Wildland Fire Science, Certificate
The Wildland Fire Science program provides training that can lead to seasonal employment in wildland firefighting or to the first step to a career in the forest industry or park service. There are many career tracks in the field of wildland firefighting and forestry. It’s exciting work that requires fundamental survival, safety and firefighting training and skills. It is also important to be physically fit, work well in a team environment, and respond quickly and efficiently to instruction/commands.
Courses
- BI 103 — General Biology; Plants & The Ecosystem
- BI 112 — General Biology for Health Sciences
- BI 231Z — Human Anatomy and Physiology I
- BI 232Z — Human Anatomy and Physiology II
- BI 233Z — Human Anatomy and Physiology III
- CH 112Z — Chemistry for Health Professions
- CJA 206 — Trauma Informed Practices
- COMM 111Z — Public Speaking
- FRP 101 — Basic Forest Management
- FRP 102 — Basic Forest Management Lab
- FRP 110 — Basic Wildland Fire Investigation (FI-110)
- FRP 130 — Introduction to Wildland Firefighting (S-130/S-190/S-110/ICS-100/IS-700/L-180)
- FRP 201 — Advanced Forest Management
- FRP 212 — Wildfire Power Saws (S-212)
- FRP 243 — Wilderness I: Psychology of Survival
- FRP 244 — Wilderness II: Basic Land Navigation (S-244)
- FRP 245 — Wilderness III: Weather of the Northwest
- FRP 246 — Wilderness IV: Backcountry CPR/First Aid/AED
- FRP 249 — Followership to Leadership (L-280)
- FRP 250 — Wilderness VI: Basic Tool Use and Care
- FRP 255 — Physical Fitness and Nutrition for First Responders
- FRP 265 — Wildland Fire Prevention Education 1 (P-101)
- GIS 101 — Maps and Geospatial Technology
- HP 110 — Medical Terminology
- MTH 050 — Technical Mathematics I
- MTH 065 — Algebra II
- WR 101 — Workplace Writing
- WR 121Z — Composition I