Are you Still Alive? | A Fourth Examination of Death

Celebrating gregoryvig's 50th Post With the "Pink Tape!" An Examination of Death Through Music, Wildfire Experiences, and Managing it in Operations. NoiseBox Publications.

Preface

This is the second post in a series focused on emergency response operations known as the “Cassette Series. It is a rare post, with the unusual and limited use of voice, drawing from only a few academic sources, past experiences, and observations centered around death on the incident ground. It is prefaced by two other posts and the conclusion of a conference lecture exploring death. This is the most in-depth examination of the topic to date. This post may or may not become part of any larger goal, such as a book, but exploring the subject and seeing where it went was worthwhile. This blog has a broad focus, and death is included. To be clear, the Cassette Series and some older works are focused on chapter-length posts that provide more exploration than the traditional shorter read post.

Concepts have already been studied in this blog, and new ones will be applied to discuss emergency r…