Podcast
Wildfire Entrapment Avoidance for Outdoor Programs
Featuring Brendan Madden, Director of Enterprise Risk at Girl Guides of Canada and author of An Exploration of Wildfire Entrapment Avoidance for Led Outdoor Activities
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Blog
"Make Soup": Designing an Incident Reporting System for Outdoor Programs
A storm in Patagonia and the story, research, and philosophy behind incident reporting in Field Risk OS.
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Podcast
Safety-I, Safety-II, and Risk Optimization for Outdoor Programs
Featuring Steve Smith, founder of Experiential Consulting and author of Beneficial Risks and Safety Science for Outdoor & Experiential Education
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Podcast
Blame, Accountability, and Trust: What a Van Incident in Utah Teaches Us About Safety Culture for Outdoor Programs
Featuring Steve Smith, founder of Experiential Consulting and author of Beneficial Risks and Safety Science for Outdoor & Experiential Education
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Podcast
Airblue Flight 202: A Human Factors Disaster
Featuring Stuart Slay, founder of Slay Risk and past chair of the Wilderness Risk Management Conference
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Blog
Building Field Conditions: A Free Wildfire, Smoke, and Air Quality Map
A smoky morning in Madison and the free, no account needed conditions map I built for the community
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Blog
ICS Form 201: A Shared, Scalable Incident Briefing for Outdoor Programs
What an Incident Command System refresher and a summer camp tabletop exercise reminded me about shared, scalable systems, and why FEMA's Incident Briefing form is a tool any outdoor program can pick up tomorrow.
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Blog
My First Sat Phone Call as an Outdoor Program Manager
What a scribbled communications log sheet taught me about incident communications for outdoor expedition programs, and how a sat phone call shaped the communications log feature in Field Risk OS.
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Blog
Designing a Trip Planning System for Outdoor Expedition Programs
How backcountry trips are planned, mapped, briefed, debriefed, and more on Field Risk OS.
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