Assessing the Fire Environment to Anticipate Fire Behavior

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Good situational awareness is a cornerstone of good decision making. Assessing the fire environment is a key component of the Situational Awareness Cycle for wildland firefighters. Wildland Fire Education and Training Collaborative (WETC) presents a step-by-step process to assess the fire environment to anticipate the next big changes in fire behavior utilizing factors identified on the NWCG Fire Environment Poster and the Look Up, Down, and Around principles.