PREREQUISITES:
NONE
1st FALL Semester, 1st 9-Weeks of the semester
Mid-August - Mid-October
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday: 0800-14:30
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PHASE-1 Course(s) (5.5 Units)
**Students will be authorized enrollment into NR-108 & PHASE 2 NR-95 by their instructor during the first week of NR-98
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This is the first phase in professional wildland fire training and development. During this phase students will learn basic wildland fire concepts and will attain the basic training required for employment into the Federal and State Wildland Fire Service. Students will gain understanding into the professional culture of wildland fire and the physical demands essential for the occupation. Students will be introduced to basic skills and attributes vital of a wildland firefighter.
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PHASE 1: industry Certificates Earned
NWCG: S-130 Wildland Firefighter Training
NWCG: S-190 Intro to Fire Behavior
NWCG: L-180 Human Factors in the Wildland Fire Service
FEMA: 1-100 Introduction to the ICS
FEMA: IS-700 b. Introduction to the NIMS
PREREQUISITES:
NR-98 Wildland Fire Basics
1st FALL 2nd 9-Weeks of the semester
Mid-October - Mid-December
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday: 0800-14:30
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PHASE-2 (9.0 Units)
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This course trains students in the profession of hazardous and strategic fuels management and basic fire ecology concepts. Students will receive instruction on Fuels project development, fire behavior, fire weather and crewmember functions. Students will ascertain practical and tactical experience on fuels reduction projects ranging from chainsaw operations, brush clearing and tree felling. Students will be introduced to mechanical fuels treatment application through use and operation of small mechanized equipment such as skid steerers and mini-excavators. Data collection, project safety and management will be emphasized.
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PHASE 2: industry Certificates Earned
NWCG: S-212 Wildland Firefighter Training
PREREQUISITES:
PHASE-1 & 2 Courses
and
Completion of NR-97 Orientation (dates will be announced)
and
Successful completion of Federal Work Capacity Test with in the last 2 years
or
1 season on a wildland fire module (discretion of Instructor)
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1st SPRING Semester, FULL Semester
Mid-January - Mid-May
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday: 0800-15:30
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PHASE-3 Courses
This is the third phase in professional wildland fire training and development. During this phase students will learn to operate using the wildland fire fundamentals. This coursework will rely heavily on physical scenario-based field training repetitions, applied use of skill sets and knowledge. Students will get the opportunity to work as a crew under standard protocols and chain of command. Students will be organized in crew formation and will become proficient in operational standards and crewmember responsibilities.
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PHASE 3: Certificates Earned
NWCG: S-133 Look up, Look Down, Look Around
NWCG: S-211 Portable Pumps and Water Use
NWCG: S-212 Wildland Fie Chainsaws
First Aid CPR
HAZMAT-FRA
PREREQUISITES:
NONE
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1st SUMMER through FALL - WORK EXPERIENCE & OCCUPATIONAL CONTEXT
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PHASE-4 Courses
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Students have the opportunity to receive college credit for work experience. In order for students to proceed to NR-96 Wildland Fire school Advancement, it is required that work experience in the wildland fire service be attained. This requirement ensures that the students have the National Wildfire Coordinating Group prerequisite experience and context necessary to grasp the concepts and skill required of the material to be delivered in their next phase of wildland training.
PREREQUISITES:
NR-97 Wildland Fire School Fundamentals
and
NR-19V Wildland Fire / Fuels Management Experience (7 units needed/525 hours)
and
Successful completion of Federal Work Capacity Test with in the last 2 years
or
1 season on a wildland fire module (discretion of Instructor)
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2nd SPRING Semester, 1st 9-Weeks
Mid-January - Mid-March
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday: 0800-14:30
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PHASE-5 Courses
The wildland Fire School Advancement course is the third/final phase in wildland fire crewmember training and development. Students who have competed the suite of wildland fire coursework up to this point will be eligible to competitively apply for permanent GS-5 Senior Firefighter positions in the Federal Fire Service. During this phase of training, students will learn to apply fundamental concepts into action while exploring fire line leadership development and basic supervision elements.
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PHASE 5: Certificates Earned
NWCG: S-131 Firefighter Type 1
NWCG: S-290 Intermediate Fire Behavior
NWCG: S-219 Firing Operations
NWCG: L-280 Followership to Leadership
FEMA: ICS-200 ICS for Initial Response
IAT: A-110 Aviation Transport of HAZMAT
IAT: A-219 Helicopter Transport of External Cargo
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