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This Lantra-accredited Customised Award is exclusively developed and delivered by a Lantra-approved Training Provider, who meets our quality standards. The course is specifically tailored to meet learners’ needs. For further details about the course content and delivery locations, please contact the Training Provider using the details provided below.
The minimum age to undertake this course is 16.
Topics covered include:
• Principles of wildfire behaviour
• Suppression techniques
• Health and safety
The finer details
A basic understanding of how materials burn including combustion, common methods to control combustion and methods of heat transfer.
A basic understanding of factors affecting wildfire behaviour including fuel, topography and weather.
A basic understanding of how wildfires develop including terminology, rate of spread, intensity, severity and the different types of fires.
A basic understanding of wildfire suppression including tactics, LACES, direct and indirect techniques.
A basic understanding of interacting with Fire and Rescue Services at wildfires including the Incident Command System (ICS) and the Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Principles (JESIP).
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Who should attend?
The course is suitable for anyone involved in land management or the forestry sectors, from the experienced to the novice.
What will be covered?
A basic understanding of how materials burn
A basic understanding of factors affecting wildfire behaviour
A basic understanding of how wildfires develop
A basic understanding of wildfire suppression
A basic understanding of interacting with Fire and Rescue Services at wildfires
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