FNESS Emergency Training

• October 27, 2021
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First Nations Emergency Services Society is looking for community members from First Nations communities to engage in training opportunities to build community capacity, assist other communities in need and/or pursue work with the British Columbia Wildfire Service (BCWS).

Some of the courses that could be offered include:

• S-100: Basic Fire Suppression
• S-185: Fire Entrapment Avoidance
• S-212: Communications
• S-213: Use of Bulldozers
• S-230: Single Resource Leader/Introduction to Supervision
• S-235: Ignition Operations
• S-211: The Fire Environment for Fire Fighters
• S-290: Principles of Fire Behaviour
• S-115: Structure Protection Program (SPP) Training
• S-270: Helicopter Use and Safety
• S-390: Advanced Fire Behaviour (Red Book)
• S-241: Fire Assessment
• ICS 100: Incident Command
• Wildlife/Danger Tree Assessor Course – Wildfire Module (Prerequisites Required)
• Power Saw Operator (Basic Chainsaw Operator)
• Danger Tree Faller
• Rapid Damage Assessment (RDA) Training
• Home Partners Program (HPP): Wildfire Mitigation Specialist Training
• Local FireSmart Representative (LFR) Training
• First Aid – Level 1 with Transportation Endorsement, or 3
• Archaeological Site Identification
• Project Management for Operational Project Implementation, Monitoring and Reporting
• Drone Training
• Lightship Training
• Forest Fuel Management Training
• Outdoor Orientation/Wilderness Survival Awareness

If interested in any of these courses, please email [email protected] or call 250) 838-6496 ext. 714. to be put on a training list. Once Splatsin has a list of potential training participants, we will send an expression of interest to FNESS and move forward with arranging to deliver the training to the community.