The Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center Library houses learning focused documents not specifically affiliated with an incident. Incident specific documents can be found in the Incident Review Database.
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| A Preparedness Guide for Wildland Firefighters and Their Families | A Preparedness Guide for Wildland Firefighters and Their Families provides honest information, resources, and conversation starters to give you, the wildland firefighter, tools that will be helpful in preparing yourself and your support network for the realities of your career. |
| CCC Members Lost in Forest Fire Fighting Across the USA | This document summarizes Civilian Conservation Corps fatalities on wildland fires between the initiation of the program in 1933 and its dissolution in 1942. |
| Federal Wildland Fire Policy and Program Review Report 1995 | The Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy and Program Review was chartered by the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to ensure that Federal policies are uniform and programs are cooperative and cohesive. It summarizes issues identified during the review period and makes recommendations. In part the review was a response to the 1994 South Canyon Fire fatalities. |
| Findings From the Wildland Firefighters Human Factors Workshop 1995 | This paper outlines the findings of the Human Factors Workshop, held in June 1995 with experts in psychology, sociology, organizations, fire safety, and wildland firefighting, convened to discuss ways of improving firefighter safety. |
| Fire Environment Size-Up: Human Limitations vs. Superhuman Expectations 1995 | This article for Wildfire in 1995 discusses the limitations of human cognition in recalling and applying numerous checklists and guidelines during wildland fire response, and describes a summarized, simplified four-step Fire Environment Size-up Model. |
| Heat Illness and the Wildland Firefighter 2011 | A review of heat illness scientific literature, synthesizing key information on types of heat illness, risk factors, and prevention strategies and aids. |
| Learning from Unintended Outcomes (LfUO) Implementation Guide 2024 | This guide is intended for use by any organization wishing to foster organizational learning as the response to unexpected outcomes. |
| Learning in the Wildland Fire Service | This publication expresses the fundamental leadership concepts of the wildland fire service. It outlines the framework, values, and principles that guide wildland fire leaders in providing leadership across a broad range of missions. |
| LLC Year End Reports | Reports of accomplishments, staffing changes, new products, and other updates related to the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center organization in a given calendar year. |
| Preliminary Report of Task Force on Fatal Wildland Fire Accidents 1980 | This report was prepared by an ad hoc task force established by NWCG to study the problem of fire-related fatalities in Federal, State, and Canadian firefighting agencies. The report identifies common causes and makes recommendations to reduce recurrence of these accidents. |