FRP 179 Wildland Urban Interface

Lecture Hours: 3
Credits: 3

Studies causes, standard firefighting orders, urban interface problems, fire suppression methods, fireground management and structure triage. Designed to meet some of the competencies as set forth by Department of Public Safety Standards and Training for Wildland Interface Engine Boss.

Prerequisite: FRP 151, FRP 152, and FRP 153; or consent of instructor. (All prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.)
Student Learning Outcomes:

Size-up, evaluate and describe the potential situation in a wildland/urban interface fire incident.
Order and deploy the necessary resources in a wildland incident.
Apply safe and effective tactics to minimize property damage in a wildland interface fire incident.

Content Outline

Size-Up
- Pre-incident size-up
- At the scene size-up
- Size-up report
- Resource size-up
Initial Strategy and Action Plan
- Action plan development
- Resource needs
- Briefing and deployment
- Unified command
Structure Triage
- The decision process
- Five factors that affect triage decision
- Considering all the factors
- When it is hopeless
Tactics
- Initial operations
- Structure and site preparations
- Engine operations
- Hand crews
- Firing operations
- Aircraft operations
- Heavy equipment operations
Action Plan Assessment
- Assessing action plan effectiveness
- Updating the action plan
- Safety
Public Relations and Follow-Up
- Follow-up
- Public relations
- Post-incident management
- Agency policies
- Mutual aid situations
- Safety