Prior to the start of each operational season, new crew members take part in a Provincial Boot Camp in Meritt, B.C. After successfully completing this training, the recruit returns to his/her designated base where further proficiency training takes place.

Fire Crew members receive instruction in:

• Wildfire Management Overview
• Fundamentals of Fire fighting
• Portable Pumps and Water Deliver Systems
• Fire Communications
• WHMIS, Dangerous Goods
• Helicopter Safety and Helipad Construction
• Fire Weather/Fire Behaviour Prediction
• Safe Driving
• Burning Off and Backfiring/Use of Bulldozers
• Chainsaw Safety
• Wilderness Survival
• Safety and Fire Behaviour
• Fire Entrapment Avoidance
• Fireline Leadership

See photos taken at boot camp.