Wildfires
The page provides documents and resources that address emergency preparedness in wildfire situations. Documents found on this page primarily address issues in government preparedness and public preparedness.
- NIEHS Wildfire Response Training Tool: Protecting Yourself While Responding to Wildfires
(3.9 MB) - NIEHS Wildfire Response Training Tool: Protecting Yourself While Responding to Wildfires
(2.4 MB) - CDC Wildfire Public Service Announcements (PSAs) and Podcasts
- CDC Natural Disasters: Response, Cleanup & Safety for Workers
- CDC Fire Safety: Emergency Response and Preparedness
- CDC PSA: General Information About Wildfires
- CDC PSA: Wildfires and At-Risk Populations
- CDC Emergency Response and Preparedness News and Events
- CDC After the Fire: Your Emotional and Physical Well-Being
- NIOSH Interim Guidance on Health and Safety Issues Among Clean-up Workers Involved with Handling Burning Hurricane Debris
- NIOSH Safety and Health Topic: Fighting Wildfires
- NIOSH Safety and Health Topic: Emergency Response Resources
- NIOSH Traumatic Incident Stress: Information For Emergency Response Workers
- NIOSH Suggested Guidance for Supervisors at Disaster Rescue Sites
- OSHA Wildfire Cleanup and Recovery Operations Web Page
- US National Library of Medicine
- LA Times: Ash Risk
- CDPH: Safe Cleanup of Fire Ash
- Cal OSHA: PPE for Post-Fire Operations
- Cleaning Up Damaged Homes
- Technical Data Bulletin: PPE and Residential Wildland Fire Cleanup
- National Geographic Coordination Center
- Incident Information System
- Forest Service All Hazard Response Guide
- NIEHS Wildfire Response Training Tool: Protecting Yourself While Responding to Wildfires (3.9MB)
This training tool is an awareness-level health and safety resource for "skilled support personnel" who will participate in a wildfire assessment and cleanup. This tool will help workers understand at an awareness level: characteristics of what a wildfire and a wildfire response is and how to protect against and control hazards associated with the response, assessment and cleanup activities associated with a wildfire. - NIEHS Wildfire Response Training Tool: Protecting Yourself While Responding to Wildfires (2.4MB)
This training tool is an awareness-level health and safety resource for "skilled support personnel" who will participate in a wildfire assessment and cleanup. This tool will help workers understand at an awareness level: characteristics of what a wildfire and a wildfire response is and how to protect against and control hazards associated with the response, assessment and cleanup activities associated with a wildfire. - NM Health Effects Factsheet for Wildland Fires (106KB)
- Preliminary Analytical Results for Ash and Burned Soils from the October 2007 Southern California Wildfires (884KB)
Preliminary Analytical Results for Ash and Burned Soils from the October 2007 Southern California Wildfires - Skills Crosswalk: Wildland Training for Structural Firefighters (559KB)
Skills Crosswalk (Crosswalk) identifies critical wildland firefighting skills that structural firefighters need to be safe and effective in either of two situations: when making an initial attack on a wildland fire in their jurisdiction, or when working with state and federal wildland firefighter agencies. The resulting Crosswalk identifies wildland skills and knowledge not incorporated within standard structural firefighting training. By incorporating a structural firefighters existing fire suppression knowledge and skills, use of Crosswalk reduces required classroom hours, minimizes curriculum redundancies, and makes efficient use of limited training hours.
