Proper Tactics to Use in the Wildland Urban Interface
Proper Tactics to Use in the Wildland Urban Interface
01 November 2018
Published by https://www.fireengineering.com/
USA – By THOMAS W. AURNHAMMER When examining the changing role of rural fire departments and the growing developments in the wildland urban interface (WUI), a need was identified for training structural firefighters in wildland firefighting. To address this need, the United States Fire Administration developed a program with the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) called Wildland Training for Structural Firefighters Skills Crosswalk (Crosswalk). Changes in this program have reduced the number of courses from four to three. The current courses available through the NWCG for structural firefighters are G-131 Firefighter 1; G-231 Engine Boss, Single Resource; and G-330 Strike Team …
