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Fire behavior, parts of a fire, the 10 Orders, the 18 Watch Outs, LCES, safety zones, the fire shelter, hand tools and the pack test. The drawing first, the numbers in a box, so when the squad boss asks, you know where the answer is. 71 illustrated pages.
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These are real pages from the book. The table of contents is the full one: 8 parts and 67 topics.
It's the morning briefing. Your squad boss looks at you and asks for Standard Firefighting Order number seven. The whole crew is waiting, and the words won't come.
In the course packet, the 10 Orders are ten sentences stacked in a column. Ten lines with nothing tying them together, so by the next day they all run into each other.
In the book, the 10 Orders are a map: three groups you can see at a glance. Fire Behavior, 1 to 3. Fireline Safety, 4 to 6. Organizational Control, 7 to 9. Then Order 10 on its own: fight fire aggressively, having provided for safety first.
The 18 Watch Outs, LCES, safety zones, the shelter deployment and the Pulaski work the same way: each one has its own page.
You know seven opens the control group, so you know it's communications. You give the answer, and you never have to go back to the packet.
The job and the red card, fire behavior, the 10 Orders and the 18 Watch Outs, LCES, the fire shelter and line hazards, hand tools and building line, the pack test, and review checklists: 71 pages, all illustrated.
Think of it this way:
You're on the line and the fire starts moving upslope. Your crew boss asks where the safety zone is, and whether it's big enough.
You studied that page the night before: 8 × vegetation height × the slope-wind factor, with a worked example. Three-foot brush, factor 4, 96 feet. You run the numbers in your head and you answer.
Same with the parts of a fire, the 10 Orders, the shelter deployment, the Pulaski and the pack test: each one on its own page.
Wildland Firefighter Illustrated is 8 parts and 67 topics, all drawn, and it ends with review checklists, every acronym on one page and the numbers to remember.
What you see drawn, you don't have to memorize.
What an FFT2 does on the line, the red card and your courses, the chain of command, PPE head to toe, your line gear and the IRPG.
The fire triangle and the fire behavior triangle, parts of a fire, how heat moves, fuels and timelag, relative humidity, the fire day, wind, slope, terrain traps and the warning signs.
The 10 Standard Firefighting Orders in their three groups, and the 18 Watch Out Situations, three at a time, each with a line scene.
LCES, lookouts, the radio call, escape routes, safety zone sizing, the common denominators of fatal fires, risk management and human factors.
The fire shelter as a last resort, picking a site, deploying it step by step, snags and rolling rocks, aircraft and retardant, heat illness, lightning and power lines.
The Pulaski, McLeod, combi tool and shovel, tool spacing, the anchor point, types of attack, fireline specs, cup trenches, one-lick, downhill line, hose lays, firing and mop-up.
The three Work Capacity Test levels, how to train for 3 miles with 45 lb, and what to bring and expect on test day.
The briefing checklist, every acronym on one page, the numbers to remember, quick recall of the Orders and Watch Outs, your first shift and the most common rookie mistakes.
At the end of the book: Review checklists, every acronym on one page and the numbers to remember.
Test yourself topic by topic with exam-style questions and short explained answers, so you know what you really have down before class.
The 15 most common rookie mistakes on the line, each drawn wrong and right, so you can review them the night before your course or your first assignment.
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Every topic from the course on one drawn page, so after class you review what you saw instead of rereading the packet.
The test levels, the numbers to remember and your first shift, start to finish, on pages you can print and carry in your line gear.
A quick review before your annual refresher: the 10 Orders, the 18 Watch Outs, LCES and safety zones, back in order.
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Yes. It starts from the basics of the FFT2 job and explains wildland fire's own rules, so it works for a first-timer and for a structural firefighter going after a red card.
It's checked against the current editions of the NWCG publications: the Incident Response Pocket Guide (PMS 461), PMS 310-1, the S-130, S-190 and L-180 course material, fire shelter guidance and the federal Work Capacity Test standards. NWCG updates its material from time to time. If your instructor or agency uses a newer version, follow theirs.
No. It's an independent illustrated study companion. It isn't published or endorsed by NWCG or any agency.
No. You still need the required training, the field day and hands-on fire shelter practice. The book doesn't give you a certificate and doesn't count toward your red card. It helps you review what you learn in those courses.
No. They're written for this book to help you check what you've got down. They aren't official exam questions.
The book and the 2 bonus books come as a PDF by email, sent to the address you enter at checkout.
It is, and it's the source this book is checked against. It's also hundreds of pages of text. Here every topic is one drawn page with the numbers in a box, so you can review fast and keep it in your pack. One-time payment, no subscription.
It's a PDF, so you can print the whole book or just the pages you want to keep in your pack.
You have 30 days. We refund everything if the file won't open, if the book isn't what you see on this page, if you were charged twice or if the email doesn't arrive: just email us.
No more rereading the packet and having nothing stick.
You see the 10 Orders drawn, and you've got them.
You show up to class and to the line knowing where everything is.
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