S490 - Advanced Fire Behavior Calculations

Reviewed: 2010     Hours: 40

Course Description:

This course is the fourth in a series designed to develop fire behavior and prediction knowledge and skills.  This course prepares the student for S-590, Advanced Fire Behavior Interpretation.  Examples and exercises are divided between wildfire and prescribed fire applications.  The student learns to project fire perimeter growth based on weather predictions and knowledge of fuels and topography, using a variety of scenarios.

Objectives:

• Collect and evaluate fire behavior prediction model inputs and compute wildland fire behavior using advanced techniques.
• Use fire behavior models to predict fire growth in varied terrain.
• Define likely conditions for extreme fire behavior and potential impacts on safety.
• Interpret, communicate, apply, and document wildland fire behavior and weather information.

 

Target Group:

Personnel desiring to be qualified as a fire behavior analyst (FBAN), long term fire analyst (LTAN), or other fire or fire use personnel who would benefit from this course.

Minimum Instructor Qualifications:

Lead and unit instructors must be qualified fire behavior analysts (FBAN), or long term fire analysts (LTAN), or prescribed fire burn boss type 1 (RXB1).

Also see Instructor Certification at the beginning of the Field Manager's Course Guide.

Prerequisites:

Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior Calculations (S-390).

Proficiency using non-automated fire behavior processors:

• Nomograms
• Fireline Handbook, Appendix B

Proficiency using the latest computerized Fire Modeling System is required. 

Successful completion of pre-selection assessment.

Offer Level:
Regional, state, or area

This Course Description is verbatim from the NWCG Field Manager's Course Guide (156 page PDF: Adobe Acrobat Reader required) and accurate as of 6-29-2010.

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