Wildland Firefighting Associate of Science
This degree is designed for people wanting to enter or enhance their career in a state or federal wildland firefighting agency. The course material is linked with the National Multi-Agency Coordinating Group certification process. Additional coursework is designed to meet or exceed the National Fire Protection Association’s 1051 Standard on Wildland Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications. The elective material is designed to allow a student to obtain some degree of specialization that may tailor a student’s education to qualify for supervisor positions in a wildland organization. Students may be placed in paramilitary and physically demanding environments designed to introduce the student to the job tasks and skills required to operate in the wildland fire services. Career Opportunities include the Forest Service
Courses
- FIRE B25A — Wildland Fire Behavior
- FIRE B25B — Wildland Firefighter Safety and Survival
- FIRE B25C — Wildland Fire Operations
- FIRE B25D — Wildland Public Information Officer, Prevention, and Investigation
- FIRE B25E — Wildland Fire Logistics, Finance, and Planning
- FIRE B26A — S-200 Initial Attack Incident Commander (ICT4)
- FIRE B26D — Interagency Incident Business Management S-260
- FIRE B26E — S-215 Fire Operations in the Wildland/Urban Interface
- FIRE B26G — S-230 Crew Boss Single Resource
- FIRE B26K — S-244 Field Observer
- FIRE B27B — 1-300 Incident Command System
- FIRE B28B — L-280 Followership to Leadership
- FIRE B26M — Display Processor