Firefighter Specific Courses
Wildland Fire Courses
**Due to Pre-Requisite Follow-up, registration for Wildland Courses will end on Wednesday, May 12**
S211 – Portable Pumps and Water Use
This course is designed to provide knowledge and skills to design, set up, operate, troubleshoot, and shut down portable water delivery systems. The focus is on portable pumps – it does not address water delivery for engines. Topics covered include: portable water delivery systems; equipment; roles and responsibilities; and system design and hydraulics. There is also a field exercise where students will apply what they learned in the classroom.
Objectives:
Demonstrate knowledge and skills to design, set up, operate, troubleshoot, and shut down portable water delivery systems.
Dates: Friday, May 19 thru Sunday, May 21
Prerequisite Qualification/Training: None
MAXIMUM ATTENDEES: 20
This course is designed to provide knowledge and skills to design, set up, operate, troubleshoot, and shut down portable water delivery systems. The focus is on portable pumps – it does not address water delivery for engines. Topics covered include: portable water delivery systems; equipment; roles and responsibilities; and system design and hydraulics. There is also a field exercise where students will apply what they learned in the classroom.
Objectives:
Demonstrate knowledge and skills to design, set up, operate, troubleshoot, and shut down portable water delivery systems.
Dates: Friday, May 19 thru Sunday, May 21
Prerequisite Qualification/Training: None
MAXIMUM ATTENDEES: 20
S215 – Fire Operations in the Wildland Urban Interface
Instructional units include firefighter safety in the interface, managing human factors in the interface, pre-incident planning, size-up and initial strategy, structure triage, structure protection overview, tactics in the interface, tactical operations and resource use in the interface, action assessment, plan update, and after-action review.
Objectives:
Operate safely and effectively in a wildland urban interface incident by using situational awareness, performing structure triage, using pre-planning tools, having a basic understanding of fire behavior, and using strategy and tactics unique to the wildland urban interface environment.
Dates: Friday, May 19 thru Sunday, May 21
Prerequisite Qualification/Training: Qualified as Firefighter Type 1 (FFT1)
MAXIMUM ATTENDEES: 20
Instructional units include firefighter safety in the interface, managing human factors in the interface, pre-incident planning, size-up and initial strategy, structure triage, structure protection overview, tactics in the interface, tactical operations and resource use in the interface, action assessment, plan update, and after-action review.
Objectives:
Operate safely and effectively in a wildland urban interface incident by using situational awareness, performing structure triage, using pre-planning tools, having a basic understanding of fire behavior, and using strategy and tactics unique to the wildland urban interface environment.
Dates: Friday, May 19 thru Sunday, May 21
Prerequisite Qualification/Training: Qualified as Firefighter Type 1 (FFT1)
MAXIMUM ATTENDEES: 20
RT-130, Wildland Fire Safety Annual Refresher Training
The intent of RT-130, Wildland Fire Safety Training Annual Refresher (WFSTAR) is to focus line-going personnel on operations and decision-making issues related to fireline safety in order to recognize and mitigate risk, maintain safe and effective practices, and reduce accidents and near misses. This refresher course will cover the required topics to qualify for your annual refresher. Topics include: Communication, Fire Shelters, Entrapment Avoidance, and Current Issues. You will be required to practice a fire shelter deployment so please dress appropriately.
PREREQUISITE QUALIFICATION/TRAINING: It is required for designated positions in order to maintain currency, for all personnel assigned to positions with fireline duties, and for any position assigned to the fireline for non-suppression tasks.
DATE: Friday, May 19, 5:30 pm – 9:30 pm
MAXIMUM ATTENDEES: 30
The intent of RT-130, Wildland Fire Safety Training Annual Refresher (WFSTAR) is to focus line-going personnel on operations and decision-making issues related to fireline safety in order to recognize and mitigate risk, maintain safe and effective practices, and reduce accidents and near misses. This refresher course will cover the required topics to qualify for your annual refresher. Topics include: Communication, Fire Shelters, Entrapment Avoidance, and Current Issues. You will be required to practice a fire shelter deployment so please dress appropriately.
PREREQUISITE QUALIFICATION/TRAINING: It is required for designated positions in order to maintain currency, for all personnel assigned to positions with fireline duties, and for any position assigned to the fireline for non-suppression tasks.
