Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center

The Lessons Learned Center has created numerous video productions to aid the learning needs of the professional wildland firefighter community.

The full-length video productions (all previewed in the following downloadable
"trailers" below) can be ordered from:

Custom Recording and Sound
Phone: (208) 344-3535
FAX: (208) 323-0373

Email: fire@crsimedia.com

DVDs are $12.95 each, including shipping and handling.
Custom Recording and Sound will send videos out the next day.

Trailers

Managing Naturally-Ignited Fire Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Chapter 1 (6 minutes)

This video production highlights the lessons learned throughout our history in managing naturally-ignited fires. This production is also available in individual chapters as streaming video here. (2008)

Managing Naturally-Ignited Fire Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1MB Doc posted 2/4/2009)

This paper--along with its companion DVD program above--tells the comprehensive story of this country's history with naturally-ignited fire.

Tarkio Fire Shelter Deployment Staff Ride (48 minutes)

The Third Workshop on High Reliability Organizing featuring the Tarkio Fire Shelter Deployment Staff Ride. (2008)

HRO Teaching Tips from the Advanced HRO Seminar and Facilitating HRO Workshop (85 minutes)

Learn how to teach and explain High Reliability Organizing principles from experts Karl Weick and Kathleen Sutcliffe and interagency wildland fire professionals. This package includes a HRO Basic Teaching Guide and nine PowerPoint presentations. (2008 )

Mike Friend Video - Thinking Ahead (23 minutes)

One firefighter's account of thinking ahead and surviving a fire shelter deployment on the I-90 Tarkio fire. The full video is also available here on the "Learning from Incidents" page. (2008)

The Hawkins Wildland Fire Use Video Collection (2007):

Managing the Unexpected: When Events Don't Play by the Rules (24 minutes)

The Hawkins Wildland Fire Use Staff Ride (55 minutes)

Moving Forward with HRO and Wildland Fire Use - Line Officer Decision-
making on WFU Events 2007 (19 minutes)

Managing the Unexpected (50 minutes)

The Second Workshop on High Reliability Organizing featuring the field study of the Okefenokee Ecosystem Fire Management Program. (2007)

Conducting Effective After Action Reviews (48 minutes)

This special AAR training package includes: Lessons Guide, AAR Power Point, How To Conduct an AAR, and Facilitation Techniques for AARs. (2006)

Rx Fire and Fire Use Lessons Learned (1 hour)

Experiences of veteran fire management officers. (2005)

Burn Boss Stories (20 and 40 minute versions)

Learning from veteran burn bosses. (2005)

The First Managing the Unexpected Series - includes three videos. (2005)

Overview of High Reliability Organizations (50 minutes)

Return to Cerro Grande (1 hour)

Overcoming Your Immunity to Change (20 minutes)

Decision Making for Prescribed Fire and Fire Use Managers (1 hour)

Effective decision making featuring "Learning in Action" author David Garvin. (2005)

Building a More Effective Learning Organization (1 hour as well as 30 minute versions)

Organizational learning in wildland fire featuring "Learning in Action" author David Garvin. (2005)

Dude Fire Staff Ride (30 minutes)

Re-released in 2005 from 1998 fire behavior analyst workshop that focused on this tragedy wildland-urban interface wildfire.

Fire Effect Monitoring Stories (15 minute and 30 minute versions)

Learning from experienced interagency fire effects monitors. (2004)