LCES Workshop

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LCES Workshop Where the Consumer is Boss
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Performance ObjectivesParticip
ants will

• Effectively utilize lookouts, communications,
  escape routes, and safety zones during field
  operations.
• Conduct interactive briefings that address LCES.
• Evaluate and re-evaluate their, or others
  situation, and orally or otherwise, initiate or
  question LCES mitigation.

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Performance Objectives
(Continued)

• Everyone who has attended the LCES Workshop will
  have practiced questioning assignments and
  situations in a manner that seeks solutions to
  the original tactical objectives, if possible.
• Supervisors will respond to subordinates
  concerns regarding LCES issues in ways that are
  positive and supportive.

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Unit 1

• In table groups trainees will
• Arrange the Orders, Situations, Guidelines, and
  Denominators under the L, C, E, and S heading
  which best restates or mitigates them.
• Discuss how LCES organizes the Orders,
  Situations, Guidelines, and Denominators making
  them more useful in the field.

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Unit TwoIn
table groups trainees will
THIS IS THE SERVICE WE AGREE TO PROVIDE EACH
OTHER LOOKOUTS. COMMUNICATIONS
ESCAPE ROUTES. SAFETY ZONES.

• In the same small groups as Unit 1, trainees will
  brain storm a list of characteristics,
  operations, equipment and standards for an L C,
  E, or S element.
• As a whole class, render from the lists presented
  by small groups, a contract, achieved by class
  consensus.

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Unit 3

• In scenario exercises, trainees will
• Demonstrate the ability to evaluate hazardous
  operations and practice application of their LCES
  contract.
• Trainees will demonstrate the ability to question
  assignments in manner that seeks a solution to
  the original tactical objectives.
• Solutions will be reviewed by the class and
  instructors.

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Mitigate
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MitigateVt.to cause to become
lessharsh or hostile. to make less severe.
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We cannot always eliminateall risks and
hazards,but we mustMITIGATEall those risks and
hazards ofwhich we are aware.
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LCES

• A Universal Mitigation,
• applicable in most operations.

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• With study, commitment and practice, LCES becomes
  deeply ingrained.
• With LCES ingrained, we recognize and mitigate
  those common risks and hazards automatically.

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Unit TwoIn
table groups trainees will
THIS IS THE SERVICE WE AGREE TO PROVIDE EACH
OTHER LOOKOUTS. COMMUNICATIONS
ESCAPE ROUTES. SAFETY ZONES.

• In the same small groups as Unit 1, trainees will
  brain storm a list of characteristics,
  operations, equipment and standards for an L C,
  E, or S element.
• As a whole class, render from the lists presented
  by small groups, a contract, achieved by class
  consensus.

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We agree to the following LCES Mitigations
Lookouts will Communications require Escape
Routes are.. Safety Zones are...
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--------ABSOLUTE SOME IDEA
GOOD GOOD
EXCELLENT LESS
IGNORANCE OF HAZARDS
KNOWLEDGE KNOWLEDGE KNOWLEDGE
KNOWLEDGEOF HAZARDS AND
RULES OF HAZARDS OF
HAZARDS OF HAZARDS OF HAZARDS
AND RULES
AND RULES, AND
RULES, RULES AND RIGID USE

FAILS TO
SOME USE GUIDELINES
OF RULES
FOLLOW RULES
RULES AND CONSISTENT
AND
AND GUIDELINES
GUIDELINES, USE THROUGH-
GUIDELINES

OTHERS DONT
OUT PROGRAM


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During World War II, Churchill SaidI
ought to have known. My advisors ought to have
known and I ought to have been told and I
ought to have asked
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People associated with South Canyon
didnt know a lot of things they should have
known.That raises at least 3 questions
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Why werent they told?
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Why didnt they ask?
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Why didnt they tell what they knew?
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They may not have been told because
others thought the information would haveNo
effectWas not desiredorWould not be passed
on.
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They may not have asked because they
thought they had all the answers, or wouldnt
get them anyway.
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They may not have asked because
they thought they had all the answers, or
wouldnt get them anyway.And, they may not
have passed on information because they assumed
it would not receive a hearing.
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If aIf any of these
possibilities are true, and if people also
believe that no news is good newsThen,Wild
land fire fighting is a thousand administrative
accidentswaiting to happen.
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Fire is not the problem.The problems
are alertness, trust, respect, candor, andthe
will to communicate. (Allison,
1993, pg. 41)
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Pass on all pertinent information.Free
flow of information is good management practice,
gets things done, and saves lives. If people
fail to listen attentively, and fail to elicit
information actively, that is bad management and
unsafe management.
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Any glitch in communication, whether a
radio problem, or an individuals will to
communicate, should have us questioning our
safety.
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Listening is the biggest partof effective
communications.
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Advanced Listening Skills

• L- Look into the persons eyes
• A - Ask Questions
• D - Do not Interrupt
• D - Do not Point
• E - Empathize
• R - Repeat what you thought you heard

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NON-VERBAL CLUES ARE CRITICALTO ACCURATE
COMMUNICATION
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Attentive Listeningis the Key
toRespectfulCommunications
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When people face uncertaintyand find it hard to
make senseof what they face, they feel that
things are not under control,which raises their
stress level even more.As less and less makes
sense,people feel more and more stress.

Karl E. Weick
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People under stress tend to fall back on
old,over-learned habits, tending to miss cuesas
to what is happening around them.They tend to
misunderstand more,update less often, and become
more rigid.
Karl E.
Weick
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Unit 3

• In scenario exercises, trainees will
• Demonstrate the ability to evaluate hazardous
  operations and practice application of their LCES
  contract.
• Trainees will demonstrate the ability to question
  assignments in manner that seeks a solution to
  the original tactical objectives.
• Solutions will be reviewed by the class and
  instructors.

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