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10 Standard Firefighting Orders. Fight fire aggressively, having provided for safety first. Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like 1 10 Standard Firefighting Orders, 2 10 Standard Firefighting Orders, 3 10 Standard Firefighting Orders and more.
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Ten Standard Firefighting Orders. These basic ten guidelines have been successfully used by thousands of firefighters and leaders for more than forty years.
Dr. Jennifer Ziegler discusses her research into the history of the 10 Standard Firefighting Orders. This video segment is part of the Wildland Firefighter Safety Training Annual Refresher (WFSTAR) program, and was made available to the public by the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center.
The orders were developed from lessons learned in a number of major wildland fires that led to the deaths of trapped firefighters including the Shoshone National Forest Blackwater fire of 1937 and the Helena National Forest Mann Gulch Fire in 1949.
The 10 Standard Firefighting Orders and the 18 Watch Out Situations, as referenced in the Incident Response Pocket Guide (IRPG), PMS 461, provide wildland firefighters with a set of consistent best practices and a series of scenarios to be mindful of when responding to a wildland fire.
A genealogy of one significant organizational list, wildland firefighters’ 10 Standard Fire Orders, shows how a list’s meaning resides less on its face and more in the discourses surrounding it, which can change over time.
