About Us What's Happening Cross-Cutting Issues Ecological Fire Management Training aand Networks Contact

FIRE TRAINING

Current Course Schedule

The following upcoming training opportunities are sponsored by The Nature Conservancy and are open to students from a variety of organizations and geographic areas. This list may include courses offered by both Conservancy state programs and Conservancy's National Fire Training Program .

Click on the heading to be linked to documents and websites for additional information.

Course

COURSE DATES/

Tuition

Location
Nomination Due

Rx341: Prescribed Fire Plan Preparations

Announcement

April 25-30, 2010

Tuition Fee $275

(includes all meals and lodging)

Singletary Lake State Park

Kelly, NC

(near Fayetteville)

March 1, 2010

Nomination

(submit to lbutterfield@tnc.org)

Midwest Interagency Engine Academy

Announcement

June 5-11, 2010

Tuition Fee $400 (includes all meals and lodging)

Fort McCoy

 

Wisconsin

March 19, 2010

Nomination

(submit to hspaul@tnc.org)

IQCS: Account Managers

SA Advanced Fire and Aviation Academy

June 14-16, 2010

Tuition free to SA Region, others $300

Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront

Jacksonville, FL

April 2, 2010

Nominations through IQCS

(contact lbutterfield@tnc.org)


 

Partner Training Links

TNC supports our many partners in their fire training efforts.

About TNC's Fire Training Program

     

Students work together in their squad to size-up a fire at Crew Boss Academy, FL 2008.

 
 

The Nature Conservancy has conducted over a 100 fire training sessions since 1986. Having served more than 3,700 students to date, the Conservancy has earned a reputation for its innovative, experiential approach to learning and dynamic, interagency cadre and student bodies. We teach standard fire management classes from an ecological perspective, using examples and suggesting techniques for managing fire for ecosystem benefits. We have had students from almost every state and a few foreign countries, and

represent a mix of Conservancy staff, federal, state and local partners and private landowners.

The majority of our training work in the United States is funded through a cooperative agreement with the USDA Forest Service and the U.S. Department of the Interior.

There are five standard courses in our core curriculum: Crew Boss Academy, S-290/S-390, Engine Academy, RX-310, and RX-301/Rx341 and the WEB.  In addition, we frequently offer other supporting courses in concert with local, regional and national partners.

Incident Qualification and Certification System (IQCS)

The Nature Conservancy is part of the Incident Qualification and Certification System (IQCS), enabling TNC staff, volunteers, and selected partners to obtain Incident Qualification Cards (red cards). Learn more about this partnership and what it means for Nature Conservancy fire staff.

If you have any questions about TNC's Fire Training Program or IQCS, please feel free to Contact us.


  Copyright 2008 The Nature Conservancy Home  |  Privacy Statement  |  Financial Information  |  Legal Disclosure