Using escaped prescribed fire reviews to improve organizational learning

Anne E. Black; James M. Saveland; Dave Thomas; Jennifer Ziegler

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Using escaped prescribed fire reviews to improve organizational learning

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Authors:

Anne E. Black, James M. Saveland, Dave Thomas, Jennifer Ziegler

Year:

2012

Type:

Miscellaneous

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Final Report, JFSP Project Number: 10-2-05-1. Boise, ID: Joint Fire Science Program. 31 p.

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Abstract

The US wildland fire community has been interested in cultivating organizational learning to improve safety and overall performance for a number of years. A key focus has been on understanding the difference between culpability (to be guilty) and accountability (to explain) and on re-orienting review processes towards building a collective account of (as opposed to finding individual blame for) unwanted outcomes. A variety of innovative methodologies have been developed, yet until this project, there has been no systematic reflection to determine whether or how any of the existing review processes might be assisting organizational learning.

Keywords

escaped prescribed fire reviews, wildland fire, safety

Citation

Black, Anne E.; Saveland, James; Thomas, Dave; Ziegler, Jennifer. 2012. Using escaped prescribed fire reviews to improve organizational learning. Final Report, JFSP Project Number: 10-2-05-1. Boise, ID: Joint Fire Science Program. 31 p.