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August 2020
S-130/S-190/L-180 Basic Wildfire Firefighter & Prescribed Fire Training
S-130/S-190/L-180 Basic Wildfire Firefighter & Prescribed Fire Training courses are being offered through a partnership between Wehr Nature Center and Incident Management Specialist LLC. This is a 30 hour on-line version with a 2 hour field day held at Wehr Nature Center in Franklin, WI on August 24th, 2020. This 32‐hour course encompasses S‐130 Fire Fighter (24 hrs. online and 8 hrs. formal workshop), S‐190 Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior (self-study), L‐180 Human Factors on the Fireline, and I-100 Introduction to the…
Find out more »S-290 Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior – Online Course
This Intermediate Fire Behavior Course S-290 is hosted by Wehr Nature Center and by Incident Management Specialist LLC is an opportunity to learn how to use fire behavior knowledge to safely suppress wildfires and manage prescribed fires. This course is National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) certified. The online course work can be completed in approximately fifteen hours (current average), but may vary depending on level of student knowledge. This S-290 course is the second course in five course sequence developing…
Find out more »September 2020
S-130/S-190/L-180 Basic Wildfire Firefighter & Prescribed Fire Training
S-130/S-190/L-180 Basic Wildfire Firefighter & Prescribed Fire Training courses are being offered through a partnership between UW Arboretum and Incident Management Specialist LLC. This is a 30 hour on-line version with a 2 hour field day held at the UW Arboretum in Madison, WI on September 4, 2020. This 32‐hour course encompasses S‐130 Fire Fighter (24 hrs. online and 8 hrs. formal workshop), S‐190 Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior (self-study), L‐180 Human Factors on the Fireline, and I-100 Introduction to the Incident Command…
Find out more »S-290 Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior – Online Course
This Intermediate Fire Behavior Course S-290 is hosted by UW-Madison Arboretum and Incident Management Specialist LLC is an opportunity to learn how to use fire behavior knowledge to safely suppress wildfires and manage prescribed fires. This course is National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) certified. The online course work can be completed in approximately fifteen hours (current average), but may vary depending on level of student knowledge. This S-290 course is the second course in five course sequence developing wildland fire…
Find out more »S-219 Firing Operations – Online Course
This course is being offered through a partnership between UW Arboretum and Incident Management Specialist LLC.to the citizens in the Wisconsin and surrounding states. This course is being offered to educate the public on the roles and responsibilities of a firing boss (FIRB) and outlines duties of other personnel who may engage firing operations. The course discusses and illustrates common firing devices and techniques to safely suppress wildfires and manage prescribed fires. Because of the current Covid 19 environment the…
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