Training

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Fire Training Courses

Fire Education Classes

• Chicago Wilderness Burn Crew Training
• National Wildlife Coordinating Group
  Online Training Courses S130/190​
• Certified Prescribed Burn Manager Application
• Silviculture
  Silviculture Fire offers all 100 and 200 level NWCG courses
  
• ​Big Rivers Forest Fire Management Compact Single Resource Academy​
  John A Logan College, 700 Logan College Road, Carterville, IL
  *S-211 Portable Pumps and Water Use
  *S-212 Wildland Fire Chainsaws
  *S-219 Firing Operations
  *S-230 Crew Boss 
  *S-231  Engine Boss
  *S-236 Heavy Equipment Boss
• Upcoming Prescribed Fire Training Exchanges
  These trainings are organized as Type III incidents under the National Incident Management System. Participants will serve in NWCG qualified and trainee firefighting positions on a burn team and assist with preparing, scouting, briefing, igniting, holding, mop-up, and patrol on numerous controlled burns in the area. Teams will also complete pre- and post-fire monitoring, train with equipment, practice fire line leadership skills, and learn about local fire ecology and fire management.
  
  Contact Jeremy Bailey with any questions.
  
  2019 winter & spring schedule: 
  *April 29-May 3, Iowa Cooperative Burn Week in Council Bluffs, Iowa
  *April 29-May 10, Central Oregon TREX in Bend, Oregon
  *May 13-May 24, Ashland TREX in Ashland, Oregon

Southern Illinois University
Spring Semesters; Instructor Charles Ruffner

• FOR 315 Fire in Wildland Management
  Fire as a phenomenon in wildland management. Topics covered are fire prevention, detection, suppression, behavior, effects, use and economics. Major emphasis is on fire control and fire ecology. Requires field trip transportation fees and supplemental expenditures not to exceed $75 per course registration.

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UPDATED 4/2019