Why do we need fire leadership training when agencies already address leadership through current curricula?
The wildland fire leadership development program focuses on developing leaders who operate on emergency incidents and make critical decisions under stressful situations and in high-risk environments. Standard leadership training does not address these specialized situations, and is not always available to people at all levels of the fire organization, such as temporary or seasonal firefighters. Agency leadership courses provide valuable training to natural resource professionals in most fields; however, wildland firefighting is one of the most dangerous of the natural resource occupations, and requires specialized training. Still, if agencies feel their internal training courses already meet the intent of the fire leadership courses, the Wildland and Prescribed Fire Qualifications System Guide (310-1) allows agencies to determine equivalency.
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