Operations in the Wildland/Urban Interface

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Mission:
To develop relevant National Wildfire Coordinating Group training
in a cost-effective manner to meet the needs of the wildland fire
community.
Vision:
To develop professional training packages which provide a solid
training foundation and enhanced training experience to the
wildland fire community.
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• Introduce the course coordinator, instructors, and students.
• Discuss course logistics.
• Provide a course overview.
• Discuss course expectations.
• Identify course reference materials.
• Define the “interface.”
• Compare and contrast differing agency policies in relation to
interface incidents.
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• Instructors
• Students
–Incident Experience
with
Wildland/Urban
Interface
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Course Agenda
Sign-In Sheet
Housekeeping
Other Concerns
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Course objective:
• At the successful completion of this course,
students will be able to operate safely and
effectively during an interface incident by:
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Using situation awareness
Performing structure triage
Using pre-planning tools
Understanding fire behavior
Using tactics unique to the interface
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• Participate in all classroom and field
discussions, exercises, and
scenarios.
• Obtain a score of 70% or higher on
the final exam.
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• Exercise: Student expectations for
the course
• In 10 minutes, develop a list of your
expectations.
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• Wildland Fire Incident Management
Field Guide
• Incident Response Pocket Guide (IRPG)
• Wildland Fire Qualification System
Guide
• Red Book
• Student reference materials in
Appendix D
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• Classic interface
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• Mixed
interface
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• Occluded interface
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• Interface fires can occur in almost any
community and as it pertains to us; the
structures are just another fuel type.
• Although these fuels may differ across
the country, one factor remains
constant; the risk to firefighters who
suppress fires.
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What is your
agency’s policy?
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• What is your agency policy for
structure protection?
• Compare and contrast differing
agency policies.
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• Structure protection is still wildland
firefighting.
• Structure firefighting occurs when
structure protection fails.
• Consider where firefighting policy
and public perception differ.
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• Introduce the course coordinator, instructors, and students.
• Discuss course logistics.
• Provide a course overview.
• Discuss course expectations.
• Identify course reference materials.
• Define the “interface.”
• Compare and contrast differing agency policies in relation to
interface incidents.
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Questions?
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