SAFETY

• COMMUNICATION
• 6-Minutes for Safety (external link)
• SAFECOMs
• SAFENET: Wildland Fire Operations
  Safety Reporting System (external link)
• Safety Alerts
• Safety Grams (external link)
• EDUCATION & TRAINING
• 10 Standard Fire Orders and 18 Situations That Shout Watch Out
• Wildland Fire Safety Training Annual Refresher (WFSTAR)
• Accident Investigation Resources
• INITIATIVES & RESOURCES
• NWCG Risk Management Committee
• FireFit
  
• Historical Wildland Firefighter Fatality Reports
• DOI Medical Standards
• Additional Resources

Safety

Firefighter safety, and the safety of the public, is a core value and is intrinsic in all areas of wildland fire management. All fire management plans and activities must reflect this commitment. The commitment to and accountability for safety is a joint responsibility of all firefighters, managers, and administrators.

The goal of the fire safety program is to provide direction and guidance for safe and effective management in all activities. Safety is the responsibility of everyone assigned to wildland fire, and must be practiced at all operational levels from the national fire director, state/regional director, and unit manger, to employees in the field. Firefighter and public safety always takes precedence over property and resource loss.