Wildland Firefighter

Non-Credit Career Pathway Course

Firefighter Type 2 (FFT2) training will prepare students to serve on a hand crew, engine crew, or helitack crew, performing fire suppression and fuels management duties in adverse climate, fuel, and terrain conditions.

The Wildland Firefighter Type 2 training offered through TrainND Southwest is an industry-led program designed to prepare students to enter the firefighting industry classified as a Firefighter Type 2. Students will be introduced to incident command systems (ICS), human factors in wildland fire service, firefighter training, wildland fire behavior, and national incident management systems (NIMS).

If you enjoy working in the outdoors and have an interest in firefighting, the Wildland Firefighter training is a rewarding career option. This certificate program can lead into a career as a wildland firefighter with Federal and State land managing agencies and private contracting businesses. It will provide you with the skills and knowledge necessary for the entry level wildland firefighter position. By combining classroom instruction with hands-on training, with an emphasis on field operations and tactics, we will equip you with knowledge required of an entry level wildland firefighter.

More detailed information including course prerequisites, course outcomes, course commitment, course investment, and much more can be found on our website at bit.ly/BSCWildlandFirefighter.

Registration Requirements:

• Register online at registeratbsc.com or in-person by completing a non-credit application along with the payment at Bismarck State College National Energy Center of Excellence, 1200 Schafer Street, Room 107.
• Students will need a FEMA student identification system ID to access the online FEMA trainings. The link to creating an account will be shared with students upon registration and closer to the start date of the course.