Great Basin Engine Academy

1. Great Basin Engine Academy 2008 - Present

2. Region 4’s Fire Engine Inventory The Intermountain Region has 81 Engines. 43 – Type 4 Engines 38 – Type 6 Engines

3. $ Region 4’s Fire Engine Investment $ (1) Type 4 Engine Costs = $ 235,699.00 (1) Type 6 Engine Costs = $ 123,714.00

4. $ Total Investment $ • $235,699.00 x (43) = $ 10,135,0547.00 • $123,714.00 x (38) = $ 4,701,132.00 Total Engine Investment: $ 14,836,189.00

5. 81 Engines in the Region 847,406 Miles Driven in FY 2011. ZeroRoll-Overs or Fatalities.

6. If its Predictable, It’s Preventable!!! But, What if ?

7. Moon Lake Fire Rollover • Engine Rollover on the Ashley National Forest 6/27/2007 • 2 Injured ~ Zero Fatalities DRIVER • 7 BROKEN RIBS • 2” LACERATION TO BACK OF HEAD • LEFT PUNCTURED LUNG, COMPLETELY COLLAPSED, RIGHT LUNG ¾ COLLAPSED DUE TO TRAUMA. • VARIOUS SMALLER CUTS AND LACERATIONS • LARGE AMOUNTS OF BRUISING • LOSS OF FEELING IN PART OF THIGH PASSENGER • ¼” WIDE LACERATION TO THE SKULL FROM EYEBROW TO BACK OF HEAD • EXTREME MUSCLE AND TISSUE DAMAGE FROM THE MIDDLE OF FOREARM TO MIDDLE OF BICEPS • BROKEN WRIST • THREE BROKEN VERTEBRA IN NECK • VARIOUS SMALLER CUTS AND LACERATIONS • LARGE AMOUNTS OF BRUISING

8. Moon Lake Fire Rollover Combined Medical Costs for Driver / Passenger in 2007: • Hospital Care: $151,475 • X-Rays, C/T Scan, MRI: $12,172 • Ambulance & Air Med: $32,899 • Surgeries: $29,820 • Engine: $235,699 • Est. Wages Paid On Leave: $14,135 • Emotional Cost: Irreplaceable • What if – “Life”: Irreplaceable Total Costs: $ 476,199.00 * Information gathered from Dirk Huber’s Lesson Learned Presentation 2008.

9. Moon Lake Fire Rollover * Information gathered from Dirk Huber’s Lesson Learned Presentation 2008.

10. Why the Great Basin Engine Academy? 2008 ~ Present .

11. GBEA Statistics 2008 ~ 2012 Yearly Stats: • 2012: 24 Students - 92% Completion Rate • 2011: 24 Students - 88% Completion Rate • 2010: 24 Students - 96% Completion Rate • 2009: 24 Students - 92% Completion Rate • 2008: 24 Students - 92% Completion Rate • The 10 Students that failed, all failed the Driving Section. • 7 out of the 10 Students that failed returned to complete the Academythe following year. • The GBEA has had 117 Graduates out of 120 Students. 98 % Completion Rate

12. Engine Personnel In the Intermountain Region we employee 244 Permanent, 18/8 or 13/13 engine employees. • 89 – SFEO • 44 – FEO • 56 – AFEO • 55 – ENGSFF *above numbers gathered through the help of Tenna Biggs at the Regional Office – 5/2011

13. Engine Personnel

14. How does that compare in our Region? • Engines = 244 positions • Smoke Jumpers = 58 positions • Hot Shot Crews = 49 positions • Helitack = 110 positions • Fuel Modules = 21 positions • Handcrews = 66 positions Positions = Permanent, 18/8 or 13/13 *above numbers gathered through the help of Tenna Biggs at the Regional Office – 5/2011

15. How does that compare in our Region?

16. Driving The majority of our AFEO/ENGSFF time is spent driving our engines to and from incidents. According to the 2011 Incident Review Report, driving accounts for 21% of all fire related accidents.

17. Driving Our Engines

18. Driving Our Engines To Be Here Could Prevent You From Being Here

19. Driving This season, 25 percent of the incidents reported to the Lessons Learned Center were driving incidents, including two fatalities. Let’s face it, it may not be the toughest or most glamorous thing we do, but it is one of the most dangerous. Fall 2012 - Two More Chains News Letter – Lessons Learned Center

20. Driving Our Engines Engine 713 from the Williams Ranger District on the Kaibab National Forest – May 22nd, 2012 Fall 2012 - Two More Chains News Letter – Lessons Learned Center

21. Maintaining Our Engines • Currently the GBEA is working with the Great Basin Engine Committee to gather regional maintenance data representing cost savings based off of academy training.

22. GBEA Video Place Holder