 Investigations and analysis of the event led the USFS to develop better ways to provide a more immediate response to combat fires ; one of them was the development of the smokejumper program in 1939 . Additionally , the Ten Standard Firefighting Orders , a standardized set of wildland firefighting principles , were developed in 1957 . A year after the tragedy , survivors and their fellow employees constructed several memorials at the scene of the incident . 
