Safety Guides & Technical Notes

FISA Safety Guides are listed below and are all downloadable for printing direct.

FISA Technical Notes can be found here.

FISA Risk Zone campaign 2025-26

The FISA Risk Zone campaign will address the ever-growing problem of public and operative encroachment into active forestry work areas.

Over the next 12 months, the campaign will tackle multiple risk zone safety hazards including tree felling, heavy machinery risks, haulage, and chainshot incidents where debris can be projected at high velocity from cutting operations.

The FISA Risk Zone campaign aims to prevent accidents through education and clear communication about the invisible danger zones surrounding forestry operations.

The campaign will be driven by four blocks of work.

The launch presentation below gives further details.

Documents to download

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Safety Guides

FISA Safety Guides are numbered in the same format as the previous AFAG Safety Guides:

  • 100s - Establishment
  • 200s - Maintenance
  • 300s - Chainsaw Use
  • 500s - Extraction
  • 600s - Processing
  • 700s - Vehicles
  • 800s - General Safety

Technical Notes

  • TN001 - Using Tree Jacks
  • TN002 - Planning Chainsaw Operations
  • TN003 - Inspection of Work Equipment & Machines
  • TN004 - Chainshot - Manage the Risk

Additional information

Aerial tree work guides from Arboricultural Association can be found here

A couple of AFAG guides can be found here

Bulk purchase of some of the FISA guides is available - please email technical@ukfisa.com for more detail.