The high-impact opening for the course includes four videos that play in time with one music file. A programmatic challenge! But the end result was worth it.

This 8-12 hours course covers a variety of health and safety issues… from how to avoid entrapment, to hydration and heat stress. Once the learner has taken all the modules and tests, they can access an Index for easy review of any content area.

Four actual cases of firefighter fatalities and injuries are detailed in the course. Perhaps the best known case is South Canyon, where 14 firefighters lost their lives, entrapped by fire.

In addition to highlighting key health and safety information, these cases really bring home the importance of the training. The last words of the course are “A number of firefighters have paid a price for much of the safety information you have just learned in this course - the price of their lives. Don't let it go to waste.”

Through the tools menu learners can access a glossary, references, a conversion calculator, and a course map.

This graphic based interaction will allow the learner to experiment with firefighter fluid levels. As time passes, the learner can see their current moisture balance. There are different video feedback clips based on the learner choices.

This Try It Out asks the learner to pick the wildland/urban interface watch out situations from the graphic.

Each section of the course is completed with a study test that works much like a board game. The entire course is completed with a final test. Test results are stored in Christie Administrator.