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Crosswalk—Wildland Training for Structural
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Studying the ground truth—students in the May S-130/190 class walk the fireline of the Forest Road 219 Fire. Lessons learned: 1) Sometimes it doesn't take much of a scratch line to stop a fire, and 2) don't go to a real incident wearing nomex that bright yellow.
Just take the picture already—Ember has lots more fun stuff to do than wait around for the May S-130/190 class photo.
A few of the S-131/133/211 students gather with the instructors before going out to complete the portable pumps field exercise.
Colorado Firecamp is a 501(c)(3)
non-profit, wildland firefighter school, dedicated to expanding
the opportunities for firefighters (and those who someday will
be) to attend quality redcard wildfire training. We primarily
offer 100- and 200- level courses developed by the National Wildfire
Coordinating Group (NWCG) in the areas of leadership, incident
command and suppression skills.
You can support our firefighter
safety initiatives with a tax-deductible donation:
By working with local (Upper Arkansas Valley), zone (Pueblo
dispatch) and regional (Rocky Mountain Area) training teams,
Colorado Firecamp fills a niche in the wildland fire training
market. We offer another option for fire chiefs, county sheriffs
and training officers to advance the skill of their firefighters.
And, we give those without firefighting experience or previous
firefighter training a chance to get a 'foot in the door' with
the wildland agencies.
Classes are taught using the conference facilities of the Ponderosa
Lodge. Located 12 miles west of Salida, Colorado Firecamp sits in
the middle of the Maysville-North Fork wildland/urban interface.
Field exercises reinforce the classroom lessons.
Our cadre of instructors comes to the classroom by way of a range
of diverse backgrounds: some started as federal wildland
agency “groundpounders,” and others are ’-ologists
of one degree or another, and still others continue their careers
in that other world of structural fire. While each instructor meets
the NWCG minimum standards for experience and qualification, they
all share a passion for firefighter safety.
Simply stated, the mission of Colorado Firecamp is centered on
“keeping quality in qualification”
of wildland firefighters.
E-mail us at learn@coloradofirecamp.com
or call (719) 539-9329
Colorado Firecamp, Inc.
9008 County Road 240
Salida, CO 81201
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