Management Training
Resume:
Bradley Mayhew
Fireline Factors Consulting
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
****@***************.***
www.FirelineFactors.com
Education:
B.A., University of Arizona, 2002
M.S., Lund University, Human Factors and System Safety, (in process)
Fire Experience:
U.S. Forest Service Firefighter 2002-2006 (2003-2006: with the Los Padres Hot
Shots, a 20-person wildland fire crew stationed in Santa Barbara, CA)
Milestones:
Received the National Wildfire Coordinating Group s (NWCG s) Paul Gleason
Lead By Example Award (2007) for initiative and innovation in
developing the Fireline Factors Curriculum.
Published Work:
Proposed and helped author the Human Factors pages for the Incident
Response Pocket Guide (2006, NWCG).
A Human Factors Tool for Wildland Firefighters in The Eighth
International Wildland Firefighter Safety Summit: Human Factors - 10
Years Later.
Appeared in the 2006 Bureau of Land Management Annual Firefighter
Refresher Training Video (in Module 9, Innovations, ).
The 2&7 Tool, in FireRescue Magazine, August 2008.
The Intent of LCES, in FireRescue Magazine, April 2009.
The 19th Watchout, in FireRescue Magazine, March 2010 (expected).
Is Your LCES Adequate? video interview in the 2010 Bureau of Land
Management Annual Firefighter Refresher Training Video
(upcoming).
Training classes for fire crews and departments:
2005-6:
Los Padres National Forest: Los Padres Hot Shots, Flight Crews H-527 and H-
528, Engines 41, 42, 46, 47
Revised 2/12/10
2007:
Montecito Fire Department Redding Hotshots Mill Creek Hotshots
Kern County Fire Department El Dorado Hotshots Laguna Hotshots
Los Padres Hotshots Tahoe Hotshots Vandenberg Hotshots
Stanislaus Hotshots Bear Divide Hotshots Fulton Hotshots
Del Rosa Hotshots Los Padres Engine 46
2008:
Santa Barbara County Fire Department Cleveland National Forest
Kern Valley Hotshots (Module Leaders Workshop)
Folsom Fire Department Chiefs El Dorado National Forest
Montecito Fire Department (All Employee Fire Management Training)
2009:
Cal Fire San Benito-Monterey Unit Sequoia-Kings National Park
(Safety and Survival Training) El Dorado National Forest
Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Arrowhead Hotshots
Rogue River Hotshots (Oregon) La Grande Hotshots (Oregon)
Winema Hotshots (Oregon) Union Hotshots (Oregon)
Klamath National Forest Wallowa-Whitman National Forest (Oregon)
Dixie National Forest (Utah) Golden Eagles Hotshots
Plumas National Forest Los Padres Flight Crew 528 (Sta. Ynez) and
Mendocino National Forest Engines 43 and 47
Redding Hotshots Chino Valley Independent Fire District
Laguna Beach Fire Department Santa Barbara City Fire Department
Presentations at Conferences, Workshops, and as part of Agency Training
classes:
National Aerial Firefighting Academy (Tucson, AZ 2010)
Regions 2 & 4 IHC Workshop (Boise, ID 2010)
Region 3 IHC Workshop (Tucson, AZ 2010)
3rd Int l High Reliability Workshop (Presentation: High Reliability in Serious
Accident Investigation ) (New Orleans, CA 2010)
S-336 Tactical Decision-Making (Redding, CA Jan 2010)
S-336 Tactical Decision-Making (Redding, CA Feb 2010)
BLM Hotshot Workshop (Susanville, CA 2009)
R6 IHC Workshop (Portland, OR 2009)
CA Fire Chiefs Assoc. Training Officers Symposium (Fresno, CA 2009)
California Interagency Incident Management Team Workshop (Reno, NV 2009)
Southern California Assoc. of Foresters and Fire Wardens
(Camp Pilgrim Pines, CA 2009)
th
10 Int l Assoc. of Wildland Fire Annual Safety Summit
(Two presentations: Knowing Fire, Learning Fire; and Operational Risk
Management and LCES ; Phoenix, AZ 2009)
Guest Lecturer for UC Davis Extension Course Human Factors and Operational
Risk Management (Sacramento, CA 2009)
Interagency Safety Officers Conference (San Diego, CA 2008, 2009)
US Forest Service Fire Operations Risk Management Council
(So. Lake Tahoe, CA 2008)
Hotshot Superintendents and Captains Workshop-Region 5
(Reno, NV; 2005, 2007, 2008)
Santa Barbara County FD Wildland Fire Steering Committee
(Santa Barbara, CA 2008)
Ventura County FD Chiefs Meeting (2008)
Firescope Safety Specialist Group (Sacramento, CA 2007)
LPF Captains and Chiefs Meeting (Cambria, CA 2006)
8th Int l Assoc. Of Wildland Fire Annual Safety Summit
(Poster; Missoula, MT; 2005)
Regional Human Factors Conference (Poster; Human Factors and Ergonomics
Society, CalState Long Beach; 2005)
Bakersfield Innovation Conference (Bakersfield, CA 2005)
Short Biography:
Brad Mayhew served as a wildland firefighter with the U.S. Forest Service Los
Padres Hotshots. Since 2005, he has offered workshops on decision-making, risk
management, and other Human Factors topics. He helped author the Human Factors
pages in the Incident Response Pocket Guide (NWCG), and his work has appeared in
the BLM Annual Refresher Training Video and FireRescue Magazine. In 2007, he
received the NWCG Leadership Committee s Paul Gleason Lead by Example Award for
Innovation. For more information, visit www.firelinefactors.com, or contact him at (800)
403-8007 or ****@***************.***.
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