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Know Your Fire Shelter. Understanding how the fire shelter protects you and the factors that limit its performance will help you decide how best to deploy your shelter (see Figure 1 and 2). Figure 1 Labeled parts of the complete fire shelter. Figure 2 Effects of radiant vs. convective heat on a fire shelter.
fire shelter is a mandatory item of personal protective equipment for all Federal wildland firefighters and must be carried on the fireline by everyone on Federal wildland fires. State, local, and rural fire departments may have different policies regarding the fire shelter’s use.
Tech Tips. 2011— Fire Shelter Inspection Guide and Rebag Direction. 2009— Deploying Your Fire Shelter in a Body of Water. 2006—Whats New With the New Generation Fire Shelter. 2005—Large New Generation Fire Shelter now Available. 2003—New Generation Fire Shelter Developed for Wildland Firefighters.
This presentation is designed to explain the history and development of the New Generation Fire Shelter. Firefighters are the target audience. Time required for this presentation is 45 to 55 minutes. To the Instructor: The “Notes Pages” provide essential supporting information for each slide.
A wildland fire shelter is a portable, rapidly deployable shelter that looks somewhat like an oversized sleeping bag. If a wildfire suddenly changes direction or speed and a firefighter becomes trapped by flames, their last resort may be to deploy and enter a fire shelter for protection against radiant heat and smoke.
Fire Shelter Deployment. Firefighters must never rely on fire shelters. Instead, they depend on well-defined and pre-located escape routes and safety zones. However, if the need for shelter deployment should ever arise, it is imperative that firefighters know how to deploy and use the fire shelter.
The fire shelter is required personal protective equipment (PPE) for all federal wildland firefighters and must be carried on the fireline by everyone on federal wildfires. All National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) member agencies have required carrying a fire shelter since 2010.
New-generation fire shelter provides increased protection from radiant and convective heat in wildland firefighter entrapment situations. For firefighters over 6’1″ tall, see the (large) size fire shelter.
Wildland fire shelters are necessary and indispensable pieces of wildland firefighting equipment for those occasions when the fire is far too near and the heat is far too great. The Supply Cache has New Generation fire shelters for sale as well as practice fire shelters and accessories.
Make sure your crew has maximum protection with an Anchor New Generation Wildland Fire Shelter. The improved design of the New Generation Fire Shelter provides added protection from direct flame while reflecting radiant heat and trapping breathable air. Rounded ends help scatter radiant heat.