NATRS 131 - Advanced Wildland Firefighter Training S-131, ICS 100-400

Credits: 6
Sequence training course for Type 2 wildland firefighters (FF2) in advanced firefighting skills leading to squad boss (FFT1) and Incident Commander Type 5 (ICT5). Complies with Northwest Firefighting Coordinating Group (NWCG) standards for S-131 course work. Coursework is interactive and uses group discussions to evaluate documentation, communications, firefighting tactics and safety/risk management. Requires documented wildfire experience. Includes ICS-100, 200, 300 and 400 which introduces students to the principles of the Incident Command System beginning at the basic level of command structure and functions to advanced levels dealing with escalating and advanced applications of the ICS System in large scale organizational structure and function. Students are taught in accordance with the MOU between Washington Department of Natural Resources and the USDA Forest Service. This is a pass/no credit course.

Prerequisite: NATRS 130 or Instructors permission: or proof of certificate of ICS S-130 and S-190; wildfire experience as documented in the NWCG task book.

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