Where do the lessons live?  In this episode we discuss the relationship between lessons and data and why it matters.  Along the way we wander through the following topics:

  • Clocks & Clouds
  • Knowing where the Medical Incident Report lives
  • The need for humility
  • Communication with Medivac Helicopters
  • The responsibility for relevance

Visit the Annual Incident Review Summaries page to see data and lessons from past years in the form of full annual reports and yearly infographics. 

This media record is part of a series:

Wildfire Lessons

The Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center is a national, interagency, federally-funded organization with interagency staffing. It is an integral part of the interagency fire program created to facilitate a learning culture on behalf of all agencies with wildland fire responsibilities whether local, state, Tribal, or federal. The center staff strives to enhance safe work performance and organizational learning for all wildland firefighters and is a reflection of the wildland fire community’s commitment to honor through learning. The center hosts the "Wildfire Lessons" podcast to discuss lessons and organizational learning, click to see the Wildfire Lessons homepage for more information.

Media Record Details

Oct 13, 2016

Cataloging Information

Topic(s):
Decisionmaking & Sensemaking
Human Factors of Firefighter Safety
Organizational Learning & Innovation
Wildland Firefighter Health

NRFSN number: 29002
Record updated: