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S-215, Fire Operations in the Wildland Urban Interface

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Event Coordinator:
Krissy Mitchell
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S-215, Fire Operations in the Wildland Urban Interface
S-215, Fire Operations in the Wildland Urban Interface
VIRTUAL January 13-15, 2026
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THIS EVENT IS 100% FREE!

Lead Instructor: Ross Avichouser

Course Coordinator: Krissy Mitchell

Date: January 13-15, 2026

Location: Virtual / Time: 0900-1600

Open to all Washington State Fire Agencies

Registration Closes: December 31, 2025


If you are affiliated with Washington state's local, state, federal, or tribal firefighting agencies participating in wildland fire suppression, you can register for an academy. In addition, participants must also meet each course's qualification and prerequisite requirements.

 

DESCRIPTION: This is an instructor-led course intended to be presented at the local level. Instructional units include firefighter safety in the interface, managing human factors in the interface, pre-incident planning, sizeup and initial strategy, structure triage, structure protection overview, tactics in the interface, tactical operations and resource use in the interface, action assessment, plan update, and after action review.

 

OBJECTIVE:

  • Operate safely and effectively in a wildland urban interface incident by using situation awareness, performing structure triage, using pre-planning tools, having a basic understanding of fire behavior, and using strategy and tactics unique to the wildland urban interface environment.

TARGET AUDIENCE: Designed to assist any emergency responders who will be planning for and making operational decisions during an interface incident. This course is for personnel desiring to be qualified as Incident Commander Type 4 (ICT4), Task Force Leader (TFLD), or any Strike Team Leader.


COURSE PREREQUISITES: Qualified as a Firefighter Type 1 (FFT1).

 

COST: There is no registration fee for this course. DNR fire program staff will charge their normal program for salary, and non-fire program staff will receive academy program code for salary for course hours. Partner agencies will be responsible for their own costs while participating in all academy courses.

 

REGISTRATION PROCEDURE:

Training Coordinators to complete the registration process and submit by December 31, 2025. Applicants must have supervisor approval before submitting the application.

 

If you have questions about this course, contact Lois Anderson at lois.anderson@dnr.wa.gov or 360-999-8259.

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