Students will demonstrate:

• An understanding of their responsibilities to work effectively in a team operating in a high-risk work environment;
• Fundamental outdoor skills
• The ability to construct fireline to required standards using various methods, tools and equipment, and techniques;
• An understanding of the fire triangle
• An understanding of the key characteristics of the primary wildland fire environment components
• Knowledge and skill to design, set up, operate, troubleshoot, and shut down portable water delivery systems
• The ability to interpret, communicate, apply and document wildland fire behavior
• The ability to use an ICS to manage an event
• The ability to demonstrate and apply the fundamental principles of operational leadership
• The ability to define and apply chainsaw safety standards
• Basic chainsaw operation, troubleshooting, maintenance, and safety
• Operate safely and effectively in a wildland-urban interface
• Skills and competency as a wilderness first-responder (wilderness medicine)

Students will be able to identify and/or describe:

• The purpose of the Standard Firefighting Orders and Watch Out Situations, LCES system, and how it relates to the Standard Firefighting Orders
• The standards, tools, equipment, and various methods used in fireline construction
• The methods for extinguishing a fire with or without the use of water;
• The basic terminology used in wildland fire;
• The characteristics of fuels, weather, and topography influencing fire behavior;
• The interactions of fuels, weather, and topography on fire behavior, fireline tactics, and safety;
• The causes of extreme fire behavior condition

Graduates will demonstrate the ability to use their degrees to undertake careers in wildland fire or to gain admittance to other academic programs and schools to further their education.