Course Description
This S-230 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 and pass an online assessment prior to taking the ILT. The focus of the online training is to teach knowledge and concepts. The ILT will reinforce the content learned online and provide opportunities to apply this knowledge to real-world scenarios and practical exercises. Upon completion of the ILT, students must then take and pass a final assessment in order to receive credit for the course. The final assessment covers content from both the online and ILT portions of the course.
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Objectives
- Describe Crew Boss responsibilities prior to and during mobilization on the incident, and during demobilization.
- Identify the hazards and risks on various incidents and describe how to mitigate them.
- Describe tactics that are appropriate to various wildland fire situations and implement them through the chain of command.
Course Components and Hours to Complete
Course components |
Hours to complete |
Pre-selection assessment |
N/A |
Pre-course work |
N/A |
Online course module(s) |
16 |
Instructor-led units (completed in a classroom) |
8 |
TOTAL Hours |
24 |
Target Group
Required training for personnel desiring to be qualified as a single resource boss.
Minimum Course Administrator/Instructor Qualifications
Course Administrator must be qualified as any single resource boss.
Lead instructor must be a qualified strike team leader or task force leader (TFLD).
Unit instructors must be qualified as any single resource boss.
Also see Instructor Certification at the beginning of the Field Managers Course Guide.
Course Prerequisites
Qualified as firefighter type 1 (FFT1).
Successful completion of Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior (S-290).
Course Level
Local
Course Access
Online Component: NWCG Online Training
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