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1. Uninformed on strategy, tactics, and hazards
2. No communication link with crewmembers or supervisor
3. Instructions and assignments not clear
4. Wind increases and or changes direction
5. Unfamiliar with weather and local factors influencing fire behavior
6. Building fireline downhill with fire below
7. Taking a nap near fireline
8. Weather becoming hotter and drier
9. Unburned fuel between you and fire
10. Safety zones and escape routes not identified
11. Getting frequent spot fires across line
12. Cannot see main fire; not in contact with someone who can
13. Constructing line without safe anchor point
14. In country not seen in daylight
15. Fire not scouted and sized up
16. Terrain and fuels make escape to safety zones difficult
17. Attempting frontal assault on fire
18. On a hillside where rolling material can ignite fuel below