A burn boss is someone who can responsibly schedule, plan, and oversee a prescribed fire over a wide variety of terrain, weather, etc. The state is trying to support certified burn bosses as a way to alleviate the current insurance stranglehold on prescribed burning so that the permit requirements will be much more reasonable during the wet months of the year. S-290 course offering later this month! If you are working toward the state-certified burn boss course, this is a pre-req for that course. The class needs 16 students registered to move forward, and otherwise it will be cancelled. Cost: $35. Contact Lenya N Quinn-Davidson, lquinndavidson@ucanr.edu for additional information or to register.
COURSE DESCRIPTION A classroom-based skills course designed to prepare the prospective fireline supervisor to undertake safe and effective fire management operations. Chief Hugh Scanlon instructing.
DATES & TIMES August 28-31 2021 0900-1700
LOCATION Humboldt Bay Fire Classroom 3030 L St. Eureka, CA 95501 FEES $35 cash or check payable to Humboldt County Prescribed Burn Association, due by August 16th. Balance of cost is being provided by a collaboration between the University of California Cooperative Extension and the Humboldt County Prescribed Burn Association through the Cal Fire CCI grant program.
PREREQUISITES BRING S-190 Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior, and satisfactory completion of pre-selection assessment and pre-course work.