TARGET GROUP - personnel desiring to be qualified as a single resource boss.

TRAINEE PREREQUISITES

• Required
  • qualified as FFT1 and successful completion of S290 Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior

  COURSE DESCRIPTION - This is a classroom course designed to produce student proficiency in the performance of all duties associated with the single resource crew boss, from initial dispatch through return to home unit. Topics include: operational leadership, preparation and mobilization, assignment preparation, risk managment, entrapment avoidance, safety and tactics, offline duties, demobilization and post incident responsibilities.

  COURSE OBJECTIVES - Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • Describe crew boss responsibilities prior to and during mobilization, on the incident and during demobilization.
  • Identify the hazards and risks on various incidents and describe how to mitigate them..
  • Describe tactics which are appropriate to various wildland fire situations and procedures to implement them through the chain of command.