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Topics covered include:
• Principles of wildfire behaviour
• Suppression techniques
• Health and safety
The finer details
A basic understanding of how materials burn including combustion, common methods to control combustion and methods of heat transfer.
A basic understanding of factors affecting wildfire behaviour including fuel, topography and weather.
A basic understanding of how wildfires develop including terminology, rate of spread, intensity, severity and the different types of fires.
A basic understanding of wildfire suppression including tactics, LACES, direct and indirect techniques.
A basic understanding of interacting with Fire and Rescue Services at wildfires including the Incident Command System (ICS) and the Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Principles (JESIP).
Delivery method
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LANTRA AwardsCourse description:
Who should attend?
The course is suitable for anyone involved in land management or the forestry sectors, from the experienced to the novice.
What will be covered?
A basic understanding of how materials burn
A basic understanding of factors affecting wildfire behaviour
A basic understanding of how wildfires develop
A basic understanding of wildfire suppression
A basic understanding of interacting with Fire and Rescue Services at wildfires
Other areas of interest
- Ignite: Firewood Production and Supply (1 day course)
- Ignite: Managing Woods for Woodfuel (1 day course)
- Ignite: Woodfuel Production and Supply (3 day course)
- Ignite: Woodfuel Quality Standards (1 day course)
- Trees and Timber Measurement (1 day course)
- Forestry and Climate Change (2 day course).
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