Wildland fire module

The Nature Conservancy is the sole non-government entity to sponsor and support a Fire Use Module.

[jargon] Secondarily the modules were intended to be used in monitoring fire effects, and manually reducing hazard fuels on various park units.

Modules were also anticipated to be used to assist other agencies in fire use and fuels treatment projects when all the park unit objectives were met.

These modules are highly qualified and extremely effective in a variety of fire ground operations ranging from basic suppression to extremely accurate fire behavior analysis and other tactical predictive services.

A typical module consists of the following positions:[5] Target qualifications for WFM are listed below (qualifications are not tied to a particular position within the WFM)[7] As a part of fire line performance required of WFMs, the physical ability to perform arduous labor is critical to module morale, personal health and safety standards.

Crew member setting a back burn fire to limit the spread of a wildfire.
Checking a map showing the area of a planned burn.