Great Basin Engine Academy2008 - Present

Region 4’s Fire Engine Inventory

The Intermountain Region has 81 Engines.

43 – Type 4 Engines38 – Type 6 Engines

$ Region 4’s Fire Engine Investment $

(1) Type 4 Engine Costs = $ 235,699.00

(1) Type 6 Engine Costs = $ 123,714.00

$ 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

81 Engines in the Region

847,406 Miles Driven in FY 2011.

Zero Roll-Overs or Fatalities.

If its Predictable, It’s Preventable!!!

But, What if ?

Moon Lake Fire Rollover

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

Engine Rollover on the Ashley National Forest 6/27/2007

2 Injured ~ Zero Fatalities

Moon Lake Fire RolloverCombined 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.

Moon Lake Fire Rollover

* Information gathered from Dirk Huber’s Lesson Learned Presentation 2008.

Why the Great Basin Engine Academy?

2008 ~ Present

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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

Academy the following year. • The GBEA has had 117 Graduates out of 120 Students.

98 % Completion Rate

GBEA Statistics 2008 ~ 2012

In the Intermountain Region we employee 244 Permanent, 18/8 or 13/13 engine employees.

89 – SFEO44 – FEO 56 – AFEO55 – ENGSFF

*above numbers gathered through the help of Tenna Biggs at the Regional Office – 5/2011

Engine Personnel

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Engine Module Breakout

How does that compare in our Region?

o Engines = 244 positionso Smoke Jumpers = 58 positionso Hot Shot Crews = 49 positionso Helitack = 110 positionso Fuel Modules = 21 positionso 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

How does that compare in our Region?

45%

11%9%

20%

4% 12%

Our Engine Program is 44% of our Regions Fire Fighting Program.

Engines

Jumpers

Hot Shots

Helitack

Fuels Modules

Hand Crews

DrivingThe 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.

Driving Our Engines

36%

18%

45%

Who's Actually Driving our Engines

SFEO

FEO

AFEO / ENGSFF

Driving Our Engines

To Be Here

Could Prevent You From Being Here

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.

Driving

Fall 2012 - Two More Chains News Letter – Lessons Learned Center

Driving Our Engines

Fall 2012 - Two More Chains News Letter – Lessons Learned Center

Engine 713 from the Williams Ranger District on the Kaibab National Forest – May 22nd, 2012

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.

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