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Unit/Topic Presentations Materials
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Helicopter dropping retardant

Unit:  Introduction
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SEAT flying in over a group of firefighters looking on.

Unit 1:  Safety​​
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Firefighter taking a photo of a SEAT dropping water.

Unit 2:  Communications Verbal Skills and Brevity
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Overview of mountains with smoke hanging in the valleys.

Unit 3:  Mountain Flying and Weather
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Water scooper dropping water.

Unit 4:  Checklists and Single Pilot Resource Management
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Large airtanker dropping retardant.

Unit 5:  In Route and Time Management
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Wildfire burning down the mountains.

Unit 6: FTA and High Low Recon
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Firefight stands on road and watches SEAT dropping water over burning hillside.

Unit 7:  Leadplane Profile Exit Maneuver and Exit Route
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SEAT flying in over a range land fire and dropping water.

Unit 8:  Situational Awareness and Judgement
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Large military airtanker sitting on the tarmac with wildfire smoke in background.

Unit 9:  Responsibility for Separation and Join Ups
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Large fire in heavy timber putting up dark, black smoke.

Unit 10:  Strategy and Tactics
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mountain scene with green forest in foreground and blue skies.

Unit 11:  Post Flight and Non-Mission Topics
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SEAT dropping retardant.

Unit 12:  Phase 2 and 3 and Sign Offs
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Large helicopter siphoning water from a lake.

Unit 13:  Flight Training
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SEAT dropping a load of water.

Unit 14:  Course Review

 

NWCG Latest Announcements

Updated NWCG Standards for Airtanker Base Operations, PMS 508

Date: March 31, 2025
Questions?  Please contact:
Airtanker Base Operations Unit

The updated NWCG Standards for Airtanker Base Operations (SABO), PMS 508 standardizes operations and procedures at interagency airtanker bases to ensure safe, efficient, and effective operations in support of interagency goals and objectives.

References:

NWCG Standards for Airtanker Base Operations, PMS 508

WFSTAR 2025 Core Component Module Package and 2024 Fire Year in Review Now Available

Date: March 14, 2025
Questions?  Please contact:
Joe Schindel at mschindel@blm.gov
 

The 2025 Core Component Module Package for RT-130, Wildland Fire Safety Training Annual Refresher (WFSTAR) and the 2024 Fire Year in Review are now available on the NWCG website. The 2025 Core Component Module Package provides all content needed to deliver RT-130.

References:

2025 Core Component Module Package

2024 Fire Year in Review Module

NEW! NWCG Wildland Urban Interface Mitigation Field Guide, PMS 053

Date: March 12, 2025
Contact: Wildland Urban Interface Mitigation Committee

The NWCG Wildland Urban Interface Mitigation Field Guide, PMS 053 provides mitigation practitioners at all experience levels with recommendations on the most effective and efficient ways to accomplish mitigation work in communities at risk to wildfire damage or destruction. The content in this guide was written in coordination with the NWCG Standards for Mitigation in the Wildland Urban Interface, PMS 052.

References:

NWCG Wildland Urban Interface Mitigation Field Guide, PMS 053 

Updated, NWCG Standards for Wildland Fire Module Operations, PMS 430

Date: March 11, 2025
Contact: Fire Use Subcommittee
Wildland Fire Module Unit

The NWCG Standards for Wildland Fire Module Operations, PMS 430 standardizes procedures and expectations for Wildland Fire Modules (WFMs). These standards are to be used by staff, supervisors, specialists, and technicians for planning, administering, and conducting WFM operations. These standards will also be used as a measure of WFM qualifications, capabilities, and expected performance, for both Type 1 and Type 2 WFMs.

References:

NWCG Standards for Wildland Fire Module Operations, PMS 430