Begins: 8:00 am Saturday, June 5th

Ends: 4:00 pm Wednesday, June 9th

There will be no class for S-130/S-190 on Sunday June 6th for "WVU Students"
Pack Test will be given on Sunday June 6th for "Academy Students" (instructor will advise of times)

Course Description: This introductory course is designed to train entry-level firefighters, as well as, refresh structural and Wildfire firefighters. Participants will be introduced to and gain knowledge of the basic incident management organization, firefighting techniques, suppression equipment, safety, strategy/tactics along with fire behavior, and establish an awareness of human performance issues that impact fireline job performance.

Students must supply the following:

• 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.

Target Group: Entry-level firefighters

Prerequisites: I-100, Introduction to Incident Command System must be completed prior to taking the S-130/S-190 course. I-100 is a web based course that can be taken at this site: http://training.nwcg.gov/classes/i100.htm 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 S-130/S-190 course.

Fee: $130 - (Early Registration Fee) – Fee does not include lodging or meals

Begins: 8:00 am Saturday, June 5th

Ends: 4:00 pm Tuesday, June 8th

Course Description: Wildfire Fire Chain Saws, S-212, 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

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.

Target Group: Required training for all wildland fire chain saw operator positions

Prerequisites: Qualified as a firefighter Type 2 (FFT2); current certification in Basic First Aid and CPR

Fee: $200 - (Early Registration Fee) – Fee does not include lodging or meals

Begins: 8:00 am Wednesday, June 9th

Ends: 4:00 pm Friday, June 11th

Course Description: This course is an instructor-led course intended to be presented at the local level. The course consists of three skill areas: supply, delivery, and application of water. Students will be required to demonstrate their knowledge of correct water use, basic hydraulics, and equipment care. The field exercise requires set up, operation, and maintenance of pump equipment. To receive credit for this course, students must have field work observed and approved, and take a closed book written final examination.

Objectives:

• Select equipment required to maintain a flow of water as required by the incident
• Install pumps, hose lays, and holding tanks to provide water for use during all phases of the incident
• Perform required field maintenance on a portable pump

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

Target Group: Individuals desiring to gain competency in the use of portable pumps and water.

Prerequisites: None

Fee: $150 - (Early Registration Fee) – Fee does not include lodging or meals

Begins: 1:00 pm Wednesday, June 9th

Ends: 12:00 pm Friday, June 11th

Course Description: This is a skill course designed to produce student proficiency in the performance of the duties associated with engine boss, single resource (ENGB). Topics include: engine and crew capabilities and limitations, information sources, fire size-up considerations, tactics, and wildland/urban interface.

Objectives:

• Perform the task of an engine boss in making the tactical decisions required to safely manage an engine on an incident.

Target Group: Personnel desiring to be qualified as an engine boss (ENGB)

Prerequisites: Crew Boss, Single Resource (S-230) and qualified as a firefighter type 1 (FFT1)

Fee: $80 - (Early Registration Fee) – Fee does not include lodging or meals

Begins: 8:00 am Thursday, June 10th

Ends: 4:00 pm Friday, June 11th

Course Description: This training course is designed as a self-assessment opportunity for individuals preparing to step into a leadership role. The course combines one day classroom instruction followed by a second day in the field with students working through a series of problem solving events in small teams (Field Leadership Assessment Course). Topics include: leadership values and principles, transition challenges for new leaders, situational leadership, team cohesion factors, and ethical decision-making.

Objectives:

• Students will demonstrate an understanding of fundamental leadership principles.
• Students will assess their individual traits and motivation for entering into a leadership role.

Target Group: Personnel desiring to be qualified as a single resource boss.

Prerequisites: Experience on incident assignments in operations or support functions, Human Factors on the Fireline (L-180), and successful completion of 3-4 hours of pre-course work.

Fee: $90 - (Early Registration Fee) – Fee does not include lodging or meals

Begins: 8:00 am Monday, June 7th

Ends: 12:00 pm Friday, June 11th

Course Description: The purpose of RX-341, Prescribed Fire Plan Preparation, is to provide students with the skill/knowledge to prepare a prescribed fire plan for technical review and approval in accordance with the Interagency Prescribed Fire Planning and Implementation Procedures Reference Guide.

Objectives:

• Describe prescribed fire planning policies and guidelines
• Identify and describe the processes involved in preparing a prescribed fire plan
• Develop and defend a prescribed fire plan that safely meets management objectives

Target Group: This course is suggested training for all students who are involved in or plan to be involved in the preparation of prescribed fire plans. Other positions that would benefit from this course are firing boss (FIRB), fire effects monitor (FEMO), air regulators, fire ecologists, private landowners (e.g. TNC), other state and private agencies, prescribed fire consultants, and fire planners.

Prerequisites: Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior Calculations, S-390, proficient in the use of BehavePlus, and successful completion of pre-course work. In addition, fire personnel must be qualified as incident commander type 4 (ICT4). Resource personnel must have knowledge of fire suppression principles and techniques.

