*Limitations*

First, this study was limited in scope as data was collected from a limited number of exercise participants during a short period. Second, the achieved population sample of 71 resulted in a statistical power of 0.86. Nevertheless, due to the relatively few wildland-fire collaboration exercises involving a large number of participants, data from this exercise gave good indications of the perceived levels of collaboration, learning, and utility. Also, the achieved power is, according to Cohen [49], still to be considered strong. Thirdly, the possible occurrence of a somewhat low term-validity needs to be taken into consideration, as the researchers did not pre-define the meaning of the CLU variables for the exercise participants. Fourth, the time passed between participants' participation in the exercise and time answering the survey may have led to lower response rate, as well as possible lower response validity. The data was retrieved from a questionnaire, observations and interviews can add more and comprehensive insight into the studied phenomenon.
