Introduction
Welcome to the S-233 Tractor/Plow Boss pre-course work.

In this pre-course work students will utilize several reference materials to answer a series of questions familiarizing themselves with various aspects of tractor/plow operations in the wildland fire enviornment

Objectives
Students will:

1. Read through pre-course work materials and become familiar with thier content.

2. Use a combination of an IRPG, a Tractor/Plow Boss Taskbook, a Fireline Handbook, and the provided book entilted "Aids to Determining Fuel Models for Estimating Fire Behavior" to answer questions.

3. Demonstrate experience level and suject proficiency to instructors.

Instructions
1. Download and complete the student profile form and bring it to class or submit it as directed by your instructor or course coordinator.

Student Profile Form (to download, select 'save' after clicking this link)

2. Download and complete the pre-course questionaire and bring it to class or submit as directed by your instructor or course coordinator. Refer to the reference materials section to aid in the completion of the questionnaire.

S-233 Pre-Course Work (to download, select 'save' after clicking this link)

Reference Material
Incident Response Pocket Guide, NFES 1077
Fireline Handbook PMS 410-1, NFES 0065
Position Task Book for Single Resource Boss, NFES 2318

Technical Requirements
-MS Word or MS Wordpad

-Adobe Reader (Download Reader)

-Email program (Lotus Notes, Outlook, MSN, AOL, etc.)