S590 - Advanced Fire Behavior Interpretation

Hours: 80

Course Description:

S-590 Fire Behavior Interpretation		Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
Unit	Unit Description	Gained at Course	Brought to Course
Acquisition	Skills learned in prerequisite courses, reinforced with obtaining fire environment and fire behavior information and internet use.	Organizational, Communication, & Computer Skills	Computer Skills
Analysis	Skills learned in prerequisite courses, develop support for decision making, and demonstrate in exercises	Organizational, Communication, & Computer Skills	Analytical Skills & Computer Skills
Application	Safety, Briefings, Forecasts, Decision Support, Advanced Applications, reinforced with exercises	Organizational, Communication, & Computer Skills	Intuitive, Operational Skills, & Computer Skills
Archival	Fire Behavior Documentation Package, Post Fire Applications, Fire Narratives	Organizational, Communication	Computer Skills

 

Objectives:

1.       Describe the FBAN/LTAN responsibilities and interactions with managers, management teams, meteorologists, and others.

2.       Demonstrate skills in analyzing, interpreting, displaying, and communicating fire behavior information and its implications.

3.       Apply fire behavior predictive information in support of all types of wildland fire planning and operations.

4.       Demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing appropriate wildland fire behavior predictive information.

5.       Demonstrate the ability to prepare a complete fire behavior documentation package.

 

Target Group:

 

Individuals to be trained as a Fire Behavior Analyst (FBAN) and or Long Term Fire Analyst (LTAN) in wildland fire suppression operations. Nominees must identify which position(s) they are targeting on their nomination form.

Minimum Instructor Qualifications:

 

This course is managed by a National Steering Committee.

Prerequisites:

The prerequisites listed below are consistent with the direction from the Wildland Fire Qualification System Guide, PMS 310-1.

All applicants must have completed S-490 Advanced Wildland Fire Behavior Calculations, and demonstrate proficiency in the use of BehavePlus and Windows operating system.

All nominees will need to successfully complete a pre-course test that will take no more than 4 hours.

Those students seeking qualification as a Fire Behavior Analyst (FBAN) must be qualified as Division Group Supervisor (DIVS) under the Incident Command System.

Students seeking qualification as a Long Term Fire Analyst (LTAN) must be qualified as a Fire Effects Monitor (FEMO) and a Firing Boss, Single Resource (FIRB) under the Incident Command System.

Success in S-590 will depend on the student's communication skills, both written and oral.

Additional skills could be obtained by;

• Attending the Facilitative Instructor course, M-410 or other public speaking and technical writing courses.
• Participating in the S-590 Mentoring Program
• Instruct portions of S-490, Advanced Fire Behavior Calculations course
• Attend S-495, Geospatial Fire Analysis, Interpretation and Application course
• Review of the BehavePlus program

Those applying for this course will be evaluated in the areas of:

• Fire behavior predictions
• Assessing the likelihood of success for strategies and specific tactical operations
• Identification of fire behavior related firefighter safety concerns
• Understanding of long-term risk assessments
• Fire area growth simulation
• NFDRS.

Offer Level:
National

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