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The Bushfire CRC has released an update on the results of a series of interviews with firefighters conducted over the 2004/2005 and 2005/2006 fire seasons. These interviews were conducted as soon as possible after a shift, usually within two days of a fire.

Due to a lack of existing methodologies, a Human Factors Interview Protocol (HFIP) was developed by the research team specifically for this project. The HFIP was designed to help firefighters to relive and recount their firefighting experiences relatively free of hindsight bias and the need for self-justification. The HFIP, however, can be adapted, with relatively minor modification, for use in wildfire accident/near-miss investigations, and for contributing to lessons-learned knowledge systems.

Issue 27: The Human Factor in Firefighting