COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course provides information and develops skills required to perform and hold firing operations on wildland fires and prescribed burns. This course contains a mix of online and instructor-led training including live fire exercises. The students will be engaged in wildland firefighting and firing operations. Students are required to complete the online training portion of the course and pre-course quizzes prior to taking the instructor-led training. This course meets and exceeds the objectives of the NWCG S-219 Firing Operations (2014) course.
COURSE HOUR:
0900-1800
COURSE LOCATION:
VARIOUS. Please see course listings for course dates and locations.
Designed For: Fireline supervisors and prescribed burn personnel
PREREQUISITES:
- NWCG 310-1: Wildland Firefighter Type 1 (FFT1);
- S-290: Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior (classroom only)
- Online component for NWCG S-219: Firing Operations
- Two (2) pre-course instructor-developed quizzes
Restrictions:
Students must possess the arduous level of physical ability per NWCG guidelines and be in excellent health. Students are required to perform hotline wildland firefighting using hand tools, while carrying 40 pounds of back pumps or drip torches in hot weather.
STUDENTS MUST BRING THE FOLLOWING TO CLASS:
NOTES:
Participants enrolled in this courses will receive a Pre-study packet or online pre-study that must be completed prior to attending and available to the instructor at the beginning of the class.