Training

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Fire Training Courses

Fall 2019

• Basic Wildland Firefighter Training — Field Day
  ​S-130/190
  Ringwood, IL on November 16, 2019
  Applications due by November 8, 2019​​
  ​​Download enrollment information
• Big Rivers Forest Fire Management Compact Wildfire Training Academy
  October 28-November 1, 2019
  Applications due October 1, 2019
• Upcoming Prescribed Fire Training Exchanges
  Contact Jeremy Bailey with any questions.

Winter 2019

• ​Michigan Prescribed Fire Trainings
  December 9-13, 2019 — S-131/290: Firefighter Type 1 Training Field Day
  Michigan Prescribed Fire Council Website

Winter 2020

• ​Michigan Prescribed Fire Trainings
  February 26-27, 2020 — S-130/190: Firefighter Type 2 Training Field Day
  ​Michigan Prescribed Fire Council Website

Fire Education Classes

• Chicago Wilderness Burn Crew Training
• National Wildlife Coordinating Group
  Online Training Courses S130/190​​
• Silviculture
  Silviculture Fire offers all 100 and 200 level NWCG courses​

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.

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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 9/2019