Wildland Fire

WILDLAND FIRE

BES provides wildland fire services for deployment to fires in all types of local natural areas, ranging from forests to grasslands, in support of local and county fire departments. In addition to firefighters engaged in direct fire suppression and mitigation, BES can provide incident support in a variety of ways through our other services, such as incident staging and fireline rescue. BES has also provided members to Boulder County’s Incident Management Team and Emergency Operations Center.

All BES firefighters are certified to the national standards of wildland firefighting from the National Wildfire Coordinating Group. In addition to their initial training, firefighters are required to attend a yearly certification refresher and maintain a relatively high standard of physical fitness. Some firefighters and non-firefighting personnel are additionally certified in other related wildfire skills through the NWCG, FEMA All-Hazards, and other certifying bodies.

BES wildland fire services:

• Wildland firefighting hand crew
• Staging area management
• Ropes & rigging / fireline search and rescue
• Evacuation support
• Unmanned aerial vehicle imaging
• Traffic control and closures
• Incident Management Team (IMT) and Emergency Operation Center (EOC) support