Course Descriptions
Arizona Wildfire Academy 2010 Course Descriptions
Basic CPR and 1st Aid
Course is available for students participating in Wildfire Power Saws (S-212), Medical Unit Leader (S-359), or anyone interested in obtaining this certificate for Basic CPR and 1St Aid for general purposes.
Class A Foam Tactics & Use in the Wildland
Course is designed to cover all aspects of class A foam use in wildland fire. Topics include: basic foam properties; safety; equipment including proportioners; aspirating systems and Compressed Air Foam Systems (CAFS.) Hands-on activities will include assembling foam systems to produce various types of foam, tabletop exercises, and wildland foam application exercises including structural protection. (Arizona State Fire Marshal’s Office Certified Course, Non-NWCG Course.
Dude Fire Staff Ride
An adaptation of the military concept of the “staff ride” for the study of near miss and fatal forest fires. The basic ingredients of a successful staff ride are a preliminary study of the wildland fire, and a tour of the site, where participants integrate the various things they have personally learned about the fire from both the reading and the tour.
GPS – Global Positioning Systems for Fire Management
Course targets the Single Resource Boss; provides the student with advanced level of knowledge and skills necessary for land navigation with a GPS unit. Highly recommended for student s attending Field Observer or who would like to learn or update their skills using a GPS unit. Non-NWCG Course.
I-400 Advanced ICS
Course directs the student towards an operational understanding of large single-agency and complex multi-agency / multi-jurisdictional incident responses. Topics include fundamentals review for command and general staff, major and/or complex incident/event management, area command, and multi-agency coordination.
Prerequisite: I-300.
L-180 Human Factors on the Fireline
Course designed for unit-level supervisors to use when delivering orientation training to new crew members. Topics include: situation awareness, basic communication responsibilities, attitude and stress barriers, decision-making process and teamwork principles. The stand-alone training package is available in the NWCG Publications Management System. An adapted version will be included as Unit 4 in the 2003 edition of S-130, Basic Firefighter.
L-280 Followership to Leadership
Course designed as a self-assessment opportunity for individuals preparing to step into a leadership role. The course combines one day of 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.
Prerequisite: Experience on incident assignments in operations or support functions and L-180 Human Factors on the Fireline.
M-410 Facilitative Instructor
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.
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P-110 Assessing Wildfire Hazards in the Home Ignition Zone
This 2-day workshop covers the myths of wildland/urban interface fire, the history and context of W/UI fire disasters, sequential elements of a W/UI fire disaster, research and case studies, risk factors in the home ignition zone, information needed to conduct an assessment, the general health of the ecosystem, inspecting the home ignition zone, accessibility in case of a wildfire emergency, documenting an assessment, and much more. This workshop also includes Q & A, class discussion, and three classroom exercises where participants will perform home ignition zone evaluations, practicing the information they have learned. NFPA has been approved as an authorized provider of continuing education and training programs by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET).
RX-301 Prescribed Fire Implementation
Course is designed to introduce students to the tools and techniques used to perform in the role of a prescribed fire burn boss. The course material is based on the tasks found in the position task book for prescribed fire burn boss. It leads the student through the duties and responsibilities associated with the position of the prescribed fire burn boss including evaluation and implementation of a prescribed fire plan.
Prerequisites: FIRB, ICT4, S-390, proficient in the use of BehavePlus, successful completion of precourse work
RX-341 Prescribed Fire Plan Preparation
Course provides students with the skills/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.
Prerequisites: S-390, proficient in the use of BehavePlus, successful completion of pre-course work. Fire personnel must be qualified ICT4, resource personnel must have knowledge of fire suppression principles and techniques
S-130/190 Basic Firefighter Training and Wildland Fire Behavior
Course designed to train entry-level firefighters. Students will be introduced to and gain knowledge of the basic incident management organization, firefighting techniques, suppression equipment, safety, strategy/tactics and basic fire behavior. Field exercises will be performed for valuable hands-on training, including night operations and an overnight spike camp. (Includes L-180 Human Factors on the Fireline).
Prerequisite: I-100
S-131 / S-133 Advanced Firefighter Training
Course designed for the Advanced Firefighter/Squad Boss (FFTI) and Incident Commander Type 5 (ICT5). It is interactive in nature and contains several tactical decision games designed to facilitate learning the objectives and class discussion. Topics include: fireline reference materials, communications and tactical decision making.
Prerequisite: S-130/190 Firefighter Type 2 (FFT2)
S-200 Initial Attack Incident Commander
Course provides students with the tools and techniques to make the transition from Single Resource Boss to Incident Commander.
Prerequisite: Any Single Resource Boss
S-211 Portable Pumps & Water Use
Course designed to give the students practical knowledge and application skills of portable pump operations. Field exercises will train student in the setup and operation of a portable pump along with foam applications.
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S-212 Wildfire Power Saws
Course provides introduction to the function, maintenance and the use of internal combustion engine-powered chain saws and their tactical wildland fire application. Field exercises support entry-level training for firefighters with little or no experience in operating a chain saw, providing hands-on cutting experience in surroundings similar to fireline situations.
Prerequisites: Firefighter Type 2 (FFT2), current CPR and Basic First Aid certification
S-215 Fire Operations in the Urban Interface
Course 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. This course is required training for the position of Incident Commander Type 4 (ICT4) and Strike Team Leader.
