Course variations

Course summary

This program is designed to prepare students for entry level occupations in the wildland side of the fire service. Job opportunities include fire departments, State, and U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, National Park Service, and Bureau of Land Management. Some of the classes included in this degree are introduction to wildland fire behavior, wildfire chain saws, basic air operations, and internships. Many of the FSW classes will be offered in conjunction with the Colorado Wildland Fire and Incident Management Academy offered January of each year.

Program modules

The modules include FSW 100 - S-190 Intro to Wildland Fire Credits: 1; FSW 101 - S-130 Firefighting Training Credits: 2; FSW 103 - D-110 Dispatch Recorder/Ross Credits: 1; FSW 141 - S-203 Intro to Incident Info. Credits: 2; FSW 142 - S-211 Portable Pumps/Water Use Credits: 1.5; FSW 143 - S-212 Wildland Chain Saws Credits: 2; FSW 144 - S-215 Fire - Wildland/Urban Credits: 2; FSW 148 - S-248 Status/Check-in Recorder Credits: 1; FSW 149 - S-260 Interagency Incident Mgt Credits: 1; FSW 150 - S-261 Applied Interagency Credits: 1; FSW 151 - S-270 Basic Air Operations Credits: 1; FSW 153 - S0-290 Inter. Wildland Fire Credits: 2; FSW 155 - I-200, IS-200, Q-436 Basic ICS Credits: 1.5; FSW 156 - L-280 Followership/Leadership Credits: 1; FSW 204 - S-359 Medical Unit Leader Credits: 1; HWE 111 - Health and Fitness Credits: 3; ENG 121 - English Composition I [CO1] Credits: 3; MAT 107 - Career Math Credits: 3 or MAT 108 - Technical Mathematics Credits: 4; GEY 111 - Physical Geology [SC1] Credits: 4; BIO 111 - Gen College Biol I w/Lab [SC1] Credits: 5; BIO 112 - Gen College Bio II w/Lab [SC1] Credits: 5; CIS 118 - Intro PC Applications Credits: 3; CRJ 109 - Culture and Conflict Resolution 2; FST 103 - Occupational Safety and Health for Fire Credits: 3; FST 280 - Internship Credits: 1 to 6; FSW 102 - S-131 Firefighter Type I Credits: 0.5; FSW 104 - I-100 Introduction to ICS Credits: 0.25; FSW 105 - L-180 Human Factors/Fire Line Credits: 0.25; FSW 140 - S-200 Initial Attack/Commander Credits: 1; FSW 145 - S-230 Crew Boss Credits: 1.5; FSW 146 - S-231 Engine Boss Credits: 1 (Single Rescue); FSW 147 - S-234 Ignition Operations Credits: 2; FSW 152 - S-271 Helicopter Crew Member Credits: 2; FSW 154 - Wildland Fire Origin/Cause Credits: 2.5; FSW 200 - S-300 Attack Commander Credits: 1; FSW 201 - S-330 Task Force/Strike Leader Credits: 1.5; FSW 202 - S-336 Tactical Decision Making Credits: 2; FSW 203 - S-339 Div/Group Supervisor Credits: 1; FSW 205 - S-390 Intro to Fire Behavior Credits: 2; FSW 206 - I-300 Inter. ICS/Supervisors Credits: 1.5; FSW 240 - S-440 Planning Section Chief Credits: 1; FSW 242 - M-480 Multi-Agency MAC Group Credits: 0.5; GEY 121 - Historical Geology [SC1] Credits: 4; MAN 212 - Negotiation/Conflct Resolution Credits: 3; XXX Spanish Prefix Class 3; Other NWCG Approved Classes.

Entry requirement for international students

Students should have secured ACT scores of 17 (reading), 18 (sentence skills), 19 (math); or SAT scores of 430 (verbal), 460 (math); or successful completion of college-level math and English courses; or should have taken the Accuplacer computer placement test. In addition to this, international students should have obtained a TOEFL iBT (internet-based TOEFL) score of 57 or higher, or a TOEFL PBT (paper-based TOEFL) score of 490 or higher; or IELTS overall score of 5.0 or higher; or successful completion of college-level English composition at a regionally-accredited US college or university.

Qualification

Associate degree

Awarding body

Aims Community College

Department name

Aims Community College