Critical Impact Course
The Critical Impact Course is a seven-hour training, focused on providing field-going firefighters with the most informative and impactful training content possible. The course consists of six sections, which are as follows: The Fire Culture Factor, What a Critical Incident Looks Like, First Hand Accounts, Common Reactions for an Uncommon Situation, Physiological Effects and Recalibration, and Pre-Treating the Line. This is an excellent training course for individual fire crews, as well as combined district resources, etc. To schedule your training dates send your request to theevolvingnomad@gmail.com
Scenario-Based Training
This training provides the opportunity to run your group through a timed, tailor-made incident, in order to discover any weak points in the response plan. This training includes a facilitated debriefing to help identify areas in need of improvement. To schedule a scenario-based training send your request to theevolvingnomad@gmail.com
Critical Incident Simulation Training
This is a full-scale sim training that could include a large number of resources on your forest or unit. The simulation training can run for a full or half-day, with an extensive debrief the following day. The debrief will focus on what was learned, and what created unnecessary burdens or challenges in the critical incident response. To schedule a simulation training send your request to theevolvingnomad@gmail.com
Guest Speaker and Facilitation
Guest speaker topics include but are not limited to, fire culture, the fire family, hazards and risks of the job, health and wellness associated with the job, cultural norms and stigmas, why we do this job in the first place, finding where you fit in fire, etc. Additionally, facilitation services are available for high-intensity AARs and post-incident de-briefings. To schedule a date, send your request to theevolvingnomad@gmail.com
Bre Orcasitas
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Fire Career Information
- Engine Crewmember
- Interagency Hotshot Crewmember
- Helicopter Rappeller
- Smokejumper
- Field Researcher (Heat stress study of wildland firefighters)
- Subject Matter Expert (SME) for multiple FLA teams (Facilitated Learning Analysis)
- Family Liaison/ Hospital Liaison
- CISM-Peer Supporter (Critical Incident Stress Management)
- Field Operations Specialist- Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center
Interviews
The New Yorker:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/11/15/what-is-it-like-to-fight-a-megafire
Science Magazine:
BBC Podcast (26 Minute Mark):
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct34ng
The Anchor Point Podcast:
Student of Fire 2MC Interview (pages 6-9):
Written pieces as The Evolving Nomad:
Sixty-two written pieces and counting. (Feel free to have a look around on the site!)
Written pieces beyond The Evolving Nomad:
The Columbian Insight:
https://columbiainsight.org/wildland-firefighters-great-exodus/
Thinking Outside the Stratosphere:
Self-Extrication:
Adapt and Overcome:
Tourniquet Anyone?
Formidable Opponent:
Two More Chains Cover Stories:
Where Do We Go From Here?
Throwing Us a Monkey Wrench of Historic Proportions:
Setting a New Standard:
Helmets. History, Insights, Thoughts and Observations:
Why Identity Matters:
Other Stuff:
Cameron Peak Facilitated learning analysis (FLA):
Smokey Generation AWE Micro-Grant Recipient:
http://wildfire-experience.org/2019grantwinners/breorcasitas