DATE: Friday, May 19, 5:30 pm – 9:30 pm
MAXIMUM ATTENDEES: 30
S131 – Firefighter Type 1
(needed for the FFT1/ICT5 task book)
This is a 12-hour course designed to meet the training needs of the Firefighter Type 1 (FFT1) and/or Incident Commander Type 5 (ICT5). This course is designed to be interactive in nature. It contains class discussion and several tactical decision games designed to facilitate learning the objectives. Topics include operational leadership, communications, LCES, and tactical decision – making.
Objectives:
Identify position responsibilities and demonstrate the ability to apply principles of Operational Leadership found in the Incident Response Pocket Guide (IRPG).
Describe how to incorporate and maintain open lines of communication with appropriate personnel.
Identify Look Up, Look Down and Around indicators, and demonstrate the ability to apply the components of Lookouts, Communications, Escape Routes, and Safety Zones (LCES) as described in the IRPG.
Demonstrate the ability to apply tactical decision-making procedures.
PREREQUISITE QUALIFICATION/TRAINING: Qualified as Firefighter Type 2 (FFT2)
PRE-WORK REQUIREMENT: None
DATES: Saturday, May 20 to Sunday, May 21
MAXIMUM ATTENDEES: 20
(needed for the FFT1/ICT5 task book)
This is a 12-hour course designed to meet the training needs of the Firefighter Type 1 (FFT1) and/or Incident Commander Type 5 (ICT5). This course is designed to be interactive in nature. It contains class discussion and several tactical decision games designed to facilitate learning the objectives. Topics include operational leadership, communications, LCES, and tactical decision – making.
Objectives:
Identify position responsibilities and demonstrate the ability to apply principles of Operational Leadership found in the Incident Response Pocket Guide (IRPG).
Describe how to incorporate and maintain open lines of communication with appropriate personnel.
Identify Look Up, Look Down and Around indicators, and demonstrate the ability to apply the components of Lookouts, Communications, Escape Routes, and Safety Zones (LCES) as described in the IRPG.
Demonstrate the ability to apply tactical decision-making procedures.
PREREQUISITE QUALIFICATION/TRAINING: Qualified as Firefighter Type 2 (FFT2)
PRE-WORK REQUIREMENT: None
DATES: Saturday, May 20 to Sunday, May 21
MAXIMUM ATTENDEES: 20
S270 – Basic Air Operations
This course covers aircraft types and capabilities, aviation management, and safety for flying in and working with agency aircraft, tactical and logistical uses of aircraft, and requirements for helicopter take-off and landing areas. Note: The regulations, procedures, and policies addressed in this course are primarily those governing federal agency and ICS operations. State, county, or other political subdivisions using this course will need to consult their agency having jurisdiction with respect to regulations, procedures, and policies.
Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, the student will have obtained the basic understanding of the different functions of Air Operations.
PREREQUISITE QUALIFICATION/TRAINING: PRE-WORK IS REQUIRED AND DUE BEFORE CLASS STARTS. THE PREWORK IS READING THE BASIC AVIATION SAFETY BOOKLET (https://www.iat.gov/help/guides/basic_aviation_safety_guide_2013_05.pdf)
DATES: Saturday, May 20 to Sunday, May 21
MAXIMUM ATTENDEES: 20
This course covers aircraft types and capabilities, aviation management, and safety for flying in and working with agency aircraft, tactical and logistical uses of aircraft, and requirements for helicopter take-off and landing areas. Note: The regulations, procedures, and policies addressed in this course are primarily those governing federal agency and ICS operations. State, county, or other political subdivisions using this course will need to consult their agency having jurisdiction with respect to regulations, procedures, and policies.
Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, the student will have obtained the basic understanding of the different functions of Air Operations.
PREREQUISITE QUALIFICATION/TRAINING: PRE-WORK IS REQUIRED AND DUE BEFORE CLASS STARTS. THE PREWORK IS READING THE BASIC AVIATION SAFETY BOOKLET (https://www.iat.gov/help/guides/basic_aviation_safety_guide_2013_05.pdf)
DATES: Saturday, May 20 to Sunday, May 21
MAXIMUM ATTENDEES: 20
S230/231 – Crew/Engine Boss (needed for the single resource boss task book)
This course was developed using a blended approach to learning. Students are required to complete the online training portion of the course and pass an online assessment prior to taking the instructor-led training (ILT). The focus of this online training is to teach knowledge and concepts. The ILT will reinforce the content learned online and provide opportunities to apply this knowledge to real-world scenarios and practical exercises. Upon completion of the ILT, students must then take and pass a final assessment in order to receive credit for the course. The final assessment covers content from both the online and ILT portions of the course.