Prerequisites: Single Resource Boss qualified and structural fire departments should complete I-100, L-180, S-130/190, S-131
S-230 Crew Boss
Course designed to produce student proficiency in performance of all duties associated with the single resource crew boss, from initial dispatch through return to the home unit. Topics include: preparation and mobilization, assignment preparation, tactics and safety, off-line duties, demobilization and post-incident activities.
Prerequisites: Advanced Firefighter/Squad Boss (FFT1), S-290
S-231 Engine Boss
Course provides proficiency in performance of the duties associated with the Engine Boss, Single Resource (ENGB) position. Topics include: identifying engine/crew capabilities and limitations, information sources, fire size-up considerations, tactics and wildland/urban interface.
Prerequisites: Advanced Firefighter/Squad Boss (FFT1), S-230
S-234 Ignition Operations
Course provides training in the functional roles and responsibilities connected with firing operations including planning, ignition procedures and techniques and equipment applicable to wildland and prescribed fire. This course also addresses the role of the ignition specialist or firing boss as the organization manages escalation from a non-complex fire situation. Note: This course is not intended to qualify or certify any personnel in the use, storage or transport of any firing device. Rather, it is to provide the potential firing boss a description of available equipment and the requirements specific to each such device. If weather permits, a field exercise and/or prescribed fire will be included.
Prerequisites: S-290
S-244 Field Observer
This course provides the student with the skills necessary to perform as a field observer (FOBS) and/or a fire effects monitor (FEMO). Topics include: Roles and responsibilities of the FOBS and FEMO; how to make observations and document those observations; how to product hand-drawn and GPS field maps, and how to navigate using a compass and GPS. The navigation unit has 4.5 hours of field exercises and the final exercise is 8 hours.
Prerequisites: S-290, Any Single Resource Boss, Understanding how to use a GPS
S-260 Interagency Incident Business Management
Course discusses management principles associated with incidents. It includes: employee responsibilities and conduct, personnel time recording; pay and commissary, correct reporting procedures for injuries, procurement and equipment time recording, property documentation, cooperative agreements with other agencies and claims/accident investigation.
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S-261 Applied Interagency Incident Business Management
Course designed to provide the prerequisite skills necessary to perform the task of the entry level finance position.
S-270 Basic Air Operations
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.
Prerequisites: FFT1 and successful completion of pre-course work.
S-290 Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior
Course provides students with the knowledge of wildland fuels and fire behavior to make safe and effective fire management decisions on prescribed and wildland fires.
Prerequisite: S-190.
S-330 Task Force/Strike Team Leader
Course designed to meet the training requirements outlined in the PMS 310-1, Wildland Fire Qualification System Guide and the position task books developed for the positions of task force leader and strike team leader. Examples and exercises in this package are specific to wildland fire suppression. If students are expected to perform in some other risk area, exercises and examples appropriate to the expected risk areas should be added.
Prerequisites: SRB and Pre-Course work.
S-346 Situation Unit Leader
Course starts with how to activate, set up, organize, manage, and demobilize a situation unit. It then addresses the products (maps, ICS-209, and other reports) the Situation Unit produces, as well as the technology that is needed to produce the products. One component of the pre-course work is for students to read and complete the exercises in Basic Land Navigation (NFES 2865).
Prerequisites: ICT4 or Strike Team Leader
S-356 Supply Unit Leader
Course is designed to prepare students to perform the duties of managing the incident supply unit.
Prerequisites: ORDM and RCDM
S-357 Food Unit Leader
Course is designed to meet the training needs of a food unit leader (FDUL). Topics include information about the assignment, coordination, general information, safe food handling, national contract administration, alternate feeding methods, and demobilization. A significant portion of this course is devoted to examining the administration of the National Mobile Food Services Contract as it applies to the FDUL.
S-358 Communications Unit Leader
Course is designed to provide skills and knowledge needed to perform in the role of communications unit leader (COML). Topics include mobilization, establishing the communications unit, communications system design and ordering, communications system installation and maintenance, communications equipment assignment and accountability, incident communications center, internal and external coordination, demobilization, and current communications issues and technology.
Prerequisites: COMT and INCM
S-390 Introduction of Fire Behavior Calculations
Course designed to instruct prospective fireline supervisors in wildland fire behavior for safe and effective fire management operations.
Prerequisites: S-290.
S-400 Incident Commander
Course describes the role of the incident commander to manage type 2 incidents. Topics include team administration; communication, information and intelligence processing; agency administrator and IC responsibilities; transfer of command; and demobilization. The course provides exercisers to assist students in acquiring the knowledge to learn these skills.
Prerequisites: ICT3, Section Chief Type 2
S-403 Intro to Incident Information
Course meets the training requirements for a public information officer type 2 (PIO2). Topics include information organization and assignment, developing a communications strategy, information operations, creating a safe environment, effective media relations, incident within an incident, community relations analysis, documentation, demobilization, and transitioning.
S-430 Operations Sections Chief
Course is designed to meet the training needs of the operations section chief type 2 (OSC2). This course is designed to be interactive in nature and contains several exercises designed to facilitate group and classroom discussion.
Prerequisite:- DIVS
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