BASIC 32Certificate

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Community of interest
Health & Public Services
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Certificate
Program code
BASIC32.CC
Department
AJX Skill Builder
CIP code
43.0203: Fire Science/Fire-fighting.
TOP code
2133.50 - Fire Academy*
(Not Eligible for Financial Aid) Student will gain fundamental knowledge of the factors affecting wildland fire behavior, control prevention, and firefighter safety for entry-level employment with a federal agency wildland firefighting crew.
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Program Snapshot

Community of interest
HPS Health & Public Services
Award
Certificate
Program code
BASIC32.CC
Department
AJX Skill Builder
CIP code
43.0203: Fire Science/Fire-fighting.
TOP code
2133.50 - Fire Academy*

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BASIC 32
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A short-cycle credential built around a specific skill or job role. Useful as an entry point to a field, a step toward a larger credential, or a way to round out an existing degree.

Financial aid note. Courses taken solely to complete a Certificate of Completion are not eligible for financial aid.

See the 2025-26 Catalog for official program details

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3 units
FSC 18
Basic Wildland Firefighting
3 units
course details

This course prepares students to meet the requirements to qualify and seek employment as a Type 2 Wildland Firefighter. It provides students with fundamental knowledge of wildland fire behavior, control, prevention and firefighter safety. Students will learn suppression and survival methods and techniques, and the use of hand and power tools and burning devices in the suppression of wildland fires. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be awarded certificates for the following National Wildland Fire Training courses: S-110 Basic Wildland Fire Orientation; S-130 Firefighter Training; S-190 Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior; L-180 Human Factors in the Wildland Fire Service; I-100 Introduction to Incident Command System and NIMS 700 Introduction to National Incident Management System.

Career Connections

2-Year Degree Paths

Entry points students may pursue after associate-level study, technical preparation, or licensure pathways.

Example roles: 2

  • First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers
  • Firefighters

4-Year Degree Paths

Roles that more often open up after transfer and a bachelor's degree.

No locally mapped occupations in the current dataset are grouped into the 4-year pathway for this program.

Graduate School Paths

Advanced roles commonly associated with graduate, professional, or post-baccalaureate study.

No locally mapped occupations in the current dataset are grouped into the graduate-school pathway for this program.

Local Job Market

First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention WorkersSOC 33-10211 nearby opening

Search keyword used: fire captain · Search window: last 30 days, 25-mile radius

Top employers in sample

  • City of Chico 1

Where the postings are

  • Butte Creek, Butte County 1

Sample current postings

  1. Deputy Chief - FireCity of Chico · Butte Creek, Butte County · 6 days ago

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FirefightersSOC 33-20112 nearby openings

Search keyword used: firefighter · Search window: last 30 days, 25-mile radius · Avg listed salary: $60,000/yr

Top employers in sample

  • City of Chico 1
  • Morphius Corp 1

Where the postings are

  • Butte Creek, Butte County 1
  • Paradise, Butte County 1

Sample current postings

  1. Customer Service Representative ( REMOTE WORK )Morphius Corp · Paradise, Butte County · 5 days ago
  2. Deputy Chief - FireCity of Chico · Butte Creek, Butte County · 6 days ago

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Posting counts come from Adzuna's index of US job boards, covering the last 30 days within 25 miles of ZIP 95965. Coverage and salary visibility vary by employer. Empty searches expand the radius and posting window before the section gives up.

Source Notes

Course sequencing is generated from the Acadia Program Mapper cache. Career groupings use local CIP-to-SOC mappings and BLS occupation data when available. Confirm education plans with Counseling and Advising.

Career Connections used a same-family CIP fallback because this exact CIP was not in the NCES/IPEDS crosswalk (43.0201).

Live wage data was not available from the BLS helper for the mapped occupations, so some pay fields may be blank.

Last generated 2026-06-12T23:24+00:00