SINGLE RESOURCE BOSS

S-230 (Blended)

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

TRAINEE PREREQUISITES

• qualified as FFT1 and successful completion of S290 Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior
• Successful completion of Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior (S-290).

COURSE DESCRIPTION - This S-230 course was developed using a blended approach to learning, meaning that it contains a mix of online and instructor-led training (ILT). Students are required to complete the online training portion of the course and pass an online assessment prior to taking the ILT. The focus of the online training is to teach knowledge and concepts. The ILT will reinforce the content learned online and provide opportunities to apply this knowledge to real-world scenarios and practical exercises. Upon completion of the ILT, students must then take and pass a final assessment in order to receive credit for the course. The final assessment covers content from both the online and ILT portions of the course.

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.