There will be no class for S-130 / S-190 on Sunday June 9^th for "WVU Students". Pack Test will be given on Sunday June 9^th for "Academy Students" (instructor will advise of times).

S-130: Firefighter Training

Course Description: This course is designed to provide entry level firefighter skills. Field time is encouraged, and many of the units are set up so they can be taught in either the classroom or the field. The field exercise for Unit 12 is required. A version of the L-180, Human Factors on the Fireline, has been included as part of this course.

Objectives:

• Explain what the LCES (Lookouts, Communications, Escape Routes and Safety Zones) system is and how it relates to the Standard Firefighting Orders
• Construct fireline to required standards using various methods
• Strengthen, reinforce, and use holding actions on a fireline
• Extinguish the fire with or without the use of water
• Complete assigned tasks in a safe and efficient manner
• Given an assignment in a wildfire environment, describe factors in that environment which could impact safety

Course Components and Hours to Complete:

Target Group: Entry-level

Prerequisites: I-100, Introduction to Incident Command System must be completed prior to taking this course. I-100 is a web-based course that can be taken at this site: http://training.nwcg.gov/courses/i100.html. You must be connected to a printer to complete this course. Once you have completed the course, print out the certificate to present to the instructor of the course.

Course Level: Local

S-190: Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior

Course Description: This course provides instruction in the primary factors affecting the start and spread of wildfire and recognition of potentially hazardous situations. S-190 is typically taught in conjunction with or prior to Basic Firefighter Training, S-130. It is designed to meet the fire behavior training needs of a firefighter type 2 (FFT2) on an incident as outlined in the PMS 310-1, Wildland Fire Qualification System Guide and the position task book developed for the position.

Objectives:

• Identify and discuss the three sides of the fire triangle
• Identify the environmental factors of fuels, 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

Course Components and Hours to Complete:

Prerequisites: None

Course Level: Local

L-180: Human Factors in the Wildland Fire Service

Course Description: This training course is designed for unit-level supervisors to use when delivering orientation training to new crewmembers. Presentation of the course involves a few short lecture segments, but the primary content is delivered by video and supported with small group exercises. Topics include situation awareness, basic communication responsibilities, attitude and stress barriers, decision-making process, and teamwork principles.

Objective:

Students will demonstrate an understanding of their responsibilities to address human performance issues so they can integrate more effectively into crews/teams operating in high-risk, dynamic work environments

Course Components and Hours to Complete:

Prerequisites: None

Course Level: Local

Students must supply the following equipment:

• work clothing (i.e. long pants and shirt)
• lace-up boots
• eye and ear protection
• work gloves
• hardhat

You will need these items for your field day of class.

Course Fee: $160.00 (Early Registration) - Fee does not include lodging or meals

Course Description: This is an instructor-led course intended to be presented at the local level. The course provides introduction to the function, maintenance and use of internal combustion engine powered chain saws, and their tactical wildfire fire application. Field exercises support entry level training for firefighters with little or no previous experience in operating a chain saw, providing hands-on cutting experience in surroundings similar to fireline situations.

Objectives:

• List, define, and apply chain saw safety standards as required by OSHA and NWCG member agency manuals, handbooks and directives
• Incorporate the approved use, maintenance, and function of personal protective equipment (PPE) in wildfire fire chain saw applications
• Identify basic chain saw parts nomenclature, maintenance, tuning, troubleshooting, and safety features
• Demonstrate field maintenance tasks required for chain saw operation
• Demonstrate the tactical application of chain saws in brushing, limbing, bucking, and falling for fireline construction and mop up operations

Course Components and Hours to Complete:

Target Group: Individuals desiring to be qualified as firefighter type 1 (FFT1), incident commander type 5 (ICT5) or felling boss (FELB)

Prerequisites: Qualified as a firefighter type 2 (FFT2) and satisfactory completion of pre-course work

Course Level: Local

Students must supply the following equipment:

• PPE (Personal Protective Equipment including saw chaps)
• lace-up boots
• eye and ear protection
• work gloves
• hardhat

You will be informed the first day of class when to wear these items.

