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    Mann Gulch Case

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    “Prepare the Mann Gulch case with emphasis on interagency coordination and conflicts and propose one specific measure to prevent a recurrence.” On August 5‚ 1949 there was a terrible tragedy at Mann Gulch‚ Montana which resulted in twelve men losing their lives. The scenario involved a large wild fire and fifteen men who were employed as United States Forest Service smokejumpers‚ which were responsible for parachuting in and using techniques to control‚ contain‚ and extinguish the fire (Roberto &

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    of Collapse of Sensemaking in Organizations: The Mann Gulch Disaster In Helena National Forest in Montana‚ a lightning storm passed through one summer afternoon. The next day‚ August 5th‚ 1949‚ a forest ranger spotted a wildfire believed to have been started by a lightning strike in an area known as the Mann Gulch. Sixteen Firefighters were dispatched by air‚ met up with the forest ranger who spotted the fire‚ and all began fighting the fire together. This paper will serve as a critique of

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    The Mann Gulch Fire

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    The Mann Gulch Fire On August 5‚ 1949‚ a wildfire overran 16 smokejumpers and firefighters in Mann Gulch on the Helena National Forest in Montana. The fire was most likely started by lightning from a thunderstorm. It was noticed promptly by rangers‚ who dispatched 16 smokejumpers‚ under the command of Wagner Dodge. Thought to be much smaller than it actually was‚ the fire quickly grew large and out of control‚ covering 3000 acres in 10 minutes during its blow up stage. Upon approaching Mann Gulch

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    Terrence E. Deal‚ 2008). In the case of the Smoke Jumpers‚ the mishandling of scarce resources‚ separation of collations‚ and their organizational culture lead to the disaster of Mann Gulch in August of 1949. Little to no unity existed among members of this organization which caused them to be doomed from the beginning. To fire-jump everything needs to be in unity in order for average men to commit their lives for the job. Power struggles and cultural norms impeded group cohesion causing sub-groups

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    Mann Gulch Fire Analysis

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    Mann Gulch 9/11 stuff The morning of September 11‚ 2001 was as normal as any. Then‚ a booming noise in the sky shot through the city of New York. Less than two hours later‚ and America had a crisis on its hands. As it is well known‚ over three hundred firefighters and paramedics died in the time it takes to watch a film. The shock to New York was as sudden and sweeping as the Mann Gulch fire in Montana in 1949. Despite seeming vastly different because of the scope of the fire and the fire

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    Fire at Mann Gulch

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    of planes and parachute into small fires and attack them before they have the chance to become large. The training the smoke jumpers underwent was extremely rigorous and challenging‚ even undergoing 3 weeks of training before each season. The USFS used a rotation basis to keep the men fresh so after a man fought a fire he was put at the bottom of the list of available fighters‚ thus the teams changed for every fire. Smoke jumpers were used to small ground fire caused by mistakes made by humans or

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    Mann Gulch

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    Case Study – The Mann Gulch Disaster Case Study – The Mann Gulch Disaster Conceptual blocks are defined as “mental obstacles that constrain the way problems are defined” and they “limit the number of alternative solutions people think about.” (Whetten and Cameron‚ 2013‚ p. 183) Everyone experiences conceptual blocks and the smokejumpers were no different. 1. The smokejumpers experienced the conceptual block known as commitment when they were asked to “drop their tools” (p.210) and “lie

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    Mann Gulch Disaster

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    The conceptual block that was experienced by the smokejumpers was when they knew they would have to get on a plane. “The smokejumpers and their cargo were dropped on the south side of Mann Gulch at 4:10p.m. from 2‚000 feet rather than the normal 1‚200 feet‚ due to turbulence (p. 48). The parachute that was connected to their radio failed to open‚ and the radio was pulverized when it hit the ground.” (p.210). With the failed radio and the jump at 800 feet above average the smokejumpers mentality would

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    The Mann Gulch Disaster

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    Discussion I - The Mann Gulch Disaster 1. The mental obstacles that constrained the way a problem is defined experienced by the smokejumpers (conceptual blocks) included the following: a. First‚ the jumpers were told that the fire they were going to fight was a 10:00 fire‚ meaning that they were going in prepared to fight a fire that should be contained by the next morning. They seemed to have pre-defined the problem without consideration that they may be dropped of having to fight a different

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    Disaster and Their Lessons for us All MICHAEL USEEM Chapter 2 : Wagner Dodge Retreats in Mann Gulch "What the hell is the boss doing‚ lighting another fire in front of us?" W AGNER DODGE WAS facing the moment‚ the decision of a lifetime. A fast-moving forestand-grass fire was about to overrun him and the fifteen firefighters under his command. Less than two hours earlier they had sky-jumped into a fiery gulch in Montana. Now an enormous wall of flame was racing at them up the tinder-dry ravine

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