Prescribed Fire Training

Contact us, using the form below, if you would like your training listed on our website.

Fire Training Courses

Fall 2021

• ​S-130/S190 Field Day -- October 30
  S-190: Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior
  S-130: Firefighter Training
  COST: $140
  LOCATION: Cortland, IL
  CONTACT: Janie Bristow
  
  
• S-131: Firefighter Type I  November 1 and November 14, 2021
  Entirely online and at your own pace. ​
  COST: $75
  Registration
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• ​S-130/S190 Field Day will be on the following dates through the IL Fire Service Institute. Fill out the enrollment form and send it to Tom Richter. Contact him with any questions.
  TIME: 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
  -October 23, Erie, IL
  -October 30, Cortland, IL
  -November 13, South Elgin, IL

There are still seats available for the ICS 300 course that St. Paul Emergency Management is hosting at Camp Ripley next month.  See the information and registration link below:

• Course Name: ICS 300
• Instructors: TEEX
• Date: Nov 19-21, 2021
• Time: 0800-1700
• Location: Camp Ripley, St. Paul, MN
• ​Registration: https://my.teex.org/TeexPortal/Default.aspx?MO=mCourseCatalog&D=FP&C=MGT904&S=605

Check you have completed the pre-requisites. For questions regarding these courses, contact Mike Sand.

Midwest Fire Training

• Wisconsin Prescribed Fire Council Training
• ​Michigan Prescribed Fire Council Training

Fire Education Courses

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 10/2021