Videos
Beaver Fire Deployment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7EwGSZQo0I&list=PLTjug05B4KNt-OVXS8Ce93vqSufg-sOmY&index=2
Point Fire Review https://www.nwcg.gov/publications/training-courses/rt-130/operations/op814
Review the 18 watchout situations
LCES Discussion
2018 Season Review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBimlyso4wM
Expected Conditions 2019
Fire Weather and Current Fire Forecast 2019
https://gacc.nifc.gov/rmcc/dispatch_centers/r2ftc/FTCWeather.htm
Colorado Drought monitor https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?CO
Windy https://www.windy.com/40.550/-105.070?rain,40.512,-105.672,8
National Predictive Services
https://www.nifc.gov/nicc/predictive/outlooks/outlooks.htm
Where to find the weather report
https://www.weather.gov/bou/fwf_combiner?zone=COZ215
Activities
Cardiac Arrest
Jesse's house has a large brush pile burning on dry ground. It is July wind direction is south winds 5-8 mph picking up with gusts to 30 at 10:30 am but expecting to switch as thunderstorms build towards the east 1:00 pm. Create a 2 squads with wet lines and put out the brush pile as well as any spots.
1. immediate assessment - 360, LCES in place, 900 and Larimer couty size up. rate of spread gear/tools CAN report Watchout
2. After arrival
3. Assess and prep structure for possible fire.
Lunch
Lay out 6 hoses with y gates, nozzles 3 per team. First team to spray water wins!
Fill 2 porta tanks with water. Get floating pump and 100 ft of hose to spray water. First one wins.
Visibility during an increase in fire activity 313 incident
Optional
Health and Safety Smoke Dangers https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=8&v=hD8OD2l09ds
April 2018 RCVFD Station 1 CO
RCVFD hosted an all-day wildland fire refresher. The photos show us deploying practice shelters, learning new CPR protocols, getting our safety reminder from the chief and Claudia giving us an afternoon 5 min yoga break. Please enjoy the photos!
https://rcvfd.org/about-rcvfd/rcvfd-news/tag/wildland%20fire#sigFreeIdf1eb2dfb43