RT130 - Fire Safety Refresher

Reviewed: Annual     Hours: Length is determined by Agency Policy

Course Description:

Annual Fireline Safety Refresher Training should be designed to provide up to date fireline safety information to employees holding Incident Command System qualifications requiring this training per the 2006, PMS 310-1, Wildland Fire Qualification System Guide. Individual sessions of Annual Fireline Safety Refresher Training should contain content pertinent to the registered students.

Objectives:

• Entrapment Avoidance – Use training and reference materials to study the risk management process (as identified in the Incident Response Pocket Guide) and rules of engagement (as appropriate to the participants, e.g. LCES, Standard Firefighting Orders, Eighteen Watch Out Situations, WFSA direction, Fire Management Plan priorities, etc.).
  
• Current Issues – Review and discuss identified hot topics and national emphasis topics as found on the current WFSTAR website. Review forecasts and assessments for the upcoming fire season and discuss implications for firefighter safety.
  
• Fire Shelter – Review and discuss last resort survival. Conduct hands on fire shelter inspections. Practice shelter deployments in applicable crew/module configurations and while wearing typical fireline personal protective equipment. When possible practice shelter deployments should be conducted in rough terrain and windy conditions. No live fire exercises for the purpose of fire shelter deployment training will be conducted.
  
• Other Hazards and Safety Issues – Choose additional hazard and safety subjects, which could include SAFENET, current safety alerts, site/unit specific safety issues and hazards.

Recommended Resources Include

•Wildland Fire Safety Training Annual Refresher website
http://www.nifc.gov/wfstar/

• Experiential Training
http://www.fireleadership.gov/

Target Group:

Employees holding Incident Command System qualifications requiring annual fireline safety refresher training per the 2006, PMS 310-1, Wildland Fire Qualification System Guide.

Minimum Instructor Qualifications:

Lead instructor must be a qualified single resource boss.
Unit instructors must be qualified firefighters type 1 (FFT1).

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

Prerequisites:

None

Offer Level:
Local

This Course Description is verbatim from the NWCG Field Manager's Course Guide (156 page PDF: Adobe Acrobat Reader required) and accurate as of 3-16-2012.

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