290-Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior    40 hrs.

This is a classroom-based skills course designed to prepare the prospective fireline supervisor to undertake safe and effective fire management operations. It is the second course in a series that collectively serves to develop fire behavior prediction knowledge and skills. Fire environment differences are discussed as necessary; instructor should stress local conditions.

Objectives

●Identify and describe the characteristics of fuels, weather, and topography that influence wildland fire behavior.

●Describe the interaction of fuels, weather, and topography on wildland fire behavior, fireline tactics, and safety.

●Describe the causes of extreme fire behavior conditions (long range spotting, crowning, and fire whirls) that develop due to weather, fuels, and/or topography.

●Interpret, communicate, apply, and document wildland fire behavior and weather information.