Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior/Fire Fighter and Human Factors in the Wildland

Catalog description

Four lecture. Provide a fundamental knowledge of wildland fire: behavior, control techniques, and fireline leadership, along with an introduction to the Incident Command System and National Response Network. Covers material from, IS-100,, IS-700, S-130, S-190, and L-180 After completion, students may qualify for “Red Card” with the addition of fire service employment and successful completion of the Fire Fighter Pack Test Students will be able to: list the five major organizational activities within the Incident Command System (ICS) and explain their function; give the titles, and explain the duties of Command and General Staff members; match organizational units to appropriate operations, planning, logistics, and admin/finance sections; match supervisory titles with appropriate levels within the organization; describe the terms used to name major incident facilities, and state their functions; describe what an Incident Action Plan (IAP) is and how it is used in an incident; describe how span of control functions within the incident organization and the use of resources; describe the common responsibilities associated with the incident or event assignments; describe several applications for the use of ICS; describe the need for proper incident resource management; describe three ways of managing resources and the advantages of each; explain the purpose of resource typing; describe the three resource status conditions used at an incident, and the purpose and limits of each; explain how resource status is changed, how notification of changes is made, and how status is maintained at an incident or event; list various kinds of resources which may be encountered in incidents in which the student is or may become involved; identify and discuss the three sides of the fire triangle; identify the environmental factors of fuel, weather, and topography that affect the start and spread of wildland fire; describe the contributing factors that indicate the potential for increased fire behavior that may compromise safety; explain what the Lookouts, Communication, Escape routes, and Safety zones (LCES) system is and how it relates to the standard firefighting orders; construct a fire-line to required standards using various methods. This course has additional learning outcomes; please see the course syllabus for a full list of outcomes.