of crew cohesion when fires are in transition.

Notes:

"February 2002."

"TE02P16-Fire and aviation management technical services."

"0251-2809-MTDC"--Cover.

"5100 Fire"--Cover.

In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Catalog and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).

Includes bibliographical references (page 13).

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (USDA FS, viewed June 9, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version: Driessen, Jon J. Crew cohesion, wildland fire transition, and fatalities.

OCLC:

680415719

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