Course Fee: $210.00 (Early Registration) - Fee does not include lodging or meals

Begins: 8:00 am Wednesday, June 12^th

Ends: 4:00 pm Friday, June 14^th

Course Description: This course is designed to provide knowledge and skills to design, setup, 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.

Course Components and Hours to Complete:

Target Group: Personnel desiring to be qualified as a Firefighter Type 1 or Incident Commander Type 5 or those wanting to learn more about portable pumps and water use.

Prerequisites: None

Course Level: Local

Students must supply the following equipment:

• work clothing (i.e. long pants and shirt)
• lace-up boots
• eye and ear protection
• work gloves
• hardhat

You will need these items for your field day of class.

Course Fee: $160.00 (Early Registration) - Fee does not include lodging or meals

Course Description: This course is designed to assist structure and wildland firefighters who will be making tactical decisions when confronting wildland fire that threatens life, property, and improvements, in the wildland/urban interface.

Instructional units include interface awareness, size-up, initial strategy and incident action plan, structure triage, structure protection tactics, incident action plan assessment and update, follow-up and public relations, and firefighter safety in the interface.

The course requires a minimum of 28 hours for completion. If the optional exercises at the end of the tactics unit are used or a field exercise is included additional course time is needed. Instructors are encouraged to extend the course to 32 hours and add a field exercise covering size-up, structure triage, tactics, and any other local area training as appropriate.

Objectives:

This course provides the student with the skills and knowledge to size-up a wildland/urban interface fire incident, evaluate the potential situation, order and deploy the necessary resources, and apply safe and effective strategy and tactics to minimize the threat to life and property.

Course Components and Hours to Complete:

Target Group: Wildland Fire Agencies: This course is required training for strike team leader (tractor/plow, dozer, engine, or crew) and is recommended training for initial attack incident commander type 4 (ICT4).

Structural Fire Departments: This training is appropriate for engine operators, chief officers, and company officers responsible for structure protection in suburban and urban interface areas that may be threatened by wildland fire.

Additionally, leaders from municipal planning, law enforcement and emergency management disciplines may find value in the course.

Prerequisites: Wildland Fire Agencies: Students must be Firefighter Type 1 (FFT1) qualified.

Structural Fire Departments: Students should have completed Introduction to ICS (I-100), Human Factors on the Fireline (L-180), Firefighter Training (S-130), Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior (S-190), and Firefighter Type 1 (S-131); or equivalent training.

Students attending this course must be knowledgeable of their agency firefighting policy as it relates to wildland/urban interface fires.

Course Level: Local

Course Fee: $210.00 (Early Registration) - Fee does not include lodging or meals

Course Description: This is a classroom-based skills course designed to prepare the prospective fireline supervisor to undertake safe and effective fire management operations. It is the second course in a series that collectively serves to develop fire behavior prediction knowledge and skills. Fire environment differences are discussed as necessary; instructor should stress local conditions.

Objective:

• Identify and describe the characteristics of fuels, weather, and topography that influence wildland fire behavior.
• Describe the interaction of fuels, weather, and topography on wildland fire behavior, fireline tactics, and safety.
• Describe the causes of extreme fire behavior conditions (long range spotting, crowning, and fire whirls) that develop due to weather, fuels, and/or topography.
• Interpret, communicate, apply, and document wildland fire behavior and weather information.

Course Components and Hours to Complete:

Target Group: Personnel desiring to be qualified as any single resource boss or fire effects monitor (FEMO)

Prerequisites:

Course Level: Local

Course Fee: $210.00 (Early Registration) - Fee does not include lodging or meals

Course Description: This course prepares students to perform in the role of division/group supervisor. It provides instruction in support of the specific tasks of the division/group supervisor, but will not instruct the student in general management/supervision or in the incident command system (ICS), both of which the student should learn through prerequisite work. Topics include division/group management, organizational interaction, division operations, all-hazard operations, and tactical decision games (optional). There is a final examination in this course.

