Wildland Firefighting

Wildland firefighting is dangerous work. This page has information and resources to help you learn how to fight wildfire safely.

• Learn how to become a wildland firefighter.
• When firefighting in Virginia, follow these safety and logistical essentials.
• The Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center works to improve safe work practices, advance organizational learning, and share lessons learned and knowledge within the entire wildland fire community.

Programs and Training

• Dry Hydrants - Learn how fire departments use these non-pressurized pipe systems to refill their tank trucks.

Training and Workshops

• Did you attend one of our Wildland Fire Training Academies? Visit our training academy page.

Prescribed Fire and Smoke Management

• Prescribed Burning Program - prevent fires by managing the forest “fuel” supply. Also provides information on laws, and certification.
• Prescribed Burns In Eastern Mixed-oak Forests from FireScience.gov (English; PDF format)

Presentations

• Safety Refresher presentation (English; PowerPoint format; 12MB)

Certified Burn Manager Presentations

All presentations are in Adobe Acrobat format; this software or a viewer is required.

• Anatomy of a Burn
• Burn presentation
• Burning Wildfire
• Chemistry of Smoke and Fire
• Cultural Resources
• Environmental Effects
• External Fire Behavior
• Fire Behavior
• Fire Ecology
• Firelines
• Introduction
• Laws
• Liability
• Planning
• Safety
• Smoke
• Superfog
• Tactics and Techniques
• Weather Information

National Guard Training

• Wildland Fire Suppresion (27MB)

Regional and National Information

• Southern Area Coordination Center (SACC) mobilizes aircraft, crews, and equipment wildland fires and emergency/disaster relief efforts.
• National Interagency Coordination Center

Last modified: Wednesday, 15-Feb-2012 09:23:33 EST