Objectives:
Describe the Crew Boss responsibilities prior to and during mobilization on the incident and during demobilization.
Perform the tasks of an Engine Boss in making the tactical decisions required to safely manage an engine and personnel on an incident.
Identify the hazards and risks on various incidents and describe how to mitigate them.
Describe tactics appropriate to various wildland fire situations and implementation through the chain of command.
PREREQUISITE QUALIFICATION/TRAINING:
S230 - Qualified as Firefighter Type 1 (FFT1) and successful completion of S290 - Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior
S231 – Must have successfully passed S230 – Crew Boss prior
PRE-WORK REQUIREMENT:
There is MANDATORY pre-work due for this class. Certificates of completion for both S230/S231 need to be brought to the first day of class. Failure to do so will result in an automatic failure and the class will not count for credit. This pre-work will take you multiple days; do not wait until the last minute! To complete this pre-work you will need a Wildland Fire Learning Portal account.
• S230: https://wildlandfirelearningportal.net/enrol/index.php?id=984
• S231: https://wildlandfirelearningportal.net/enrol/index.php?id=1020
DATES: Saturday, May 20 to Sunday, May 21
Maximum Attendees: 20
This course was developed using a blended approach to learning. Students are required to complete the online training portion of the course and pass an online assessment prior to taking the instructor-led training (ILT). The focus of this online training is to teach knowledge and concepts. The ILT will reinforce the content learned online and provide opportunities to apply this knowledge to real-world scenarios and practical exercises. Upon completion of the ILT, students must then take and pass a final assessment in order to receive credit for the course. The final assessment covers content from both the online and ILT portions of the course.
Objectives:
Describe the Crew Boss responsibilities prior to and during mobilization on the incident and during demobilization.
Perform the tasks of an Engine Boss in making the tactical decisions required to safely manage an engine and personnel on an incident.
Identify the hazards and risks on various incidents and describe how to mitigate them.
Describe tactics appropriate to various wildland fire situations and implementation through the chain of command.
PREREQUISITE QUALIFICATION/TRAINING:
S230 - Qualified as Firefighter Type 1 (FFT1) and successful completion of S290 - Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior
S231 – Must have successfully passed S230 – Crew Boss prior
PRE-WORK REQUIREMENT:
There is MANDATORY pre-work due for this class. Certificates of completion for both S230/S231 need to be brought to the first day of class. Failure to do so will result in an automatic failure and the class will not count for credit. This pre-work will take you multiple days; do not wait until the last minute! To complete this pre-work you will need a Wildland Fire Learning Portal account.
• S230: https://wildlandfirelearningportal.net/enrol/index.php?id=984
• S231: https://wildlandfirelearningportal.net/enrol/index.php?id=1020
DATES: Saturday, May 20 to Sunday, May 21
Maximum Attendees: 20
Structure Fire Courses
NFA F0457: Decision-Making for Initial Company Operations
This 2-day course is designed to develop the decision-making skills needed by Company Officers (COs) to accomplish assigned tactics at structure fires. All activities and scenarios used in this course are based on structure fires. With the real possibility of being the first to arrive at an incident, the CO’s initial decisions will have an impact throughout the entire incident. It is vital that COs be able to make good management decisions that have a favorable impact on the eventual outcome.
Prerequisite Qualification/Training:
IS-100 and IS-200 training.
Preferred courses are Q462 and Q463, available through NFA Online.
Date: Saturday, May 20 and Sunday, May 21
Maximum Attendees: 30*
*F0457 Course must have a minimum of 15 attendees by April 15 for the course to be held. Sign up early, or the class may be cancelled.
This 2-day course is designed to develop the decision-making skills needed by Company Officers (COs) to accomplish assigned tactics at structure fires. All activities and scenarios used in this course are based on structure fires. With the real possibility of being the first to arrive at an incident, the CO’s initial decisions will have an impact throughout the entire incident. It is vital that COs be able to make good management decisions that have a favorable impact on the eventual outcome.
Prerequisite Qualification/Training:
IS-100 and IS-200 training.
Preferred courses are Q462 and Q463, available through NFA Online.
Date: Saturday, May 20 and Sunday, May 21
Maximum Attendees: 30*
*F0457 Course must have a minimum of 15 attendees by April 15 for the course to be held. Sign up early, or the class may be cancelled.
