Wildland Fire & NIMS Training Schedule

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1 RT-130 ANNUAL WILDLAND FIRE REFRESHER Meets NWCG PMS Standards Annual Fireline Safety Refresher Training is designed to provide up-to-date fireline safety information to employees holding Incident Command System qualifications requiring this training per the 2010, PMS 310-1, Wildland Fire Qualification System Guide. Prerequisites: None RCC COURSE#: FRP99 SECTION#: R14 CREDITS: 0 DATE: April 6, 2013 COST: $45 CLASS SIZE: 30 LOCATION: Table Rock Campus, Room 100 LEAD INSTRUCTOR: Tom Dorigan

2 S-131 FIREFIGHTER TYPE 1 S-133 LOOK UP, LOOK DOWN, LOOK AROUND Meets NWCG PMS Standards S-131 is an eight-hour course designed to meet the training needs of the FFT1. It is interactive in nature and contains several tactical decision games which are designed to facilitate learning the objectives and to promote class discussion. Topics include fireline reference materials, communications, and tactical decision making. S-133 is a four-hour course designed to train Incident Commander Type 5 and 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, basic on facilitated exercise. Prerequisites: Qualified as Firefighter Type 2 RCC COURSE#: FRP99 SECTION#: R24 CREDITS: 0 DATE: April 9-10 COST: $65 CLASS SIZE: 30 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Day 2) LOCATION: Table Rock Campus, Room 184 LEAD INSTRUCTOR: Ken Paul

3 LANGUAGE SKILLS ASSESSMENT Meets NWCG Standards Assessment of English language skills is now mandatory for providing contract fireline hand crews. Government requires that the contract STCR, CRWB, and FFT1 be able to communicate with incident management personnel in English, as well as with their crew in the language of the crew. The assessment will determine if an individual is monolingual (English only) or bilingual (English and Spanish). Students will be given a written exam and an oral exam to assess comprehension; in those exams, one or more of the following reference components will be used: weather, safety, and fire behavior documents; Incident Response Pocket Guide; Fireline Handbook; Incident Action Plan (IAP). Prerequisites: FFT1 or CRWB RCC COURSE#: FRP99 SECTION#: R34 DATES: April 13 COST: $85 TIME: Companies will be contacted.=== with scheduled times. CLASS SIZE: N/A LOCATION: Table Rock Campus, Room 100 LEAD INSTRUCTOR: Charlie Phenix

4 S-200 INITIAL ATTACK INCIDENT COMMANDER Meets NWCG and DPSST Standards This 16-hour course is designed to meet the needs of the Incident Commander Type 4 and is presented in a discussion/exercise format. The six instructional units include: Foundation Skills; Intelligence Gathering and Documentation; Sizeup the Incident; Develop a Plan of Action; Post-fire Activities; Evaluating Incident Objectives and Manage the Incident. Evaluation of the student is by unit tests and performance-based evaluations. Prerequisites: Qualified as any single resource boss. This course has pre-course work that can be downloaded from the NWCG website: RCC COURSE#: FRP99 SECTION#: R44 CREDITS: 0 DATE: April COST: $85 CLASS SIZE: 30 LOCATION: Table Rock Campus, Room 123-D (April 16) Table Rock Campus, Room 184 (April 17) LEAD INSTRUCTOR: Tom Dorigan

5 FRP130 BASIC WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER (FFT2) Meets NWCG PMS Standards This 38-hour course is designed to provide entry-level firefighting skills. A version of L-180, Human Factors on the Fireline, is included. The course provides information on personal preparedness and responsibility, mobilization, incident procedures, proper clothing and equipment, and living conditions in wildland fire camps. Also included in the course is S-190 instruction in the primary factors affecting the start and spread of wildfire and recognition of potentially hazardous situations. Credit will be issued for S-110, S-130, S-190 and L-180 upon successful completion of this course. This course is also offered as a 3-credit class; look for it in RCC s online Schedule of Classes. Prerequisites: None RCC COURSE#: FRP130 SECTION#: R14 CREDITS: 0 DATE: April 14, 20-21, COST: $200 CLASS SIZE: 25 LOCATION: Table Rock Campus, Room 100 LEAD INSTRUCTOR: Randy Delonge

6 BASIC WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER FIELD DAY ONLY This training is offered to those students who have taken FRP130 online and need the field day to complete the NWCG requirements. Prerequisites: Approval of agency/company. Must bring own PPE. RCC COURSE#: FRP99 SECTION#: R54 CREDITS: 0 DATE: April 28 COST: $60 CLASS SIZE: 25 LOCATION: Redwood Campus LEAD INSTRUCTOR: Randy Delonge

7 S-203 INTRO TO INCIDENT INFORMATION Meets NWCG and DPSST Standards This course provides students with the skills and knowledge needed to serve as public information officers. The course covers: establishing/maintaining an incident information operation; communicating with internal/external audiences; working with the news media; handling special situations; long-term planning and strategy. Prerequisites: This course has pre-course work that can be downloaded from the NWCG website: RCC COURSE#: FRP99 SECTION#: R64 CREDITS: 0 DATE: April 29 - May 2 COST: $165 CLASS SIZE: 30 LOCATION: Table Rock Campus, Room 184 LEAD INSTRUCTOR: Brian Ballou

