ÜBER DIESE EPISODE
A fire is moving and the model on the screen says one thing. Jeff Shelton has spent 35 years on the front line, and his rule is simple: don't surrender your judgment to the box.
Hello Smart Firefighting Community!
Welcome to another episode of covering real world innovations via interviews with fire service and technology industry experts that empower YOU to develop your very own Smart Firefighting strategy.
Jeff is a qualified Long Term Fire Behavior Analyst on a Type 1 Federal Interagency Incident Management Team, a Fire Captain-Analyst with the Orange County Fire Authority, and an instructor of S-495 and S-590 at the National Advanced Fire and Resource Institute.
He breaks fire behavior down to two numbers, speed and intensity, and explains why a model is the start of a conversation, not the end of one. He shares what he heard at the Western Fire Chiefs Phase 3 technology summit, why speed to competency worries him, and what the next five years could look like on the fire line.
Topics covered
- Wildland firefighting as a game of 3D chess
- Speed and intensity: rate of spread drives strategy, flame length drives tactics
- Why models represent reality but are not reality
- "2036 is right now": the Western Fire Chiefs Phase 3 summit
- Decision support, not decision making
- Speed to competency, entrapments, and shrinking margins
- Stress inoculation and digital sand tables for crews
- What an IC needs in initial attack versus extended attack
- Evacuations, Watch Duty, and why data standards matter
- The coming tech roadmap and Chief Fennessy's leadership
So take a listen to hear what he has to share.
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