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National Wildfire Coordinating Group

E-mail comments or suggestions pertaining to this or any NWCG course to: nwcg_standards@nifc.blm.gov

NWCG Website: http://www.nwcg.gov/

Mission Statement

The purpose of NWCG is to coordinate programs of the participating wildfire management agencies to avoid wasteful duplication and to provide a means of constructively working

together.  The goal is to provide more effective execution of each agency’s fire management program.   The group provides a

formalized system to agree upon standards of training, equipment, qualifications, and other operational functions.

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Unit 0 IntroductionUnit 0 Introduction

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Course Objectives• Describe Crew Boss responsibilities

prior to and during mobilization, on the incident, and during demobilization.

• Identify the hazards and risks on various incidents and describe how to mitigate them.

• Describe tactics that are appropriate to various wildland fire situations and implement them through the chain of command.

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Student Introduction• Name• Job title• Where do you work?

• ICS qualifications and work experience

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Schedule of Events

• Course agenda• Sign-in sheet• Housekeeping– Breaks–Message and telephone location– Cell phone policy– Facilities– Other concerns

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Course Process

• Presented through series of short lectures, exercises, and visual aids.

• Emphasizes the primary skills needed by a Crew Boss (single resource).

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Measuring Performance for this Course

• Unit quizzes, exercises, and a final exam.

• All unit quizzes will be reviewed after completion.

• Students must achieve 70% or higher on the final exam.

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Expectations

• Why do you want to become a Crew Boss?

• What do you expect to gain from this course?

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Instructor Expectations

• Have an interest in becoming a Crew Boss (single resource).

• Have completed the pre-course work.

• Exhibit mutual cooperation with the group.

• Be open minded to accomplishments during the course.

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Instructor Expectations

• Use what is presented in the course to perform as a Crew Boss.

• Participate actively in all of the training exercises presented in the course.

• Return to class at stated times.

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Crew Boss Traits

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Crew Boss(single resource)

PositionOverview

Crew Boss(single resource)

PositionOverview

• Read the position

description of a

single resource

boss in the Fireline

Handbook.

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Pre-course work Review

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Crew Boss Video