2012 Virginia Interagency
Wildland Fire Training Academy

Dates: May 30 - June 2, 2012
Location: Longwood University, Farmville, Virginia.

The Virginia Department of Forestry invites you to participate in the 2012 Virginia Wildland Fire Training Academy to be held at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia. This training is offered to all interested Fire Department and other Wildland Firefighters for the purpose of developing skills and abilities needed in combating wildfires.

The training will be conducted at Longwood University with meals and lodging provided.

Meals: Meals will be in the campus dining room. There will be a variety of food offered that will be suitable for everyone. Box lunches will be provided for classes held in the field over lunch time (vegetarian box lunches are available if indicated on registration).

If you have special diet needs, please bring the items you require with you, or feel free to frequent any of the local restaurants at your expense. If you have any food allergies or other allergies, we will not be offering special food.

Lodging: Lodging will be provided. All provided accommodations will be in Longwood University dormitory rooms. If you would like to stay in a local hotel, please feel free to do so at your expense.

Contact: Sandy Mills, Resource Protection Division. Phone: 434.220.9036 | FAX: 434.296.2369

Course Summary

Course	Max # students	Field Exercise	Pre-Work
I-300 ICS for Expanding Incidents (2 ½ days)	30	No	No
M-410 Facilitative Instructor	30	No	Yes
S-130/190 Firefighter Field Training	50	Yes	Yes
S-131 Firefighter Type 1	25	No	No
S-133 Look Up, Look Down, Look Around (1/2 Day)	40	No	No
S-200 Initial Attack Incident Commander	30	No	No
S-212 Wildland Fire Chainsaws	28	Yes	Yes
S-215 Fire Operations in the WUI	40	Yes	No
S-230 Single Resource Boss	30	No	Yes
S-290 Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior	30	No	Yes
S-330 Strike Team/Task Force Leader	30	No	Yes
Pre-approval of local full-time VDOF employee must be submitted PRIOR TO registration: Tractor Plow	20	Yes	Recommendation Required

2012 Virginia Interagency
Wildland Fire Training Academy

Classroom	Tues. May 29	Wed. May 30	Thur. May 31	Fri. June 1	Sat. June 2
TBA	Setup	S-212	S-212	S-212	S-212
TBA	Setup	I-300	I-300	I-300
TBA	Setup	S-290	S-290	S-290	S-290
TBA	Setup			S-130/190	S-130/190
TBA	Setup	S-215	S-215	S-215	S-215
TBA	Setup		S-230	S-230	S-230
TBA	Setup	S-131	S-133 (1/2 day)	S-200	S-200
TBA	Setup	Tractor	Tractor	Tractor	Tractor
		M-410	M-410	M-410	M-410
		S-330	S-330	S-330
Field			Tractor	Tractor	Tractor
Field			S-212	S-212	S-212
Field				S-130/190
Field				S-215

Classes are held from 8 am to 5 pm and you must attend the full course to receive credit.

You must meet the prerequisites for the course in order to register for the course.

Do not sign up for overlapping classes.

Course Descriptions

I-300 ICS for Expanding Incidents
2.5 Days
This course provides description and detail of the Incident Command System (ICS) organization and operations in supervising roles on expanding or Type 3 incidents.
Pre-requisites: I-200 Pre-Course Work: No

M-410 Facilitative Instructor
4 Days
This training course is designed to help students become effective facilitative instructors. The purpose of this course is to improve training quality by presenting instructional methods with an emphasis on student-oriented adult training techniques. This course is designed for students to meet NWCG instructor requirements. Students will demonstrate effective facilitative instructor skills while giving three classroom presentations.
Pre-requisites: S-130/190 Pre-Course Work: Yes

S-130 Firefighter Training (2004 Version) / S-190 Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior
L-180 Human Factors on the Fire line / I-100 ICS Orientation
2 Days
This course trains firefighters in basic Wildland firefighting skills. Safety, tactics, equipment use and operation prepares the firefighter for fire suppression work. Training in fire behavior factors will aid in the safe and effective control of Wildland fires. Basic knowledge of the structure and concept of the ICS system will be covered along with human factors on the fire line. This course will be presented in a distance learning environment as approximately 24 hours of training will be completed prior to the academy. The remaining field portion of the training will be completed at the academy along with the final examination.
Pre-requisites: None | Pre Course Work: Yes

