Resources

• Forest Fire in the US Northern Rockies – Fire Links

• Forest Fire in the American Southwest

  The National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) provides national leadership to enable interoperable wildland fire operations among federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial partners. Below are several helpful resources from the NWCG.

  • L-180 Human Factors in the Wildland Fire Service: Exposes students to human performance concepts as part of basic wildland firefighter training.
  • S-110 Basic Wildland Fire Orientation: Provides new personnel and non-fire management employees with introductory information about wildland fire management.
  • S-190 Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior: Introduces students to the basic concepts of wildland fire behavior. This is the first and foundational wildland fire behavior course in a five-course sequence in the NWCG curriculum. Collectively, the curriculum serves to develop fire behavior prediction knowledge and skills.
  • S-260 Interagency Incident Business Management: Students will locate and apply the appropriate regulations, established interagency procedures, and necessary forms for a variety of incident management areas.
  • S-290 Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior: This course is designed to prepare the prospective fireline supervisor to undertake safe and effective fire management operations. It is the second course in a five-course sequence in the NWCG curriculum. Collectively, the curriculum serves to develop fire behavior prediction knowledge and skills.
  • X-901 Firefighter Math: This online course provides knowledge of basic math concepts and tools necessary for making math calculations in the field.

  Northern Rockies Coordinating Group – Decontaminating Firefighting Equipment to Reduce the Spread of Aquatic Invasive Species

  The Northern Rockies Coordinating Group’s (NRCG) Aviation and Equipment Committees were tasked with developing a protocol for preventing the introduction and spread of aquatic invasive species (AIS) by wildland aviation & fire equipment. This updated protocol is based on the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG)’s 2017 “Guide to Preventing Aquatic Invasive Species Transport by Wildland Fire Operations” (PMS 444). The intent of this NRCG guide is to provide a more prescriptive protocol intended for a fire management audience, and to increase compliance and consistency of best management practices related to preventing AIS. Therefore, this template protocol/How-To Guide serves as supplement to the National Wildfire Coordinating Group’s Guide to Preventing AIS Transport by Wildfire Operations (PMS 444, January 2017).

  The protocol applies to both ground operations and aviation and is mandatory in the Northern Rockies region.