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Winners of the 2005 Paul Gleason Lead by Example Award for Mentoring and Teamwork.
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2005 Camp photo
The Vale District BLM has taken leadership training to an entirely new level. Since May of 2004, the fire operations staff created and implemented the "Spring Leadership Training Camp." The 5-10 day camp, aimed at the module leader level, is designed to focus on many topics, including core values and expectations, teamwork and leadership skills, attitude and ethics, professionalism and pride, communication, safety, accountability, and physical training. |
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Camp Description 2004 |
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Camp Summary and Results 2005 |
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Camp Schedule 2004 | 2005 |
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Camp Results 2004 |
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Camp Presentation 2004 |
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Field activities
The objectives of the camp primarily are aimed at changing the way first-time supervisors view their jobs and the role each of them has in the fire management program. The camp was designed to change perceptions and attitudes and clarify and reinforce the expectations of the fire management staff. |
The training itself is a non-traditional (sometimes intense) and very interactive approach encompassing subject material from many private, state, and federal agency sources, including materials provided on the Wildland Fire Leadership Development Program website. The majority of the exercises, seminars, and presentations in camp were designed from scratch by the cadre team.
Communication activities
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Crew activities |
The goals were to make supervisors more productive, efficient, and knowledgeable, and to shape the leaders of the future. This camp taught very little about how to fight fire compared to how employees interact with each other, the environment, the government, the public, but most of all, how they view themselves in the organization. |
Since the inception of the Leadership Training Camp, Vale BLM has seen noticeable and measurable changes in their career firefighting workforce on a very positive scale. Initiative, responsibility, confidence, cohesion, and partnering are much more prevalent. Module Leaders have grown to be better incident commanders and team players.
Sandtable exercises
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Team building activities
In 2005, Vale BLM fire operations supervisors (cadre) were awarded the BLM National Fire Safety Award for the 2004 "Spring Leadership Training Camp" for outstanding leadership in wildland fire safety. In 2005, the NWCG Leadership Committee recognized the Vale BLM fire operations supervisors by awarding the Paul Gleason Lead by Example Award for Mentoring and Teamwork.
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Plans are in place to conduct a third camp in May 2006. For more information,
contact Al Crouch at 541-473-6361.
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2005 Camp hike
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LEADERSHIP TOOLBOX REFERENCE
Leadership Training Camp
February 2006
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