Add Page Content hereRX-410, Smoke Management Techniques
Description
This INSTRUCTOR-LED course combines pre-course work and instructor-led training (ILT).
This course leads students through the ecological and historical role of fire, characteristics of smoke and the health, safety and visibility impacts of smoke. Other topics include public relations, legal requirements, meteorology, fuel consumption, smoke production dispersion modeling, and operational smoke management strategies. This course is designed to be interactive in nature. It contains a panel discussion, several exercises designed to facilitate group and class participation and case studies from a variety of fuel types and political challenges.
Assessment
The student’s grade is based entirely on the final exam. Students must score 70% or higher to pass this course.
Target Audience
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Prescribed Fire Burn Boss Type 1 (RXB1)
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Prescribed Fire Burn Boss Type 2 (RXB2)
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Long Term Fire Analyst (LTAN)
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Other positions that would benefit include Fire Effects Monitor (FEMO), air regulators, fire ecologists, private landowners, other state and private agencies, prescribed fire consultants, fire planners.
Course Prerequisites
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Students should have a background in prescribed fire planning, implementing, monitoring, permitting or smoke/air regulating.
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Satisfactory completion of pre-course work.