Wildland Program History
In 2007, the Boulder Emergency Squad approached the Boulder County Wildland Fire Cooperators about expanding JointFire into the wildland arena. The Cooperators wrote a letter of support to the Boulder County Commissioners, as did Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle, and BES was given a grant of $10,000 to pilot the wildland training program in 2008. The Boulder County Firefighters Association also provided $2,000 to support the development of the program.
Currently, the JointFire wildland offerings include annual refreshers, physical testing ("the pack test"), and local-level NWCG courses.
Download the original wildland program proposal in PDF...
Download the original wildland program proposal PowerPoint presentation in PDF...