RX341 - RX Fire Burn Plan Preparation

Course Description:

Provides students with the skills/knowledge to prepare a prescribed fire plan for technical review and approval in accordance with the Interagency Prescribed Fire Planning and Implementation Procedures Reference Guide.

Objectives:

• Describe prescribed fire planning policies and guidelines.
• Identify and describe the processes involved in preparing a prescribed fire plan.
• Develop and defend a prescribed fire plan that safely meets management objectives.

Target Group:

This course is suggested training for all students who are involved in or plan to be involved in the preparation of prescribed fire plans.

Other positions that would benefit from this course: Firing Boss (FIRB), Fire Effects Monitor (FEMO), Air Regulators, Fire Ecologists, private land owners (eg. TNC), other state and private agencies, prescribed fire consultants, and fire planners.

Minimum Instructor Qualifications:

Instructors must have prescribed fire plan writing and technical review experience. (It is recommended that they be qualified as an RXB2).

Also see NWCG Instructor Qualifications in the Field Managers Course Guide.

Prerequisites:

Fire Personnel:
Qualified as any single resource boss
Qualified as an Incident Commander Type 4 (ICT4)
S-390, Introduction to WIldland FIre Behavior Calculations
Proficient in the use of BehavePlus
Successful completion of pre-course material

Resource Personnel:
Knowledge of fire suppression principles and techniques
S-390, Introduction of Wildland Fire Behavior Calculations
Proficient in the use of BehavePlus
Successful completion of pre-course work

 

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 9-12-2008.

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