Prescribed Fire Modeling Techniques

NPFMT

TARGET GROUP - Individuals needing to build qualifications for Burn Boss, wanting to attend RX341 or those wanting the technical background for S490 , Advanced Fire Behavior Calculations

TRAINEE PREREQUISITES

• Required - S290 Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior

qualified as a single resource boss

COURSE DESCRIPTION - This course is designed to give the trainees the technical background and hands-on experience using nomograms and personal computer-base Fire Behavior Predication Systems (BEHAVE).

COURSE OBJECTIVES - Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Be familiar with using fire behavior software programs such as BehavePlus, FOFEM, FEIS and FireFamily Plus.