Safety Resources

Online Free Safety Training

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Conservation Training Center courses:

  • ATV UTV Safety Refresher
  • FWS Heavy Equipment Pre-Class Online Training Course
  • Snowmobile Refresher E-Course
  • Supervisory Safety Skills

U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Aircraft Services courses

  • A-100 Basic Aviation Safety

Miscellaneous

Rabies Packaging and Shipping (for sending off animal samples for rabies testing)
Zoonotic Disease Tutorial (University of Wisconsin)

Manuals, Pamphlets and Web Sites

Airboats
Manual of Safe Airboat Operations (National Biological Service)(1995)
Airboat Safety Manual (Florida Department of Environmental Protection (2005)

ATVs
Tips and Practice Guide for the All Terrain Vehicle Rider (ATV Safety Institute)(2014)

Animal Trapping
Managing Bear-Human Conflicts: A Procedural Manual (Nevada Department of Wildlife)(2012)
Cage Trapping Safely and Responsibly (Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management)
Animal Handling and Safety Manual (with use of helicopters)(Quicksilver Air Inc)

Boating Safety
Request a boat safety check from the U.S. Coast Guard AuxiliaryFind a boating safety course near you

Chainsaws
U.S. Forest Service Chain Saw Training Site
Working Safely With Chain Saws
(Occupational Health and Safety Administration)

Cold
Cold Stress (Centers for Disease Control)

Diseases
Rabies (Centers for Disease Control)
Ticks and Tickborne Diseases (Centers for Disease Control)

General
Hazards to Outdoor Workers (Centers for Disease Control)

Heat
Heat Stress (Centers for Disease Control)

Helicopters
Safety in and Around Helicopters (FAA)
Safety Around Helicopters (full color poster)(CAA)

Insects and Scorpions
Insects and Scorpions (Centers for Disease Control)

Mosquito-borne Diseases
West Nile Virus (Centers for Disease Control)

Poisonous Plants
Poisonous Plants (Centers for Disease Control)

UV Radiation
UV Radiation (Centers for Disease Control)

Wildfire and Prescribed Burning
Fighting Wildfires (Centers for Diseases Control)Wildland Firefighting: Hot Tips to Stay Healthy (CDC/NIOSH)

Venomous Snakes
Venomous Snakes (Centers for Disease Control)
How to Prevent or Respond to a Snake Bite (Centers for Disease Control)
Pictorial Key to the Venomous Species in the United States (Centers for Disease Control)

Venomous Spiders
Venomous Spiders (Centers for Disease Control)