Managing the Unexpected in Prescribed Fire and Fire Use Operations. A Workshop on the High Reliability Organization. Held in Santa Fe, New Mexico on May 10-13, 2004;Forest Service general technical rept

摘要

How do we organize for high performance in a setting where the potential for error and disaster can be overwhelming. In doing so, how can we best apply the High Reliability Organizing concepts into the prescribed fire and fire use arenas. And, to successfully achieve these outcomes, how can we personally and institutionally overcome our immunity to change. This report summarizes how these questions and many others were addressed through the activities, discussions, and lessons learned during the four-day Managing the Unexpected Workshop held May 10-13 2004, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The report documents and examines the day-to-day workshop chronology from its opening keynote address and Managing the Unexpected presentation, through the all-day Staff Ride to the 2000 Cerro Grande Prescribed Fire site, the Staff Rides Integration Phase, and the final days thought-provoking and challenging Immunity to Change exercise. Overall workshop intent was to introduce the latest social science to the prescribed fire and fire use management community.