S-131 Advanced Firefighter Training (2004 Version)
1 Day
This course meets the training needs of both Advanced Firefighter/Squad Boss (FF1) and Incident Commander Type 5 (ICT5). The course is designed to be interactive in nature. It contains several tactical decision games designed to facilitate learning the objectives and class discussion. Topics include: fireline reference materials, communications, and tactical decision making.
Pre-requisites: S-130/190 | Pre Course Work: No

S-133 Look Up, Look Down, Look Around
1/2 Day (8AM-12PM)
This course examines the wildland fire environment and the indicators firefighters should observe on the fire line in order to anticipate fire behavior.
Pre-requisites: S-130/190 | Pre Course Work: No

S-200 Initial Attack Incident Commander
2 Days
Designed to provide the initial attack Incident Commander with training in Readiness and Mobilization, Size-up, planning and ordering, deployment and containment, administrative duties and post fire evaluation.
Pre-requisites: S-130/190 and qualified as any single resource boss | Pre Course Work: No

S-212 Wildfire Power Saws (2004 Version)
4 Days
Provides students’ skill training for work as a power saw operator on wildland fires. This course covers the duties and responsibilities of the power saw operator, parts and maintenance of the power saw, application and safety.

Since January 1, 2011, full-time and part-time employees who operate a chainsaw on the job for VDOF must have documented completion of S-212 Wildfire Chainsaw and must have current first aid and CPR training.
Pre-requisites: S-130/S190 | Pre Course Work: Yes

S-215 Fire Operations in the Urban Interface (2003 course)
4 Days
The course is required training for initial attack incident commanders and strike team leaders. This course is designed to assist structure and wildland firefighters to make tactical decisions when confronting wildland fire that threatens life, property, and improvements in the wildland/urban interface. Instructional units include: interface awareness, size up, initial strategy and incident action plan, structure triage, structure protection tactics, incident action plan assessment and update, follow-up and public relations, and firefighter safety in the interface.
Pre-requisites: S-130/S190 | Pre Course Work: No

S-230 Single Resource Boss (2004 Version)
3 Days
This is a classroom course designed to produce student proficiency in the performance of duties associated with the single resource boss position from initial dispatch through demobilization to the home unit. Topics include: operational leadership, preparation and mobilization, assignment preparation, risk management, entrapment avoidance, safety and tactics, offline duties, demobilization, and post incident responsibilities.
Pre-requisites: S-131 and S-290 | Pre Course Work: Yes

S-290 Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior
4 Days
This course is designed to instruct prospective fireline supervisors in wildland fire behavior for effective and safe fire management operations. The course provides a detailed treatment of fuels, weather, topography and their effects on fire behavior.
Pre-requisites: S-130/190 | Pre Course Work: Yes

S-330 Strike Team/Task Force Leader 3 Days
3 Days
This course is designed to instruct prospective strike team leaders and task force leaders. The course provides a detailed application of risk management process found in the Incident Response Pocket Guide (IRPG); identification of responsibilities of the strike team/task force leader, and appropriate tactics in various incident situations with various resources organized into strike teams or task forces.
Pre-requisites: S-130/190 and qualified as any single resource boss | Pre Course Work: Yes

*** ATTENTION POTENTIAL TRACTOR PLOW STUDENTS ***

NO STUDENTS will be accepted into this course without prior approval from his/her local full-time Virginia Department of Forestry Employee.

To register for this course all students will contact his or her local full-time Virginia Department of Forestry employee to obtain pre-approval PRIOR TO registering. The local full-time Virginia Department of Forestry employee will email the pre-approval authorization for a potential student directly to Sandy Mills (sandy.mills@dof.virginia.gov) and the potential student. Upon receipt of pre-approval, the potential student may then proceed with registration and payment.

Tractor Plow Operation
4 Days
This course instructs the student in the safe and effective operation of tractor plow units. On the ground instruction is utilized along with some indoor instruction on tactics and safety. This course is designed for operators who have some level of experience operating a tractor plow on fire assignments.
Pre-requisites: S-130/190 - All students are required to have had some prior training on tractor plow operation. CDL license required. Pre-approval from a local full-time VDOF employee familiar with your experience must be submitted directly to Sandy Mills from the authorizing employee PRIOR TO registering for the Academy. Local pre-approval does not guarantee acceptance into the class.