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Fire Operations in the Wildand/Urban Interface |
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Southwestern Community
College (SCC)
Jerry Sutton Public
Safety Training Complex
225 Industrial Park
Loop
Franklin, NC 28734
828.306.7041
contact: Farrell Jamison
farrellj@southwesterncc.edu
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| S-215
Fire Operations in the
Wildand/Urban Interface |
Course Dates: |
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September 24, 25,
26; October 2, 2010 |
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Friday 6-10 p.m.,
Sat-Sun 8 a.m.-5 p.m.,
Sat 8 a.m.-5 p.m. |
Course Description:
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This course
is 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.
The course requires
a minimum of 28 hours
for completion. If
the optional exercises
at the end of the
tactics unit are used
or a field exercise
is included additional
course time is needed.
Instructors are encouraged
to extend the course
to 32 hours and add
a field exercise covering
size-up, structure
triage, tactics, and
any other local area
training as appropriate. |
Objectives:
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This course provides
the student with the
skills and knowledge
to size-up a wildland/
urban interface fire
incident, evaluate the
potential situation,
order and deploy the
necessary resources,
and apply safe and effective
strategy and tactics
to minimize the threat
to life and property.
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Target Group: |
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This course is required
training for initial
attack incident commander
type 4 (ICT4) and strike
team leader (tractor/plow,
dozer, engine, or crew).
Structural Fire Departments:
This training is appropriate
for engine operators,
chief officers, and
company officers responsible
for structure protection
in suburban and urban
interface areas that
may be threatened by
wildland fire. |
Prerequisites: |
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Structural Fire Departments:
Students should have
completed Introduction
to ICS (I-100), Human
Factors on the Fireline
(L-180), Firefighter
Training (S-130), Introduction
to Wildland Fire Behavior
(S-190), and Firefighter
Type 1 (S-131); or equivalent
training.
Students attending
this course must be
knowledgeable of their
agency firefighting
policy as it relates
to wildland/urban
interface fires.
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additional information
contact: |
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Farrell Jamison
at
farrellj@southwesterncc.edu |
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Last
updated
2/27/11
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