Natural Resources Conservation 197FF - ST-Forest Fire Control
Spring
2020
01
1.00
George Locascio
M 7:00PM 9:00PM
UMass Amherst
47140
Holdsworth Hall room 203
glocascio@umass.edu
Topics covered in lecture and weekly assignments will include wildland fire management policy, principles and procedures of forest fire control, fire-line safety, fire weather, and fire behavior.
Students wishing to meet Federal Interagency Fire Qualification for "Firefighter" must enroll in NRC 197 FL, which includes additional online coursework and two all-day field exercises scheduled (as weather permits) after the lecture course ends in early April.
https://spire.umass.edu