S133 - Look Up, Look Down, Look Around

Reviewed: 2009     Hours: 4

Course Description:

This course is designed to train Incident Commander Type 5 (ICT5) and Firefighter Type 1 (FFT1) to identify environmental factors and indicators of hazardous fire conditions, and how to use these indicators when implementing the Risk Management Process. The course is CD-based classroom course, based on facilitated exercises.

Objectives:

• Identify seven environmental factors and their respective indicators of hazardous conditions for fire behavior.
• Describe how to use the indicators when implementing the Risk Management Process.

Target Group:

Incident commander type 5 (ICT5) and firefighter type 1 (FFT1).

Minimum Instructor Qualifications:

Lead instructor must be a qualified single resource boss.

Unit instructors must be qualified as incident commander type 5 (ICT5) or firefighter 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 6-29-2010.

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