Summit Fire Authority

High Country Training Center

HCTC Company Training

Instructor Guide

Title / Fire Behavior Guiding Fireline Decisions
Subject / Annual Wildland Refresher / Subject Code # / 3015
Time Required / 2 Hours / HP Event Code / 2804
Materials Needed / ·  Met Ed Lesson account (**Met Ed account must created before lesson**)
·  Gauging Fire Behavior Module
References / •www.meted.ucar.edu/training_module.php?id=564#.UzsuDvldXMY
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Motivation:

·  Weather is a key ingredient in how fires, thus firefighters must have a keen understanding of its effect. Gauging Fire Behavior and Guiding Fireline Decisions examines how fire behavior is evaluated and changes are identified, and how these changes affect fireline decisions.

Training Objectives:

Describe how to apply fire behavior information to safety and suppression decisions.
Demonstrate how to calculate the size of safety zones.
Identify the importance of changes in fire behavior to firefighter safety.
Discuss what drives large changes and identify the "next big change."
Demonstrate a simple but systematic method for gauging change and estimating fire spread time.
Identify other fire behavior prediction tools.

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