Basic Wildland Fire Fighter Type 2 Training Course
February 18-22nd, 2025: In-Person 40-Hour Training Course in LA County
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There is no cost to register for this training.
Deadline to cancel is 5pm on January 31st, 2025.
The classroom-based training will take place in-person in Northeast LA County. Participants will have the opportunity to travel to Antelope Valley to complete the field day training component. Preference will be given to LA County residents, LA PBA members, Native/Indigenous people, NGO's, local community-based organizations, students and community members.
Online completion of IS-700 is required prior to the start of the course
In this course, participants will learn the basic principles of Wildland Fire Behavior and Wildland Fire Science. This training course meets the S-130, S-190, and L-180 requirements outlined by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG). Typically, people take this course because they are pursuing national or state certification for work with wildland fires or are interested in gaining skills and training in prescribed fire and building capacity for community-based burning. Successful completion of this course can satisfy prerequisites for more advanced courses and certification.
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The primary wildland fire environment components: fuels, weather, and topography;
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How characteristics and interactions of fuels, weather, and topography affect fire behavior;
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How fire behavior affects risk to firefighters.
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| Time | Details |
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| 8:00am - 4:00pm | 2/18 - 2/21 In-person classroom-based training course with exercises |
| 8:00am-4:30pm | 2/22 Field-based training near Antelope Valley, California |
Trainers
Jose Luis Duce Aragues, Prescribed Fire Training Specialist, The Watershed Research and Training Center
José Luis Duce Aragüés (he, him) is a fire practitioner from Spain, learning, sharing, and improving his skills related with all aspects of fire, working with The WRTC as a Prescribed Fire Training Specialist, through the RFFC (Regional Forest and Fire Capacity) program, and under the Fire Management Program with an incredible group of lovely people.
José has been practicing fire for some years in different parts of the world and in different ecosystems. “As a fire student, what I have learned is that fire belongs to people, to communities, and to the landscape. It has always been like that and, for good or for bad, it will always be like that. So, here I am, offering my small portion of responsibility to give Mother Earth, ‘Mama Tierra’, back, what She has given to us, and honoring and respecting those who taught and transferred to me what I know, ready to spread the good fire around, keeping on learning and sharing my little experience and knowledge.”
José is based in Weaverville (CA) but will be traveling (and ready to travel) around the whole state of California primarily, trying to find ways to add, improve, and develop local capacities and charismatic leaders who want to take the torch and share what they know and feel.
Andrea Bustos, Prescribed Fire Training Specialist, The Watershed Research and Training Center
As a Prescribed Fire Training Specialist at the WRTC, Andrea’s focus is on prescribed fire and land management. During her professional career she has found that landscape interaction comprehension is needed to reduce fire risk in fire and landscape management actions.
Andrea is an enthusiastic, self-motivated, progress-driven fire practitioner and Spanish native speaker with a developed background in this profession. In the most recent years of her career she has developed and implemented burn plans and has designed, planned, supported, and implemented training programs, community prevention projects ('escuelas de campo'), environmental education, institutional relationship strategies, national regulations, budget and funding management, and skills that she knows will bring value to the WRTC, CalPBAs and CAL-TREX events.
In this short journey in the fire world, Andrea has found out that this natural element is not only a powerful tool for land management, but also an incredible means for social assertion and defense for people and their landscapes. Right now, she is working with inspiring professionals that share her passion of nature and all of its intricate relationships. Here at the WRTC, there is no limit to continuing motivating, learning, and sharing knowledge.
Andrea is a fire practitioner, a passionate geographer, and has a Master’s degree in Remote Sensing.
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