FSA 360 - Aviation Management in Fire Suppression

Credits: 3

This course examines aviation resource use in the wildland/urban interface environment, hazard/risk analysis and mitigation techniques, multiagency aviation resource acquisition and deployment planning, aviation asset utilization in suppressing wildfire, multiagency Incident Command System, basic fire behavior, dispatching of aviation resources, multiagency aviation policies, procedures and implementation of aviation assets, analysis of aviation programs within the fire community, aviation communication techniques and procedures, command/control dynamics, strategic and tactical considerations, support and supervision procedures, and aviation program evaluation.

Prerequisites: FSA program admission or consent of instructor. Students must have at least sophomore standing to register for this course.