Prescribed Fire Training

Fire Training Courses

SPRING 2023

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S-290 Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior
This 4-day course is designed to prepare the prospective fireline supervisor to undertake safe and effective fire management operations. It is the second course in a series that collectively serves to develop fire behavior prediction knowledge and skills.

Students must complete pre-course work and a pre-course exam prior to the class. NWCG estimates the time to complete the pre-course work and exam to be 5 hours.

Date: April 17-20, 2023
Prerequisite: S-190 Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior
Time: 7:00am – 3:15pm
Location: St. James Farm Forest Preserve, 2S541 Winfield Rd, Warrenville, IL 60555
Cost: $400
Email Scott Meister to enroll

Midwest Fire Training

Wisconsin Prescribed Fire Council Training
Michigan Prescribed Fire Council Training
- Burning Issues Workshop — video recordings shared from the workshop
- Spark Blog
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Fire Education Courses

National Wildlife Coordinating Group
Online Training Courses S130/190

Southern Illinois University
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.

Morton Arboretum
Check the Adult Programs list to look for current offerings of the course.

Chicago Wilderness offers the Midwest Ecological Prescription Burn Crew Member Training class online through The Morton Arboretum. Based on the National Wildfire Coordinating Group’s (NWCG) S-130 and S-190 courses, this two-day training covers the basics of such topics as fire behavior, controlled burn techniques, and smoke management. The objective is to provide participants with the background necessary to safely participate on the crew of a controlled burn.

Please be aware that although the training is accepted by many of the natural resource management agencies in the Chicago Wilderness region as the minimum training required for a participant on a burn crew, it does not carry the official NWCG certification. This class can be taken as a supplement to the Natural Areas Conservation Training Program in natural areas management.

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A 14-day workshop was designed to achieve live fire operations so participants could experience leadership opportunities in wildland fires. Doing this workshop, participants learned to manage uncontrolled wildfires on the pine savannas of Deep River Forest Reserve, Belize.

UPDATED 04/2022