2022 IRPG
The new IRPGs have arrived. There are many improvements and additions.Download it here
https://www.nwcg.gov/sites/default/files/publications/pms461.pdf
Please get familiar with your newest rules of engagement.
When you get a hard copy put your name on it in permanent ink.
Summary of 2022 IRPG updates NWCG Incident Response Pocket Guide (IRPG), PMS 461, Summary of 2022 Updates
The 2022 edition of the IRPG includes a new section :Fire Environment Assessment
This video with Region 5 Meteorologist Brent Watcher introduces this and the use of the NWCG
Fire Enviroment Poster Link and the NWCG Fire Weather Cloud Chart Link
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"The aim for the new changes in the IRPG is for us to "Up Our Game", to raise our level of understanding." Brent Watcher
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Great video explaining the Fire Assessment Process:
How to assess the Fire Enviroment to Anticipate Fire Behavior video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLeGGhnWmGM
2022 WFSTAR Assessing the Fire Enviroment
https://www.nwcg.gov/publications/training-courses/rt-130/fire-environment/fe411
New to the 2022 IRPG:
Firefighter Stress Management ( p xii)
Firing Operations (p10) Slides
Firing and Holding video 5min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q97bcw5BNE
Look Up,Down,and Around (new format)is in the Fire Assesssment section (p 34)
Probability of Ignition (new format) (p 44) is followed by a chart called:
Fine Fuel Moisture and Fire Behavior ( p 49)
This chart inputs :
RH-relative humidity
TLFM- Time Lag Fuel Moisture ( 1 hour and 10 hour fuel moisture percent)
PIG-probability of ignition
With this information it can help us interpret outcomes from Very Low Ignition to
Extreme Ignition and Initial Spread
It also includes FFMC-fine fuel moisture code ( comes from the CFFRDS-Canadian Forest
Fire Danger Rating System ( see p 158 of https://gacc.nifc.gov/oncc/predictive/analysis/docs/FBFRG_2014.pdf
Energy Release Component Pocket Card site
https://famit.nwcg.gov/applications/WIMS/PocketCards
2018 IRPG (purple) https://www.nwcg.gov/sites/default/files/publications/pms461.pdf
NWCG Fire Behavior Field Reference Guide (PMS 437)
https://www.nwcg.gov/publications/pms437
The World of Wildland Fire
https://www.frames.gov/worldofwildlandfire/home
Wildfire Analyst Pocket Edition app
https://pocket.wildfireanalyst.com/
Fireline Research Management and Exchange System :FRAMES
