Day 1: Introduction to Human Performance
Week of Remembrance June 30-July 6
This Week of Remembrance is dedicated to all those who have fallen in the line of duty and has been intended to
serve as an opportunity to renew our commitment to the health, wellness and safety of wildland firefighters.
Human Performance is a complex and multi-faceted process. It consists of physical, psychological, and environmental factors, and each of these is vital for us as firefighters to complete our missions safely and effectively.
- Physical elements are those pieces that keep our bodies functioning smoothly and well; some key pieces to our physical performance include:
- Nutrition
- Hydration
- Aerobic conditioning
- Strength conditioning
- Psychological elements are the pieces that keep our mind and emotions focused, and prepared; some key elements to our psychological performance include:
- Internal Awareness (self)
- External awareness (others and the environment)
- Stress Management
- Environmental factors are comprised of elements that we must interact with on a daily basis; some key elements to our environment include:
- Significant others (coworkers, supervisors, and our support networks).
- The physical demands of the environment (temperatures, terrain, etc.)
- Time and space (time of day & season; home or at work; rest or working)
- Physically fit?
- Psychologically fit?
- Environmentally fit?
Additional Resources: Human Factors - The Gap: (WFSTAR video)
The topics for the NWCG “Wildland Firefighter Week of Remembrance” have been drawn from the Human Performance Optimization course taught as a part of the USFS Apprentice Academy in cooperation with the Missoula Technology and Development Center (MTDC) and is rooted in the desire to prepare wildland fire personnel to optimally manage themselves and others at any given time. Review and resources have been contributed by the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center, NIFC External Affairs, the Wildland Fire annual refresher group, and the Wildland Fire Leadership Subcommittee.
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