{"id":7985,"date":"2022-05-02T07:31:50","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T13:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=7985"},"modified":"2025-04-26T16:31:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T22:31:14","slug":"r4-saw-program-additional-refresher-topics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=7985","title":{"rendered":"R4 Saw Program &#8212; Additional Refresher Topics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>As we are heading into the 2022 field season, here are some additional emphasis areas\/refresher topics and Lessons Learned links that could be helpful during your saw trainings and refreshers.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Training\/Recertification\/Evaluation <\/em><\/strong>&#8212;\u00a0 As we are onboarding new and returning employees, May and June are two of the busiest months for saw trainings, evaluations, and recertification&#8217;s.\u00a0 <strong>Currently in Region 4 with over 2500 certified sawyers, we have several trainings and evaluations taking place amongst our partners, volunteers, and USFS employees.<\/strong>\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t matter if you are a \u201cBucking Only\u201d volunteer organization or an Interagency Hotshot Crew, using chainsaws or crosscuts, preplanning for a medical emergency is just as important in a training scenarios as it is in an operational scenario.\u00a0 <em>Do we treat \u2018training\u2019 cutting situations different than we treat \u2018operational\u2019 cutting situations? Where should an evaluator be during the cutting operation? Where should the rest of the students be?\u00a0 How many people are \u2018okay\u2019 to be around the base of the tree because its training?\u00a0 <\/em>Here are some Lessons Learned that may be valuable to you as you begin your refresher and chainsaw trainings:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wildfirelessons.net\/HigherLogic\/System\/DownloadDocumentFile.ashx?DocumentFileKey=a61f0b05-1430-44b7-8b7f-af3fbf7602ae&amp;forceDialog=0\">Freeman Reservoir Fatality<\/a>\u00a0 <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wildfirelessons.net\/HigherLogic\/System\/DownloadDocumentFile.ashx?DocumentFileKey=f25702e5-b8d4-4c6a-bf60-8bacde63d10d&amp;forceDialog=0\">Chainsaw Training Tree Injury<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wildfirelessons.net\/HigherLogic\/System\/DownloadDocumentFile.ashx?DocumentFileKey=430926db-5f49-b82f-93e0-97b90f7b5225&amp;forceDialog=0\">Chainsaw Training Limbing Accident<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Change in Complexity <\/em><\/strong>&#8212;\u00a0\u00a0 We do a good job determining complexity of a saw operation in a somewhat static environment prior to even turning on the saw.\u00a0 We go through each component of OHLEC looking to identify hazards, determine leans and binds and then essentially develop and articulate a plan to safely put a tree on the ground or buck a log off a trail.\u00a0 Based on the OHLEC size-up we ask our ourselves the question, \u201c<em>Do I have the skills and ability to safely complete this cutting operation?<\/em>\u201d\u00a0 However, once we put the saw into a tree we are creating a dynamic situation where complexity can easily change based on a number of factors; i.e., rotten wood fiber that was not previously identified, incorrectly identified leans or binds, unintentionally cut more wood than planned, created a dutchman or bypass changing the intended direction of fall, or the tree began to fall and is now hung-up.\u00a0\u00a0 All of these scenarios would cause your plan to change and for complexity to change.\u00a0\u00a0 If your cut plan has changed from what you originally had planned for, take a tactical pause and understand something different is happening than what you expected to happen.\u00a0 Take a breath and determine if you still have the skills and ability to safely complete the cutting operation.\u00a0 <strong>Remember it is always okay to walk away from any cutting operation and look for alternative methods to safely meet the objective.\u00a0 Here are some resources that may help aid in conversation around changing complexity.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwcg.gov\/publications\/training-courses\/rt-130\/hazards\/haz521\">Chainsaw Operational Complexity and Tree Size Up &#8211; When Complexity Changes<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wildfirelessons.net\/HigherLogic\/System\/DownloadDocumentFile.ashx?DocumentFileKey=572e230e-ada1-9b1c-9d7e-44984aae8321&amp;forceDialog=0\">Ferguson Fire Tree Strike Fatality<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wildfirelessons.net\/HigherLogic\/System\/DownloadDocumentFile.ashx?DocumentFileKey=fbf09cf6-2ee6-a9f9-e49d-284de8857272&amp;forceDialog=0\">2004-2019 Tree Felling Accident Analysis<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A reminder that the Interim Directive (ID) that extends sawyer certifications will expire on Dec 31, 2022.\u00a0\u00a0 Please continue to seek opportunities to do recertification&#8217;s when possible.\u00a0 Thank you for all the work that you do and please let me know if you have any questions.\u00a0 Please share as appropriate.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-02-073219.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7988\" src=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-02-073219.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-02-073219.jpg 310w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-02-073219-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we are heading into the 2022 field season, here are some additional emphasis areas\/refresher topics and Lessons Learned links that could be helpful during your saw trainings and refreshers.\u00a0 &nbsp; 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