By Cory Cheguis
The Custer County Fire, Montana DNRC, and BLM have partnered up to host a basic wildland fire class for high school students ages 17-18. Thes class is FREE and open to any students interested within Southeast Montana. This class will get them a national certification as an entry level firefighter. The course is 2 days long and will begin at 0800 -1700, Saturday December 14th and Sunday December 15th 0800-1700.
What the students will learn:
• The primary wildland fire environment components: fuels, weather, and topography.
• How characteristics and interactions of fuels, weather, and topography affect fire behavior.
• How fire behavior affects risk to firefighters.
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:
• Describe the basic terminology used in wildland fire.
• Identify and discuss the fire triangle.
• Identify and discuss key characteristics of the primary wildland fire environment components - fuels, weather, and topography.
• Identify critical fire weather factors that, combined with receptive fuels, may result in extreme fire behavior.
• Recognize how alignment of fuels, weather, and topography can increase the potential for extreme fire behavior.
The class can open up many doors for seasonal summer work, or a long-time career path with local, state, or federal agencies. This is also a great pathway for becoming a part of your community fire departments.
As we know, in Southeastern Montana we are only a week away from a drought and having the resources and people trained correctly assist in creating a wildfire resilient community along with getting a quicker and more effective initial attack when wildfires occur.
If you have students interested, then please registe or reach out to the Custer County Fire Warden at 406-874-3380 or 406-853-4623; email: [email protected]. us.
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