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18 WATCHOUT SITUATIONS-My System for Memorization-
by Dylan Rader
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1) Fire not scouted or sized up.
• Scouting the fire is the first thing that is done by the Initial Attack IC (Incident Commander). This is why it is the first Watch-Out.
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2) In country not seen in daylight.
• You use your 2 eyes to see. Easy to associate 2 eyes with Watch-Out #2. Often times, IA resources will arrive on fires after dark.
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3) Escape routes and safety zones not identified.
• To remember this I break the sentence into 3 parts. • | Escape routes | safety zones | not identified | • This helps me to associate this with WO #3.
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4) Unfamiliar with weather and other local factors influencing
fire behavior.
• To remember this, think of TV Channel 4 Weather. Also, remember both WO #4 and #14 deal with weather.
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5) Uninformed on strategies, tactics, and hazards.
• This is another one that I break down. • Remember these 5 words: • UNIFORMED on STRATEGIES, TACTICS, AND
HAZARDS.
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6) Instructions and assignments not clear.
• To remember this one flip the six over and straighten the tail and it looks like a magnifying glass. The magnifying glass is used to sharpen or clear up an image.
6
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7) No communication link with crew members, supervisors, or
adjoining forces.• To remember this one I
think of John Elway, who was #7 (and also the greatest QB ever).
• When Dan Reeves was his coach, Elway called his own plays.
• In other words, no commo with his coach (supervisor).
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8) Constructing line without a safe anchor point.
• The number 8 is also the symbol for infinity. It has no starting or ending point.
8
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9) Constructing fireline downhill with fire below.
• On a topographic map, the peak of a hill is a circle (if it is a perfectly circular peak). The line points down from the peak on the #9. Hence, downhill from the peak.
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10) Attempting a frontal assault on the fire.
• To remember this one think of the firefighter as the 1 and the approaching fire front as the 0. The 1 is in front of the 0.
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11) Unburned fuel between you and the fire.
• This one is easy. Just imagine the space in between the lines of the 11 as unburned fuel.
UNBURNED
FUEL
YOU FIRE
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12) Can not see main fire. Not in contact with anyone who can.
•You have to use your imagination again for this watchout. You are the 1 , the curved portion of the 2 is a ridgeline, and the tail of the two is the fire.
1 2You Ridgeline
Fire
Valley
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13) On a hillside where rolling material can ignite fuel below you.
• If you flip the 3 of #13 over on it’s side it looks like 2 hills. Helps to remember hillside.
3
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14) Weather getting hotter and drier.
• Remember how WO #4 and #14 both deal with weather.
• 14 is greater than 4 (4 + 10 =14).
• Because the number 14 is greater, weather is getting hotter and drier.
+10 = #14
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15) Wind increases and or changes direction.
• The number 5 in 15 goes every direction. Associate this with the wind changing direction remember the wind is also increasing.
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16) Getting frequent spot fires across the line.
• Think of the circular part of the 6 as a spot fire, the tail of the six as the line. There is a spot across the line.
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17) Terrain and fuels make escape to safety zones difficult.
• To remember this one imagine that the safety zone is at the top part of the 7 in #17 and you are at the bottom.
• It would be impossible to climb that slope as an escape route.
Safety Zone
Escape Route
You
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18) Taking a nap near the fireline.
• I have never met a firefighter who can not remember this one.