RT-130, Wildland Fire Safety Training Annual Refresher (WFSTAR)

WFSTAR 2024 Core Component Module Packages

Local Topics

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• Fire Year In Review 2023

  • Revisit significant events and statistics from the 2023 fire season. Identify lessons learned to prepare for the future. Explore intelligence sources to independently enhance big picture situational awareness.

Vehicle Safety Operations

• Module (Hub Locking and 4WD Operation, Parked Regen for Diesel Engine, and Tire Information and Inspection)
  • Firefighters are exposed to risk while driving on a constant basis. By becoming knowledgeable about your vehicle, its maintenance, and proper use of its components; you can increase your effectiveness on the fire line and decrease your risk while driving.

Incident Reviews and Lessons Learned

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• Salt Fire
  • Understanding infancy stages and safety zone burnover on a wildland fire.
• Cramer Fire:
  • Review of the Salmon River Breaks Cramer fire and identifying hazardous situation in difficult terrain and fuels.

Fire and Aviation Operational Safety

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• Mission Planning
  • All wildland firefighting modules participate in mission planning. Depending on the type of module you are on dictates specialized considerations you must account for. This module provides mission planning insights from a Rappel Module that are relevant to all firefighters.
• Counter Rotating Vortex Pairs
  • This module creates both awareness and conversation among fire personnel around a relatively unknown fire behavior phenomenon called the Counter Rotating Vortex Pair (CRVP). Concisely describe conditions that may lead to CRVP formation for tactical resources like crew lookouts and Division Supervisors (DIVS).

Human Factors, Communication, and Decision Making

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• Digital Maps
  • Explore digital, geo-referenced topographic maps on mobile devices for use in initial and extended attack. Practice downloading and sharing digital maps on your smartphone or tablet using public domain sites and free applications.
• How to Properly Refuse Risk
  • Demonstrate How to Properly Refuse Risk, incorporating the Risk Management Process, 10 Standard Firefighting Orders, and 18 Watchout Situations, as referenced in the Incident Response Pocket Guide (IRPG), PMS 461.
• Medical Incident Report
  • The Medical Incident Report is a tool that supports efficient, timely, and appropriate response to accidents and medical emergencies. Like any other tool, proficiency with the Medical Incident Report comes through practice. It is up to you to ensure that you and your crew understand the intent and contents of the Medical Incident Report and how to use it before an incident occurs.
• Wildland Fire Mental Health
  • Highlights the importance of mental health in wildland fire. The video also emphasizes the importance of work-life balance and highlights the resources available to help those in need.

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Fire Shelters and Entrapment Avoidance

• PMS 411 Web Portal
• Next Gen Fire Shelter

Resources

• RT-130, WFSTAR Overview.
• WFSTAR Catalog - 109 WFSTAR modules to choose from.
• NWCG YouTube with WFSTAR module videos.
• Fire Behavior Field Reference Guide, PMS 437 - Observing Fire Weather section.
• Infectious Disease Guidance for Wildland Fire Incidents, guidance from NWCG Emergency Medical Committee.
• Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center.
• NWCG Fire Shelter and Personal Protective Equipment Subcommittee - See the fire shelter section.