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Overview
Alberta Wildfire designs and delivers more than 80 wildfire management training courses to our staff and workers. Most in-person courses are delivered at the Hinton Training Centre (HTC).
Alberta Wildfire is a member of the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC). It is also an Agency Authority Having Jurisdiction (AAHJ) to deliver ICS Training for Alberta’s wildfire staff.
Wildfire training delivered at HTC is focused on delivering job-skills training that aligns with Alberta Wildfire’s safe work practices, standard operating procedures and guidelines.
To explore permanent or seasonal opportunities working in wildfire management, visit Alberta Job Postings.
Wildfire management courses
(course descriptions and prerequisite information)
- Adult Instructor Training
- Advanced Wildland Fire Behaviour
- Air Support Management
- Airtanker Base Supervisor
- Alberta Forestry Enforcement
- Dozer Boss (Forestry)
- Dozer Boss (Industry)
- Duty Officer
- FI-210 Wildfire Origin and Cause Determination
- FI-310 Wildfire Investigation Case Development
- Firetack Crew Leader
- Firetack Crew Member
- Helicopter Coordinator
- Hover Exit (Instructor Course)
- ICS I-200
- ICS I-300
- ICS I-400
- IMT Development
- L-380 Fireline Leadership
- L-381 Incident Leadership
- Lookout Observer
- Lookout Supervisor Orientation
- National Air Attack Officer Level 1
- Prescribed Fire Planning
- Resilient Minds
- Safety Officer
- Strike Team/Task Force Leader
- S-589 Specialized Fire Behaviour Theory & Applications
- S-590 Operational Fire Behaviour Analyst Skills & Calculations
- S-591 Advanced Tools for Wildland Fire Modelling & Forecasting
- Time Unit
- Wildfire Crew Leader
- Wildfire Crew Member
- Wildfire Dispatcher Orientation
- Wildfire GIS - Mapping Specialist
- Wildfire Information Officer
- Wildfire Prevention 2
- Fire Permit
- Radio Communications
Online courses
- Aircraft Management
- CIFFC Online Canadian Forest Fire Behaviour Prediction (FBP) System
- CIFFC Online Principles of Fire Behaviour
- CIFFC Online Understanding the Fire Weather Index (FWI) System
- CIFFC Online Wildland Fire - Safety on the Fireline
- CIFFC Online S-131 Module 3 Fire Behaviour Fundamentals
- CIFFC Online S-131 Module 4 Fire Suppression
- CIFFC Online S-131 Module 9 Heavy Equipment
- CIFFC Online S-131 Module 10 Fireline Patrol and Mop-up
- CIFFC Online S-131 Module 12 Helicopter Operations
- CIFFC Online S-131 Module 13 Airtanker Operations
- Crew Resource Management – Train the Trainer
- Fire Permit
- H2S Awareness
- Introduction to ICS 1-100
- Introduction to WHMIS for the Worker
- Mapping Standards and Practice
- Pilot Orientation
- Radio Communications
- Wildfire Orientation
Alberta Wildfire training is delivered centrally at HTC, at local workplaces, and online.
Training includes a mix of online learning, in class lectures, simulations and practical hands-on training.
This base training enables workers to begin functioning in a variety of roles, where they are directly supervised, coached and mentored on the job to become competent. This qualification/certification process can take many years – depending on the complexity of the jobs.
Course enrollment
To be eligible to attend wildfire management training at the Hinton Training Centre (HTC), you must be either:
- a Government of Alberta wildfire management branch employee, or
- an employee or contractor working in a natural-resource-based industry, sponsored by the Government of Alberta to attend a course or workshop
Government of Alberta employees and contractors
Government employees and contractors can register for training by contacting the nearest Forest Area training contact.
Employees from other provinces/national agencies
Register through your national training contact.
Online training
The centre offers a variety of online training courses.
| User group | Information |
|---|---|
| Forestry Division employees | For a list of courses and passcodes, see the wildfire management branch SharePoint site. |
| Employees of other government departments, provincial/territorial governments or the federal government | Request access to training by contacting the HTC online help desk. |
| Contractors (non-government) | To request access contact the provincial training contact representative closest to your business location to discuss sponsorship/approval to take. |
Contact
Connect with online assistance:
Hours: 8:15 am to 4:30 pm (Open Monday to Friday, closed statutory holidays)
Phone: 780-865-8200
General training questions: [email protected]
Questions for online courses: [email protected]
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