FFT 1 / ICT 5 Class
IRPG app download -Very handy reference tool (2022 version)
https://www.irpgapp.com/ Free Apple or AndroidNWCG S 131 Course Overview
Target Group:
Personnel desiring to be qualified as firefighter type 1 (FFT1) and/or Incident Commander Type 5 (ICT5)
Students:
Before class you need to look at this material:
1.Leading in the Wildland Fire Service
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mBHdBEdMDfK7SmJMVZw1EVuSeVsoT5nG/view?usp=drive_link (please download to your phone or tablet)
2.Wildland Fire Incident Management Field Guide(replaces the Fireline Handbook)
Link
3.FFT 1 /ICT 5 Position Task Book
https://fs-prod-nwcg.s3.us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/taskbook/pms-311-14.pdf
4.LCES original paper by Paul Gleason
https://wildlandfirelinks.blogspot.com/p/lces.html
5. IRPG 2022 https://fs-prod-nwcg.s3.us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/publication/pms461.pdf?VersionId=lXUgkLMK9mRTMyssaamowdM3y6u7CKpl (download to your phone 2.66 MB)
More good reference material:
Fire Fighter Type 2 Incident Position Description
https://www.nwcg.gov/positions/firefighter-type-2-crewmember/incident-position-description
Fire Fighter Type 1 Incident Position Description
https://www.nwcg.gov/positions/firefighter-type-1-squad-boss/incident-position-description
FFT 1 Qualifications Requirements
https://www.nwcg.gov/positions/fft1/position-qualification-requirements
Incident Commander Type 5 Incident Position Desription
https://www.nwcg.gov/positions/incident-commander-type-5/incident-position-description
How to Assess the Fire Environment to Anticipate Fire
Behavior https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLeGGhnWmGM
Fireline Leadership (video)
link
5 Communication responsibilities
Link
Briefing Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4lzZA6WTyI
Is Your LCES Adequate? video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQACcXe_2Gg&t=17s
Lookouts video wfstar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-DtOO2hrMQ
Safety Zones with Brett Butler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOxPyvBSewA
Look Up, Down, and Around Videos:
Fire Environment Factors:
Fuel Characteristics:https://youtu.be/dhij2yFiwbE
Topograghy: https://youtu.be/ANLptaS6bFw?t=4
Weather: https://youtu.be/MnumqvTsfro
Plume Dynamics:https://youtu.be/qcDQJDH0NMM
Rapidly Changing Fire Behavior:https://youtu.be/4Tfpn_uJQwY
Additional Risk Management videos:
Wildfire Risk Management
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWxMZOdxdnc
The Risk Management Process:A Universal Tool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS2_hIZp7zo&t=514s
Modules:
Kestrel digital weather meter tutorial
Belt weather kit tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIpngk3Ow8A
Probability of ignition - A rating describing the probability that a firebrand that lands on a fuel will cause a fire.
Probability of Ignition
https://www.nwcg.gov/publications/pms437/fuel-moisture/probability-of-ignition
Probability of Ignition app for android (free) Fire Weather Calculator
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nafundi.nclfa.fdfm&hl=en_US
Current Dead Fuel Moisture content https://www.wfas.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=82&Itemid=485
Severe Fire Probability
Related to Relative Humidity,1Hour,10 Hour Fuel Moisture page 68 IRPG 2014
Link
Leading by Example
https://www.amanet.org/articles/leading-by-example/
S131 Course Materials
https://www.nwcg.gov/publications/training-courses/s-131/course-materials
S 131 Course Updates
https://www.nwcg.gov/publications/training-courses/s-131/course-delivery
Design and Delivery of Tactical Decision Games
https://www.nwcg.gov/sites/default/files/publications/pms468-1.pdf
PMS 310-1 NWCG Standards for Wildland Fire Position Qualifications
https://www.nwcg.gov/publications/pms310-1
FFT 1 Skills Workshops
Avenza-Set up--
Everyone should have Avenza
Everyone should know how to effortlessly report their location
by coordinates of latitude and longitude
Multiple crew members should have the latest fire's maps on their devices
FFT 1's must be proficient in teaching the crew how to get
QR maps from IAPs and download from the Avenza Store
FFT1's must be able to teach the crew how to use the tracking tools on Avenza
EVERYONE must be oriented to the area ALWAYS, and know where to go in case of getting separated or some other emergency event
Paper map use is obviously still required
FFT1s also need to know how to use Township,Range,Section... "Legal" directions
Navigating to a new assignment location is a critical skill. More people on each crew with these skills stregthens a crew in many ways.
Fire Ready Prep for Management
Mothership-Checklist- Mothership rehab
Command ship readiness
Truck checklist-
Routine maintenance
Driving basics
Radio kits. ALL RADIO EQUIPMENT IS FRAGILE and CRUCIAL TO YOUR MISSION
Radio Kit rehab
Tag radios to replace with description of problem
Generally tidy up kit
Toss used batteries and wrappers
Check that all radios work- Check for transmitting, receiving, cloning, scanning
Check that cloning cables work
Repack kit neatly remembering that ALL the contents are fragile and difficult and expensive to replace
Weather kit-lookout kit use
Belt weather kit checklist:
Sling Psychrometer with 2 intact-working thermometers one with usable wick
Compass
Dwyer Wind meter with little white ball freely moving in tube
Working Kestrel if available (check to see it turns on)
( Lookout Kit checklist on Mothership checklist)
First aid kit-familiarity and rehab-backboard practice-8 line drill
Each Mothership has 2 10 person First Aid Trauma Kits and a bin with assorted first aid needs such as moleskin,
aspirin, antihistamines,....
Saw readiness-routine maintenance
A good habit is to clean and rehab the saws at the end of each shift.
Clean the air filter
Adjust chain tension and sharpen if needed.
Prepare saw fuel/supplies for next shift.
Make list of needed supplies
Water use-Mark 3 set up Watch Trouble shooting the Mark 3 Pump video
Refresh concepts of Simple and Progressive Hose lays
Refresh concepts of Mop up
Set up a Wick 375 Pump
Have Engine Boss show and pump from an engine