Objectives: At the successful completion of this course, the student will demonstrate an understanding of the duties required of a division/group supervisor in preparation for completing position task book elements.

Course Components and Hours to Complete:

Target Group: Personnel desiring to be qualified as a division/group supervisor (DIVS)

Prerequisites: Qualified as a task force leader (TFLD) OR qualified as an incident commander type 3 (ICT3) OR qualified as an incident commander type 4 (ICT4) and in any two strike team leader positions (one must be STCR or STEN).

Also see Instructor Qualifications at the beginning of the Field Managers Course Guide.

Satisfactory completion of pre-course work.

Course Level: Regional, State, or area

Course Fee: $160.00 (Early Registration) - Fee does not include lodging or meals

Course Description: The primary purpose of this course is to provide a consistent knowledge and skill base for the Wildland Fire Investigator (INVF). The concepts taught in this course will help an INVF perform at an acceptable level on a national basis without regard to geographic boundaries. The course is presented by lectures, electronic presentations, field exercises, and class discussion.

Objectives:

• Identify the elements of the NWCG Fire Investigation Certification program.
• Perform the common roles and responsibilities of an INVF involved in an initial investigation environment.
• Practice Wildland fire investigation methods, evidence collection and documentation processes in a realistic environment.
• Identify the laws, regulations and related court procedures associated with administrative, civil and criminal litigation processes.

Course Components and Hours to Complete:

Target Group: Recommended training for experienced fire personnel and law enforcement officers with wildland fire investigation responsibilities.

Prerequisites: Recommend students have law enforcement or firefighter experience. An interactive, self paced pre-course work will familiarize students with the background information necessary to successfully complete the course.

Satisfactory completion of pre-selection assessment.

Satisfactory completion of pre-course work.

Course Level: Local

Course Fee: $210.00 (Early Registration) - Fee does not include lodging or meals

Course Description: This course provides description and detail of the Incident Command System (ICS) organization and operations in supervisory roles on expanding or Type 3 incidents. Topics include: ICS fundamentals review, incident/event assessment and agency guidance in establishing incident objectives, Unified Command, incident resource management, planning process, demobilization, transfer of command, and close out. This course was developed in conjunction with the US Fire Administration (H465) and the Emergency Management Institute (G300). These courses are built on the same lesson objectives and content as the NWCG I-300 course and are interchangeable; they are all National Incident Management System (NIMS) compliant.

Objectives:

• Describe how the National Incident Management System (NIMS) Command and Management component supports the management of expanding incidents.
• Describe the incident/event management process for supervisors and expanding incidents as prescribed by the Incident Command System (ICS).
• Implement the incident management process on a simulated Type 3 incident.
• Develop an Incident Action Plan (IAP) for a simulated incident.

Course Components and Hours to Complete:

Target Group: Type 3 Incident Management Team (IMT) candidates, incident middle management (Unit Leaders, Division/Group Supervisors, and Strike Team Leaders), elected officials, line officers, lead dispatchers, Multi-agency Coordination (MAC) members, director heads (public works director, fire chief, sheriff), emergency managers, agency representatives.

Prerequisites: ICS-200, Basic: ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents

Course Level: Regional, state, or area.

Course Fee: $160.00 (Early Registration) - Fee does not include lodging or meals

Course Description: This course is designed to help students become effective facilitative instructors. The purpose of this course is to improve training quality by presenting instructional methods with an emphasis on student-oriented adult training techniques. This course is designed for students to meet NWCG instructor requirements.

Objective:

• Students will demonstrate effective facilitative instructor skills while giving three classroom presentations

Course Components and Hours to Complete:

Target Group: Personnel who will be teaching NWCG courses

Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of pre-course work

Course Level: Regional, State, or area

Course Fee: $210.00 (Early Registration) - Fee does not include lodging or meals