S-230 Crew Boss (Single Resource)

Course Prerequisites:

Qualified as a Firefighter Type 1 (FFT1)

Successful completion of Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior, S-290 in the near future.

Course Description:
This is a virtual 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.

Course Objectives:
-Describe Crew Boss responsibilities prior to and during mobilization, on the incident, and during demobilization.
-Identify the hazards and risks on various incidents and describe how to mitigate them.
-Describe tactics which are appropriate to various wildland fire situations and procedures to implement them through the chain of command.

**Class starts at 0800 hours and a lunch break from 1200-1300 hours and then goes to 1700 hours each day of class.

**You must attend all (4) days of class and pass the written test at the end of the class to recieve a course completion certificate.

Any questions please contact Rick Cooper of DPSST at (503) 559-7353 or Jeff Chase of CFPA at (541) 267-3161

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