NIMS Core Curriculum (Courses relevant to NWCG)

ICS-400: G400, Advanced ICS – This course provides training and resources for personnel who require advanced application of ICS. This course expands upon information covered in ICS-100 through ICS-300.

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Prescribed Fire Lessons Learned

Prescribed Fire Lessons Learned Escape Prescribed Fire Reviews and Near Miss Incidents Initial Impression Report June 29, 2005 Prepared by

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Principles of wildland fire behavior introduction - NWCG

Page 6 A chute is a steep V-shaped drainage, and a saddle is a common name for the depression between two adjacent hilltops. Chutes and saddles can: • Drastically accelerate fires • Alter the flow of winds causing erratic fire behavior • Change the rate and direction of spread by acting as chimneys Warning Even seemingly insignificant chutes and saddles, and those concealed by vegetation ...

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Hand tools introduction Hand tools module overview - NWCG

defensive weapons in fire management: the hand tool. As you’ll discover in this topic, it takes ... Now you have graduated to the proper techniques for using a hand tool! For safety while using hand tools: • ... driving wedges (single-bit axes only).

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Module 5: Transportation Safety Topic 1: Module Objectives

Fire transportation safety isn’t difficult or technical. It starts with using a little common sense. Like so many other aspects of fire fighting, traveling to and from the fireline requires you to observe proper ... spotter or scout to walk ahead of the vehicle or behind the vehicle when backing up.

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Module 11: Wildland/Urban Interface Topic 1: Introduction

Wildland/urban interface introduction . Because fires in the . wildland/urban interface. present specific issues, this module is devoted ... culverts. Check bridge and culvert weight capacities before allowing heavy equipment or apparatus to cross …

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Module 9: Suppression, Communication, and Mop-up Topic 1 ...

These three ingredients are the base for what firefighters call the fire triangle. Read the following to review your knowledge of the fire triangle. Oxygen Sources Wildland fuels have an abundant supply of oxygen available in the air. A concentration of approximately 16 percent oxygen is required for combustion, but normal air contains 21

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Chapter 4 ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY - NWCG

lapse rate less than the dryadiabatic rate of 5.5°F. per 1,000 feet for an unsaturated parcel is considered stable, because vertical motion is damped. A lapse rate greater than dry-adiabatic favors vertical motion and isunstable. In the absence of saturation, an atmospheric layer is neutrally stable if its lapse rate is the same as the

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Module 1: Basic Concepts of Wildland Fire Topic 1: Course ...

wildland fire fighting duties—safely perform fire suppression and management duties in a wildland environment and obtain their Firefighter Type 2 certification. If you’re under the impression that fire fighting is a literal “walk in the park” or a nice job to

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Edits 071231 s130 m4 508 - NWCG

If your head truly is on a swivel, then you will continually monitor fireline conditions and check your environment. Developing this habit is one of the best ways to protect yourself in hazardous situations. Have a 360-degree perspective: Look up Look down Look around

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Moses and the Burning Bush - Sunday School Center

the Burning Bush. Pass out papers, crayons, markers, or paints, brushes, and water. Try and make your paper seem that the bush is really on fire. Techniques: One idea is to use the tip of the brush to make dots of different colors around on the Burning Bush (yellow, red, orange, brown… even some blue or green.)

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GOD CALLED MOSES

a bush was burning with fire, but it was not burning up! Moses went closer. A voice said, “Moses! Moses!” The voice came from the burning bush! God was speaking to Moses! God said, “Come no closer. Remove your . sandals. You are on holy ground.” God had seen how His people were suffering as slaves in Egypt. “You

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GET READY FOR A BUSH FIRE FOUR SIMPLE STEPS TO …

burning embers towards your home. BUSH If you live in an area where grasslands meet built up areas or homes, you’re at risk. Grass fires can start easily and spread quickly. GRASSLANDS If you live along the coast near scrub, you’re at risk. Fires …

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Day Of Infamy Speech Franklin Roosevelt December 8, 1941

George Bush September 11, 2001 “Good evening. Today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series ... The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge structures collapsing, have filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness, and a quiet, unyielding anger. These acts of mass murder were ...

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4. CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL INFORMATION

from leaves of the creosote bush (Larrea, referred to herein as creosote bush resin). Beechwood creosote consists mainly of phenol, cresols, guaiacols, and xylenols. It is a colorless or pale yellowish liquid, and it has a characteristic smoky odor and burnt taste (Miyazato et al. 1981).

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Prescribed Burning - USDA

Prescribed Burning 2 Backfire: A fire set to spread against the wind to burn more slowly and remove more vegetation and litter. Backfires are often used to create a black line for addition-al safety when a head fire is used on the same burn area.

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Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) & Complying Development ...

I. Planning for Bush Fire Protection (ISBN 0 9751033 2 6) published by the NSW Rural Fire Service in December 2006, or subsequent versions, II. Addendum: Appendix 3 (ISBN 0 9751033 2 6, published by the NSW Rural Fire Service in 2010) Planning for Bush Fire Protection (ISBN 0 9751033 2 6), III.

  Bush

Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005 - Health

i MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARIES We are pleased to present the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. This document is intended to be a primary source of dietary health information for policymakers, nutrition educators, and health providers.