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CASE STUDY: The Origin of L.C.E.S. for Firefighters


CASE STUDY:

The Origin of L.C.E.S. for Firefighters

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BACKGROUND

Arizona, 1990:  Six (6) firefighters died after being overrun in a wilderness fire attack.

RESULTS

In the After Action Review (AAR), the reviewers determined that opportunities were missed by the fire ground commanders to prevent many of the contributing factors that led to the responder loss of life.


From that tragedy TWO (2) overarching safety guidelines were instituted in order to reduce future responder injury and death.


The 2 Safety Guidelines are:


  1. Safety evaluations and briefings must be conducted before any tactical operation where responder safety is at risk.
  2. This evaluation criteria must be re-evaluated and re-briefed whenever incident conditions change, including when people enter or leave the field Team.

From those 2 guidelines arose FOUR (4) specific safety measures to be implemented called L.C.E.S.

RECOMMENDATIONS

Responder Safety LCES

The PURPOSE of L.C.E.S. is to improve the responders safety margin while operating in a hazardous environment.


Any time during an incident, each and every Team member is empowered and expected to initiate an L.C.E.S. briefing if they identify a change in incident conditions.

YOUR ACTION ITEMS

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Mike McKenna

About the author

Mike McKenna is the founder and president of TEAM Solutions. He helps public and private sector leaders improve their outcomes before, during and after a planned event or unplanned crisis.

Please contact Mike via the Contact page.

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