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.
Kelly Woods visits with Larry Sutton, Jim Cook, and Chris Wilcox to capture their reflections on the 30 years that have…
Kelly Woods and Travis Dotson visit with Riva Duncan and Dr. Patty O’Brien about some considerations when deciding to seek…
Erik Apland talks with Erin Phelps and Kat DuBose about wildland fire presumptive illness legislation, some lessons…
Kelly Woods visits with Tyler Doggett in a candid conversation about some of the mental health difficulties that often…
Kelly Woods and Travis Dotson discuss the latest edition of Data Points that focuses on UTV fires. Data Points is the…
Kelly Woods talks with Sarah Fisher and Chad Fisher about what learning in the wildland fire service means to them. Sarah…
Travis Dotson talks with Brian Crowley about his experience during the entrapment and fire shelter deployment on the Bridger…
Summary of lessons learned from 171 operational fires in 2021.
Kelly Woods talks with Erik Apland about his assignment to read all of the entrapment reports housed in the LLC Incident…
In a conversation with Travis Dotson, Chris Fry shares the powerful story of his entrapment and shelter deployment on the…
Why Talk About Entrapments?
In January 2018, as part of work on the 2017 Annual Incident Review Summary, LLC staffers Travis…
In this podcast, Travis Dotson and Brit Rosso introduce the concept of the "Bad Apple" as it applies to the business of…
In this podcast, we hear from Travis Dotson--a regular on the podcast--and Brit Rosso, the Director of the Wildland Fire…
For the 2017 Week of Remembrance, the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center is focusing on a single shift on a single fire…
For the 2017 Week of Remembrance, the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center is focusing on a single shift on a single fire…
For the 2017 Week of Remembrance, the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center is focusing on a single shift on a single fire…
For the 2017 Week of Remembrance, the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center is focusing on a single shift on a single fire…
What if your UTV caught on fire? Yeah - it happens. In this mini-episode we get right to the point - why you need to take a…
In this episode Alex and Travis chat about wildland firefighter burn injuries.
Why are they a bigger deal than…
Unfortunately, when it comes to fuel geysers, there are many popular misconceptions.
True or False:
"Fuel geysers only…
2016 marked the eighth year in a row that the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center has received at least one report of a…
Do you like scouting? Do you acknowledge the risk involved? Chances are you take on more exposure than you…
What is it actually like to "Wag Dodge" it? What does it feel like to realize you are in a bad spot? What are some…
Where do the lessons live? In this episode we discuss the relationship between lessons and data and why it matters.…
In this episode we tackle the "Contractor's Dilemma" - the idea that contract fire resources face different pressures that…
Alex Viktora and Travis Dotson discuss emerging numbers and lessons from the year so far. Topics discussed include…
Travis Dotson, Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center Analyst, has been crunching the numbers on chainsaw incidents during the…