Wildland Urban Interface Firefighting for the Structural Company Officer (NFA)

Instructional Hours: 16.00

Course Objective: To provide students with the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to identify operational activities and safety concerns for structural Company Officers (COs) assigned to a wildland/wildland urban interface (WUI) incident.

Course Description: Major topics covered in this course introduction to wildland/WUI firefighting, interface environment, wildland fire behavior, command and control issues of wildland/WUI firefighting, and tactics. Methods of instruction include lecture, discussion and classroom activities.

Successful Completion: Students must attend all class sessions and complete classroom activities.

Prerequisites

ICS 100 level and ICS 200 level training and MFRI Fire Officer I (MGMT 201), or MFSPQB, NBFSPQ, or IFSAC Fire Officer I certification.