Firefighter's Handbook on Wildland Firefighting Strategy, Tactics, and Safety

by William C. Teie

The NEW 4th Edition of this bestselling book by noted wildland firefighting author, Bill Teie is updated to address the most current NFPA and National Wildfire Coordinating Group standards and qualifications for wildland firefighting. This book is written for the fire personnel who need a basic understanding of wildland firefighting. Firefighter and fire officers who have primary wildland responsibilities and who may be called into a wildland fire situation as a mutual aid response will all find this handbook valuable. This handbook combines critical components from the 2016 edition of NFPA 1051 and NWCG documents into one source for wildland firefighters, officers and command staff. The NEW edition now includes a Fireline Construction chapter. The NFPA and NWCG documents are referenced at the front of each chapter. Master the content of Wildland Fire Fighter I and II, Wildland Fire Officer I and II, Wildland/Urban Interface Protection Specialist and Coordinator according to NFPA 1051 with this NEW edition. NWCG content includes: Human Factors in the Wildland Fire Service, Initial Attack Incident Commander, Driving for the Fire Service, Engine Boss, Tractor/Plow Boss, Applied Interagency Incident Business Management, Task Force/Strike Team Leader, and Tactical Decision Making in Wildland Fires. Instructor materials are available as a separate support product. The Curriculum includes: Plan of Instruction, Syllabus, Lesson Outlines, Digital presentations, as well as Tests and answer keys. These curriculum materials are customizable. Instructors can add local information, such as SOP’s. About the Author William Teie Chief Teie worked for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection for 34 years. He worked up through the ranks, from seasonal firefighter to Deputy Director for Fire Protection. In this position he was responsible for all of CDF's fire protection programs. When he retired, he began writing wildland firefighting books.

588 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1994