Dead Man Zone 4


Dead Man Zone 4 : Outcomes: Outcomes from project Vesta have been integrated into fire fighter training in Australia, and are beginning to appear in the U. S. A. as well. Firefighters will try to stay out of the dead man zone at all times, working from safe points such as burnt ground or a large area of non-burnable ground, i. e. an oval or large car park. This is achieved by attacking the fire from the flanks, or the rear, so that burnt ground is always nearby, and the fire is always in front of the firefighters. (Were they to attack fires at the head of the fire, they risk having spot fires start behind them. They would also risk changes in wind behaviour accelerating the spread of the fire). The result of several inquiries into firefighter death in Australian Bushfires found that fire fighters should stay out of the Dead Man Zone, and that they should always keep 250 litres of water in their truck for personal safety. This is now a standard operating procedure in the Country Fire Service and Country Fire Authority
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