Plumas Unified School District/Lassen & Plumas National Forests Storrie Fire Restoration Agreement:Restoration Agreement • March 5th, 2016
Contract Type FiledMarch 5th, 2016For a third year, students from Portola HS Fire Science Class learned about what it takes to be a wildland firefighter through participation in a “Basic 32 Wildland Firefighting” course. Firefighters from Plumas NF Beckwourth Ranger District and Beckwourth Volunteer Fire Department assisted with academic and field instruction. The students partici- pated in a briefing where they learned about the burn organization (burn boss, firing, holding); listened to a presenta- tion from Fire Ecologist Sara Billings; prepared containment lines; learned about and practiced with firing devices and firing techniques; observed fire activity and behavior; and learned the background on prescribed fires: burn plans, thresholds, weather, probability of ignition.