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SAFENET

Wildland Fire Safety & Health Reporting Network

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SAFENET ID:

20170829-0001

Event Start Date:

08/29/2017 0900

Event Stop Date:

 

Incident Name:

Travel

Fire Number:

 

State:

Alaska

Jurisdiction:

BLM

Local Unit:

Incident Type:

Wildland

Incident Activity:

Line

Stage of Incident:

Extended Attack

Position Title:

ITC3 

Task:

Travel Status 

Management Level:

3

Resources Involved:

Overhead 

Contributing Factors

Contributing Factors:

Other

Human Factors:

 

Other Factors:

Travel Status 

Narrative

Describe in detail what happened including the concern or potential issue, the environment (weather, terrain, fire behavior, etc), and the resulting health issue.

During travel to and from incident assignment fire shelter in travel bag seal was broken. TSA opened fire shelter on roundtrip travel. Tried to inform TSA both times of the fire shelter in the bag, what it would look like. I asked them to screen the bag while I was present, no issues. I asked them to call me back through security if there were any issues. Evidently after the electronic screening they performed a manual screening and opened fire shelter. First leg of trip it was opened and re-folded, second return leg, the seal was broken and partially unfolded.

Immediate Action Taken

Reporting Individual : please describe actions you took to correct or mitigate the unsafe/unhealthful event.

At one point I thought there was a letter we could insert in the fire shelter stating what is was and what not to do with it. 1. Reintroduce the letter in an official format 2. Create some kind of tape or seal that can be placed on the fire shelter in travel mode that is highly visible. 3. Education of TSA personnel of the value of the fire shelter and what it is used for. Always check your fire shelter prior to going to the line.

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