Prerequisites: None Pre-work: None This course is designed to provide knowledge and skills to design, set-up, operate, troubleshoot, and shut down portable water delivery systems. The focus is on portable pumps – it does not address water delivery for engines. Topics covered include: portable water delivery systems, equipment, roles and responsibilities, and system design and (more…)

Prerequisites: None Pre-work: Yes – available at: https://www.wildlandfirelearningportal.net/course/view.php?id=1973 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 (more…)

Prerequisites: Qualified as any single resource boss Pre-work: Yes – available at: https://www.wildlandfirelearningportal.net/course/view.php?id=1976 This course is designed to meet the training requirements outlined in NIMS: Wildland Fire Qualification System Guide, PMS 310-1 and the position task books developed for the positions of Task Force Leader and Strike Team Leader. Most examples and exercises in this package are specific (more…)

Prerequisites: None Pre-work: None This course provides students with the skills to perform as an Expanded Dispatch Recorder (EDRC). Topics include the structure of the expanded dispatch organization, description of resource ordering and statusing process, and the importance of the EDRC having effective communication skills and working relationships. The final is a 4-hour, scenario-based exercise (more…)

Prerequisites: Yes—Qualified as FFT1 Pre-work: None This is an instructor-led course intended to be presented at the local level. Instructional units include firefighter safety in the interface, managing human factors in the interface, pre-incident planning, sizeup and initial strategy, structure triage, structure protection overview, tactics in the interface, tactical operations and resource use in the (more…)

Prerequisites: Completion of Basic ICS Course (ICS-200) Pre-work: None This course provides description and detail of the Incident Command System (ICS) organization and operations in supervisory roles on expanding or Type 3 incidents. Topics include ICS fundamentals review, incident/event assessment and agency guidance in establishing incident objectives, Unified Command, incident resource management, planning process, demobilization, (more…)

Prerequisites: None Pre-work: Online Component Approx. 4 hours available at: https://www.wildlandfirelearningportal.net/enrol/index.php?id=4167 This is a BLENDED course that combines an online training (OLT) component and an instructor-led training (ILT) component. This BLENDED course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills to perform the duties of the Basic Faller (FAL3) position, as described in the NWCG Standards for Wildland (more…)

Prerequisites: Recommended students have law enforcement or firefighter experience. Pre-work: Yes – available at: https://www.wildlandfirelearningportal.net/course/view.php?id=2026 Selections will be confirmed by December 4, 2026. Payments will be refunded to students who are not selected. The primary purpose of this course is to provide a consistent knowledge and skill base for the Wildland Fire Investigator (INVF). The (more…)

Prerequisites: None Pre-work: Yes — I-100 available at: https://training.fema.gov/is/courseoverview.aspx?code=IS-100.b This introductory course is designed to train entry-level firefighters referred to as a Firefighter Type 2 (FFT2). You will be introduced to and gain knowledge of the basic incident management organization, firefighting techniques, suppression equipment, safety, strategy/tactics along with fire behavior. Field exercises will be performed (more…)

Prerequisites: Qualified as any single resource boss, S-290 Pre-work: Online Component – Approx. 3.5 hours available at: https://www.wildlandfirelearningportal.net/enrol/index.php?id=4359 This is a BLENDED course that combines an online training (OLT) component and an instructor-led training (ILT) component. This course is aimed at individuals who are involved in planning, managing, and executing wildland fire and prescribed burn operations and who (more…)