Detection should be followed by specific watchouts and Red Flag Warnings.
Topic:
The system of watchouts and Red Flag Warnings that may arise from detection of key events.
Operational Awareness for Advanced Firefighters & Fire Behaviour Analysts
Operations staff may:
Detect conditions that generate a need for a watchout or a Red Flag Warning, these are then passed up to the IMT, but may cause immediate local actions as well.
Recommend the issuing of a watchout or a Red Flag Warning.
Need to act on a watchout or Red Flag Warning that has been issued by the IMT. This may be due to observations made by the Situation Unit.
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This website is dedicated to bringing forward the latest research findings. They are provided to
allow firefighters to be made aware of critical safety issues ahead of the material being included in
the national training curriculum.
Material prepared by Rick McRae for AFAC Research Dissemination Pilot Study, March 2012.