S-219 Firing Operations

Date: May 1st – 3rd (Friday to Sun)
Time: 0800 – 1700 Saturday
0800- Until completed, Sunday
Class Location: Cody High School
Please check in at the Cody Fire Hall before heading to the first day of class.
Link for Pre-Course work: This Blended Course Work is available in the NWCG Wildland Fire Learning Portal (WFLP). Log on as a guest to search for this course or go directly to https://wildlandfirelearningportal.net/course/view.php?id=593.
***PPE Needed: Nomex pants, Gloves, Leather or hiking 8” boots, Hard Hat
Course Description: This course was developed using a blended approach to learning, meaning that it contains a mix of online and instructor-led training (ILT). Students are required to complete the online training portion of the course prior to taking the ILT. The course introduces the roles and responsibilities of a firing boss (FIRB) and outlines duties of other personnel who may engage firing operations. The course discusses and illustrates common firing devices and techniques. Although comprehensive in nature, the course work is not a substitute for the dynamic fire environment. The course provides students with important information regarding general tasks required to be successful. Any opportunity to show students a real ignition or demonstrate the use of an actual firing device will assist in transferring these new concepts and skills to the job.

Course Pre-requisites: Qualified as a Firefighter Type 2 (FFT2)