TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT
S-215 Fire Operations in the Wildland Urban Interface
August 9, 10, 11, 2023
Bear Brook State Park
Allenstown, NH
COURSE TITLE: S-215 Fire Operations in the Wildland Urban Interface
DATES: August 9, 10, 11, 2023– 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
LOCATION: Bear Brook State Park-DNCR Forestry Warehouse
157 Deerfield Rd. (3 DRED Circle), Allenstown, NH 03275
SPONSORING AGENCY: State of New Hampshire, Division of Forests & Lands
COURSE COORDINATOR: Douglas Miner
LEAD INSTRUCTOR: Chris O’Brien
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This is an instructor-led course intended to be presented at the local level. Instructional units include firefighter safety in the interface, managing human factors in the interface, pre-incident planning, size-up and initial strategy, structure triage, structure protection overview, tactics in the interface, tactical operations and resource use in the interface, action assessment, plan update, and after-action review.
TARGET GROUP: Designed to assist any emergency responders who will be planning for and making operational decisions during an interface incident. This course is for personnel desiring to be qualified as Incident Commander Type 4 (ICT4), Task Force Leader (TFLD), or any Strike Team Leader. Priority will be given to individuals who are active members of the NH Firefighter/Crew Mobilization Program, NH Forest Fire Wardens, and other NH Fire Service Personnel.
PRE-COURSE WORK: None TUITION: No cost
For more information, see https://www.nh.gov/nhdfl/community/fire-warden-information/wildland-fire-training.htm