Course

Course Summary

Credit Type:

Course

ACE ID:

NNFA-0262

Organization's ID:

R/N0614

Organization:

U.S. Fire Administration - National Fire Academy (NFA)

Location:

Classroom-based

Length:

6 Days (39 hrs., 50 min)

Dates Offered:

Credit Recommendation & Competencies

Level	Credits (SH)	Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate	3	Public Safety

Description

Objective:

The course objective is to empower students with the ability to create and sustain a fire-adapted community (FAC) located within a wildland urban interface (WUI). Students will learn how to convene a community coalition that will suggest the use of broad-based fire mitigation strategies, resulting in the development of a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP).

Learning Outcomes:

Articulate the benefits of developing a fire-adapted community (FAC) within the wildland urban interface (WUI).
Develop a local community coalition to facilitate creation of a fire-adapted community (FAC) in the wildland urban interface (WUI).
Construct an effective wildland urban interface (WUI) risk profile for their community.
Develop a draft action plan to initiate development of a fire-adapted community (FAC).
Select applicable fire-adapted community (FAC) mitigation strategies to include in a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) for the local community.
Identify how technical tools that support development of a fire-adapted community (FAC) can be used in their locality.
Illustrate how to develop, implement and sustain a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) in support of a fire-adapted community (FAC) initiative.

General Topics:

• a call to action • fire-adapted community leadership • risk assessment • creating an action plan • mitigation strategies • technical tools to support fire-adapted communities • developing, implementing and sustaining a community wildfire protection plan

Instruction & Assessment