This is the final post in our continuing series on Fire Starting. Fires and Fuels There’s more to making a wilderness fire than you might think, especially in adverse weather or at night. It’s not going to be easy like starting one at a summer campsite or...
Snowcat Operator Training Here at Safety One, we train Basic and Advanced operation of snowcats in varying degrees of difficulty. Many time we receive email inquiries about specific topics, and one of the most common is about blading. For example, these are the types of many questions...
After Part I and Part II in my series on Winter Survival: Fire Starting, the questions is now what? Well, let me tell you! Accelerators Accelerators are natural and manmade substances that enhance or accelerate the burning of natural fuels. They can range from dry grass and...
Back a week or so ago, I read a piece on Inside Towers that struck a nerve. You may have seen it here, entitled Get the Most Out of Safety Training. The focus was what to do to prepare for safety training, in order to...
We have Ignition! To continue from my post last week, (Read Part I here.) in the 44 years I’ve been associated with survival training and instructing, I have tested and used dozens of ignitors. Within the low tech category, none have surpassed one particular brand of...
Surviving in the winter. Surviving in the cold. Surviving in the snow. At various times in your life, both personal and professional, this could happen to you. Stuck, alone, cold, in the wilderness, and without immediate assistance. You can live for a few days without water and...
If employees are reluctant provide information on near misses, what are the causes? Here, in no particular order, are our top 6 reasons we hear. What about you?
Product Review – AERIS This past season we had the opportunity to evaluate and test different products in the extreme winter survival environments we face regularly in our snowcat operator training courses. Several of the instructors at Safety One Training International Inc were looking forward to...
Practice [caption id="attachment_2526" align="alignnone" width="200"] Photo by Jason Shivers, ©ARISTOTLE INC[/caption] “Tomorrow’s battle is won during today’s practice.” – Old samurai proverb In today’s modern, productivity driven market it is easy to forget or marginalize the statistically unlikely. Deadly accidents don’t happen often enough to be a daily...
Safety One Training International has continued with their recent expansion by hiring another full time instructor. James Chiu has years of experience in training and safety that he brings to his new position here as Instructor in Tower Climber Safety & Rescue at Safety One...