Webcast - Crosswalk: Bridging the Skills Gap
Wildland Fire Skills Gap Courses for Structural Firefighters
This Webcast explains the requirements, availability, and distribution of the new Wildland Fire Skills Gap Courses for Structural Firefighters.
These courses address wildland skills and knowledge that qualified and experienced firefighters would not have acquired through their structural firefighting training. By focusing solely on the non-acquired skill sets, required classroom hours and curriculum redundancies are minimized, making more efficient use of limited training hours.
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The links below will take you to video chapters of the Webcast. At the end of each video, you will return to this page to select the next chapter you wish to watch.
- Introduction
- Importance of Crosswalk and Gap Courses - Chief Greg Cade, Former U. S. Fire Administrator
- National Wildfire Coordinating Group Vision - Brian McManus, Chairman, NWCG
- Building Capacity of the Fire Service - Paul Hannemann, Texas Forest Service
- Gap Courses and their Benefits - Kelly Hawk, Bureau of Land Management
- Teaching Requirements - Deb Epps, NWCG Development Unit Leader
- Partnerships Developed - Dan Smith, NC State Forester and Tim Dunkle, PA State Fire Training Director
- Better Prepared Fire Service - Chief Will May, Jr., Alachua County, FL
- Conclusion
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Last Reviewed: March 5, 2009
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