2016 marked the eighth year in a row that the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center has received at least one report of a serious burn injury on the leg related to drip torch use.  This podcast is just 7 minutes long - a little booster shot of awareness on this topic with a couple of pointers to consider.  

Put fire on the ground...not on your calf.

Link to "Torch Leg Burns" document

Link to search for "2015 Burn Injury" in the Wildland Fire Lessons Learn Center's incident database

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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

Feb 15, 2017

Cataloging Information

Topic(s):
Human Factors of Firefighter Safety
Operational
Wildland Firefighter Health

NRFSN number: 29005
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