The goal of the LLC is to help prevent loss of life and serious injury, manage risk wisely and ensure safer and more effective work practices across the entire wildland fire community.

Leadership Tools at LLC

More than seven years ago, the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center (LLC) was established based on the need for a safer work environment with more effective organizational learning processes, and as a means of collecting institutional memory for the entire wildland fire service. The LLC promotes a learning culture and fosters collaboration within all members of the wildland fire service.

The NWCG Leadership Subcommittee and the LLC have partnered up in the past on such items as the Conducting Effective After Action Review (AARs) training package. Plans are to continue that collaboration in the near future.

Various resources are available on the LLC website for wildland firefighters to use to complete portions of their self-development plan as well as keep up-to-date on lessons learned from the field.

For more information about LLC,
visit http://www.wildfirelessons.net/Home.aspx.

Time to Sharpen the "Tools"

In March 2010, the NWCG Leadership Subcommittee met in Tucson, Arizona. One of the Subcommittee meeting goals was to update elements of the Wildland Fire Leadership Development Program (WFLDP) "Toolbox." Work group participants teamed up to revise the following tools:

• TDGS/STEX - updating workbook (fall 2010) and producing new video (spring 2011)
• Briefing and Intent - redesigning the web page (summer 2010) and producing a briefing video clip (fall 2010)
• Staff Ride Guide - revising the guide (summer 2010)
• Fatality Case Studies (formerly PMS 490) - removing from PMS, revising course materials including video, instructor/student course materials, developing a web page and module for use with the Annual Fireline Safety Refresher
• Professional Reading Program - collecting recommendations for revision (fall 2010)
• Leaders We Would Like to Meet - possible collaboration with LLC
• Self-Development - finalizing an Individual Development Plan Guide and revising the web page (summer 2010)

Self-Development Preview: Adoption of an Individual Development Plan (IDP) Guide, creation for Self Development Plan Worksheets (by leader type), clear self development objectives/goals for each leadership level, and words/phrases that when "clicked" take individuals to web-based "support" sites.

The information available on the updated web page can be used by anyone for their personal self development or to augment (not replace) agency IDPs. The intent is to provide wildland fire service employees the opportunity to quickly download self-development plan resources that are easy to understand and implement.

Efforts have begun to bring L-180 to the online learning environment.

Wildland fire subject matter experts and NIFC Fire Training Distance Learning staff members met with Regis Learning Solutions to discuss course content and move towards the development of a management plan.

Hopes are to have the training available for field use some time in 2011.