State Fire Training S-290 Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior(S-290): This is a classroom-based skills course designed to prepare the prospective fireline supervisor to undertake safe and effective fire management operations. It is the second course in a series that collectively serves to develop fire behavior prediction knowledge and skills.

Course Objectives:
• Identify and describe the characteristics of fuels, weather, and topography that influence wildland fire behavior.
• Describe the interaction of fuels, weather, and topography on wildland fire behavior, fireline tactics, and safety.
• Describe the causes of extreme fire behavior conditions (long range spotting, crowning, and fire whirls) that develop due to weather, fuels, and/or topography.
• Interpret, communicate, apply, and document wildland fire behavior and weather information.

Prerequisites:
• S-190:Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior
• Satisfactory completion of pre-selection assessment and pre-coursework

Course Length: 32 hours
Course Code: S-290-2-24

Register by making contact with Barbara Livanos
(916) 203-3443 / Barbara.Livanos@CalOES.ca.gov