Natural Resources Conservation 160 - Forest Fire Control

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. Additional (optional) hands-on exercises are offered for those students seeking certification in forest fire control.

Students wishing to meet Federal Inter-agency Fire Qualification for "Firefighter" must complete three additional online short courses (five hours total) and an all-day field exercise scheduled as weather permits after the lecture course ends in early April.