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Wildland Urban Interface Firefighting for the Structural Company Officer O0610

Training Specialist

Richard Sexton
301-447-7687

Delivery type

2-day off-campus

ACE recommendation

There is no American Council on Education credit recommendation for this course.

Please note: This course is scheduled and delivered through your state's fire training agency. Please contact your state fire training agency for more information.

This 2-day course identifies operational activities and safety concerns for structural Company Officers (COs) assigned to a wildland urban interface (WUI) incident.

Topics covered include:

  • Introduction to WUI firefighting.
  • Interface environment.
  • Wildland fire behavior.
  • Command and control issues of WUI firefighting.
  • Tactics.

Recommended: COs or chief officers who may be in command of a single resource or Strike Team at the scene of a wildland/WUI incident.

Recommended: Incident Command System (ICS)-100-level and ICS-200-level training. Preferred courses are Q0462 and Q0463, available through NFA Online.