8 LANGUAGE SKILLS ASSESSMENT Meets NWCG Standards Assessment of English language skills is now mandatory for providing contract fireline hand crews. Government requires that the contract STCR, CRWB, and FFT1 be able to communicate with incident management personnel in English, as well as with their crew in the language of the crew. The assessment will determine if an individual is monolingual (English only) or bilingual (English and Spanish). Students will be given a written exam and an oral exam to assess comprehension; in those exams, one or more of the following reference components will be used: weather, safety, and fire behavior documents; Incident Response Pocket Guide; Fireline Handbook; Incident Action Plan (IAP). Prerequisites: FFT1 or CRWB RCC COURSE#: FRP99 SECTION#: R74 DATES: May 25 COST: $85 TIME: Companies will be contacted.=== with scheduled times. CLASS SIZE: N/A LOCATION: Table Rock Campus, Room 100 LEAD INSTRUCTOR: Charlie Phenix

9 S-230 WILDLAND FIRE CREW BOSS Meets NWCG Standards This is a classroom course designed to produce student proficiency in the performance of duties associated with the single resource boss position from initial dispatch through demobilization to the home unit. Topics include operational leadership, preparation and mobilization, assignment preparation, risk management, entrapment avoidance, safety and tactics, offline duties, demobilization, and post incident responsibilities. Prerequisites: FFT1; Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior (S-290) RCC COURSE#: FRP99 SECTION#: R84 DATE: May 6-8 TIME: 8:30AM - 5:00PM COST: $130 CLASS SIZE: 30 LOCATION: Table Rock Campus, room 184 LEAD INSTRUCTOR: Tom Dorigan

10 S-231 WILDLAND FIRE ENGINE BOSS Meets NWCG Standards 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 sizeup considerations, tactics, and wildland/urban interface. Prerequisites: Qualified as FFT1; Crew Boss, Single Resource (S-230) RCC COURSE#: FRP99 SECTION#: R94 DATE: May 9-10 TIME: 8:30AM - 5:00PM COST: $70 CLASS SIZE: 30 LOCATION: Table Rock Campus, Room 184 LEAD INSTRUCTOR: Tom Dorigan

11 RT-130 ANNUAL WILDLAND FIRE REFRESHER Meets NWCG PMS Standards Annual Fireline Safety Refresher Training is designed to provide up-to-date fireline safety information to employees holding Incident Command System qualifications requiring this training per the 2010, PMS 310-1, Wildland Fire Qualification System Guide. Prerequisites: None RCC COURSE#: FRP99 SECTION#: RA4 CREDITS: 0 DATE: May 11 COST: $45 CLASS SIZE: 30 LOCATION: Table Rock Campus, Room 100 LEAD INSTRUCTOR: Bob Del Monte

12 BASIC LAND NAVIGATION An abbreviated version of the old "Maps and Compass" course. Navigating with a compass and map is an essential skill for many incident positions. This 8-hour course is an introduction to land navigation and is designed to meet the basic needs of the FFT1 and crew boss functions. (This course provides only an overview of electronic GPS devices.) Class begins with a general overview of maps, then specifically addresses how to read topographic maps. Next it covers various types of geographic location systems, such as latitude/longitude and Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM), followed by basic instructions on using a compass and clinometer. Finally, a general overview of the Global Positioning System is presented. Prerequisites: None RCC COURSE#: FRP99 SECTION#: RB4 CREDITS: 0 DATE: May 18 TIME: 8:30AM - 5:00PM COST: $65 CLASS SIZE: 30 LOCATION: Table Rock Campus, Room 100 LEAD INSTRUCTOR: Steve Ziel

13 I-200 BASIC ICS FOR SINGLE RESOURCES AND INITIAL ACTION INCIDENTS Meets NWCG requirements. The following ONLINE courses are NOT interchangeable with the NWCG I-200. * IS offered online by the Emergency Management Institute * Q offered online by the National Fire Academy The hours of both courses are significantly reduced, and the NWCG feels the learning experience with the online versions do not meet the intent of I-200. Prerequisites: None RCC COURSE#: FRP99 SECTION#: RF4 CREDITS: 0 DATE: May COST: $75 CLASS SIZE: 30 LOCATION: Table Rock Campus, Room 184 LEAD INSTRUCTOR: Tom Murphy

14 S-330 TASK FORCE/STRIKE TEAM LEADER Meets NWCG requirements. This is a 24-hour course designed to meet the training requirements outlined in the PMS Wildland Fire Qualifications System Guide and the position task books developed for the Task Force Leader and Strike Team Leader positions. Prerequisites: This course has pre-course work that can be downloaded from the NWCG website: RCC COURSE#: FRP99 SECTION#: RE4 CREDITS: 0 DATE: May COST: $130 CLASS SIZE: 30 LOCATION: Table Rock Campus, Room 184 LEAD INSTRUCTOR: Ken Paul