Establish wildland fire position standards, qualifications requirements, and performance support capabilities (e.g. training courses, job aids) that enable implementation of NWCG standards. Support the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy goals: to restore and maintain resilient landscapes; cre...
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Themes related to traditional wildland fire values of performance, exposure, suppression, occupational health, and safety emerged as the most frequently used words. Culture, monitoring, comparison, training, methods, communication, and practices were much less frequently used in titles...
In order to complement the fire perimeter in our input data, each burn day from the training and testing fires is exposed to 24 ”future” hours of atmospheric data. One particularity in our dataset is that it is quite heterogeneous as it contains fire perimeters with both large and small ...
and disperse this data. And thanks to the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), these professionals—who hail from all over the country—now have a central place to go to get answers to GIS-related questions, troubleshoot issues, find new geospatial solutions, and get relevant training updat...
3) access to scientific and technical knowledge (including fire prevention policies); and 4) structural and demographic characteristics. Twenty interviews were conducted in-person or via online video calls with both single and multiple interviewees. The number of interviews, perspectives represented, and...
(Entry Level) (GS-02, Range/Forestry Aid), receives training, performs simple tasks, and serves as a member of a Hotshot crew. This may include suppression, prescribed fires, or wildland fire use for resource benefits. AHotshot Wildland Firefighter Trainee ...
;Fire centers;Fire locations;Firefighting locations;Fire support bases Description During the planning, implementation, and evaluation of wildland firefighting activities, many locations used for support of a wide variety of objectives are utilized. These locations serve specific and, sometimes, multiple pu...
As tree work often turns into hazardous wildland fire operations, it is important to provide teams working in vulnerable areas with the right training, equipment and expertise to understand, respond and mitigate fire in an emergency situation.GEOFFRY TAYLOR...