2025 Single Resource Boss - CRWB/ENGB (S-230 & S-231)

2025 Single Resource Boss - CRWB/ENGB (S-230 & S-231)
- S-230 Pre-Course is a 3-Hour Online Training (required for either S-230 or S-231)

- S-230 is a 16-Hour Instructor-Led Training Dec 1-2 (Mon-Tue 8am-5pm)
- Boulder County Regional Fire Training Center (6055 Reservoir Road, Boulder, CO 80301)
- Click HERE for a Map (NOTE: access off of 119/Diagonal Highway)

- S-231 is a 16-Hour Instructor-Led Training Dec 3-4 (Wed-Thu 8am-5pm)
- Lefthand Fire & Rescue Station 1 (900 Lefthand Canyon Drive, Boulder, CO 80302)
- Click HERE for a Map

Target Group

Personnel desiring to be qualified as any single resource boss.

Course Description

Crew Boss - Single Resource (S-230) is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills to perform the duties of the Crew Boss (CRWB) position, as described in the NWCG Incident Position Standards for Crew Boss, Single Resource, PMS 350-98. Topics include travel and check-in in, briefings, assigning tasks and assessing crew performance, implementing fire line duties, mop-up, firing operations, using aerial resources, medical emergencies, and wildland urban interface. The course is a blended training. The first part of the course consists of a self-directed online component which provides knowledge and concepts required to meet the responsibilities of the Crew Boss, followed by an instructor-led component, where students will apply the knowledge and concepts in scenario-based activities.

Engine Boss - Single Resource (S-231) is a skill course designed to produce student proficiency in the performance of the duties associated with engine boss, single resource (ENGB). Topics include engine and crew capabilities and limitations, information sources, fire sizeup considerations, tactics, and wildland/urban interface.

Objectives

Crew Boss - Single Resource (S-230)
Given a scenario and supporting materials, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate briefing of assigned resources.
- Evaluate, implement, and provide the rationale for the appropriate decisions to accomplish each of the following assignment objectives:
--- Direct attack
--- Firing operations
--- Aerial resources
--- Medical emergency
--- Wildland-urban interface
--- Mop-up
- Identify the resource needs and tactical adjustments for the assignment objectives.

Engine Boss - Single Resource (S-231)
- Perform the tasks of an engine boss in making the tactical decisions required to safely manage an engine on an incident.

Course Prerequisites

- Qualified as firefighter type 1 (FFT1 squad boss).
- Successful completion of Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior (S-290).
- Successful completion of S-230 Online Pre-Course.
- IMPORTANT: S-230 is a prerequisite for S-231, however this combined class will suffice.

IMPORTANT: successful completion of a 3-HOUR ONLINE PRE-COURSE is required before attending either of these instructor-led courses...
- https://www.wildlandfirelearningportal.net/course/view.php?id=1747

Note: the link above will be included in your confirmation email if completing pre-course at a later date.