RX300 - Prescribed Fire Burn Boss

Reviewed: 2000     Hours: 40

Course Description:

This course is designed to prepare the student for the use of fire to accomplish resource objectives by evaluation and implementation of a prescribed fire.  Development of a burn plan is the primary product of this course, which includes developing resource management objectives, safety and monitoring, operational criteria, legal liabilities, use of fire and fire effects, and smoke management and prescription design.

Objectives:

• Identify requirements and components for development of burn prescriptions and operational plans.
  
• Develop a burn prescription and operational plan for a given fuel model.
  

Target Group:

Firing boss (FIRB) desiring to be qualified as a prescribed fire burn boss type 2 (RXB2).

Minimum Instructor Qualifications:

Lead instructor must be a qualified prescribed fire burn boss type 1(RXB1).
Unit instructors must be qualified prescribed fire burn boss type 2 (RXB2).

Also see NWCG Instructor Qualifications at the beginning of the Field Managers Course Guide.

Prerequisites:

Qualified as a firing boss (FIRB).
Qualified as an incident commander type 4 (ICT4).
Introduction to Fire Behavior Calculations (S-390).
Thorough familiarity of BEHAVE Burn Subsystem.
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 9-18-2008.

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