Fee: $225 - (Early Registration Fee) – Fee does not include lodging or meals

Begins: 8:00 am Monday, June 7th

Ends: 4:00 pm Thursday, June 10th

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.

Objectives:

• Identify and describe the characteristics of fuels, weather, and topography that influences wildand 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

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

Prerequisites: Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior (S-190)

Fee: $200 - (Early Registration Fee) – Fee does not include lodging or meals

Begins: 8:00 am Monday, June 7th

Ends: 12:00 pm Friday, June 11th

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

Target Group: Personnel who will be teaching NWCG courses

Prerequisites: None

Fee: $200 - (Early Registration Fee) – Fee does not include lodging or meals

Begins: 1:00 pm Monday, June 7th

Ends: 1:00 pm Wednesday, June 9th

Course Description: This course is designed to be interactive in nature. It contains exercises designed to facilitate group and class discussion. Reference material is provided to assist students both in the classroom and on the job. Course flexibility allows instructors to customize lessons and address specific tractor plow boss local needs. Each student participates in a simulation exercise designed to give a realistic tractor/plow boss experience. This course does not include development skills related to tractor/plow operation, nor does it provide for the evaluation of existing operational skills.

Objective: To make tactical decisions that will effectively and safely manage tractor/plow units at an incident. Perform and follow procedures in the utilization of tractor/plows to meet incident objectives, increase safety and support tactical incident ground forces

Target Group: Individuals desiring to be qualified as a tractor/plow boss (TRPB)

Prerequisites: Qualified as firefighter type 1 (FFT1)

Fee: $90 - (Early Registration Fee) – Fee does not include lodging or meals

Begins: 1:00 pm Monday, June 7th

Ends: 1:00 pm Wednesday, June 9th

Course Description: 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:

• Describe the ICS criteria for typing aircraft
• Describe safety procedures to be followed while flying in or working with agency aircraft
• Describe how density altitude, ground effect, and translational lift affect aircraft performance
• Describe pilot and aircraft certification procedures
• Describe the importance of flight planning and flight following
• Describe correct procedures for loading cargo, transporting passengers, and emergency landing
• Describe correct procedures for reporting aviation mishaps
• Describe tactical and logistical uses of aircraft
• Describe safety procedures to be followed by ground personnel during water and retardant drops
• Describe standard target description techniques for directing pilots and indicators of effective water and retardant drops
• Describe specifications and safety requirements for locating and constructing helispots

Target Group: Single resource bosses, incident commander type 4 (ICT4), and support dispatcher (EDSD)

Prerequisites: None

Fee: $100 - (Early Registration Fee) – Fee does not include lodging or meals

Begins: 8:00 am Thursday, June 10th

Ends: 4:00 pm Friday, June 11th

FI-110 - The primary emphasis of this course is to teach sound wildland fire observations and origin scene protection practices that enable first responders to a wildland fire scene to perform proper origin scene protection procedures. The course is presented by short lectures, electronic presentations, exercises, and class discussion.

Objectives:

• List various causes of wildland fires and their cause indicators
• Perform the basic procedures and techniques needed to provide witness/observer information to fire investigators
• Identify and protect wildland fire origin areas

Prerequisites: None

Target Group: Recommended training for all first responders, including single resource bosses, law enforcement officers, prevention technicians, and field resource personnel

S-131 - Firefighter Type 1, 131, is an eight hour course designed to meet the training needs of the Firefighter Type 1 (FFT1). This course is designed to be interactive in nature. It contains several tactical decision games designed to facilitate learning the objectives and class discussion. Topics include fireline reference materials, communications, and tactical decision making.

Objectives:

• Demonstrate the ability to use fireline reference tools to facilitate the communication and decision making process
• Describe how to incorporate and maintain open lines of communication with appropriate personnel
• Demonstrate the ability to apply standard operating procedures found in the Incident Response Pocket Guide (PMS 461)
Demonstrate the ability to apply information found in the Fireline Handbook (PMS 410-1)

Prerequisites: Qualified as a firefighter type 2 (FFT2)

Target Group: Firefighter type 1 (FFT1)

S-131 Unit 3 Exercise Maps (NFES 2793) are available for downloading onto a plotter at http://www.nwcg.gov.pms/training.htm as well as for purchase through the Publications Management System.

S-133 - This course is designed to train Incident Commander Type 5 (ICT5) and Firefighter Type 1 (FFT1) to identify environmental factors and indicators of hazardous fire conditions, and how to use these indicators when implementing the Risk Management Process. The course is DVD-based training, based on facilitated exercise.

Objectives:

• Identify seven environmental factors and their respective indicators of hazardous conditions for fire behavior
• Describe how to use the indicators when implementing the Risk Management Process

Prerequisites: None

Target Group: Incident commander type 5 (ICT5) and firefighter type 1 (FFT1)

Fee: $75 - (Early Registration Fee) – Fee does not include lodging or meals