Prescribed Fire Training

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Fire Training Courses

Spring 2021

• February 26, Prescribed Fire Workshop​​
  Virtual via Zoom
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• March 17, ​Prescribed Fire Demonstration
  Comlara Interpretive Trail, Hudson, IL
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• ​S-130 Field Day will be on the following dates through the IL Fire Service Institute.  Contact Tom Richter.
  -March 6, Kirkland Fire Protection District, Kirkland, IL
  -March 13, Teutopolis FPD, Teutopolis, IL
  -March 20, Rio FPD, Rio, IL
  -March 27, Cisco FPD, Cisco, IL
  -April 3, Ogle-Lee FPD, Rochelle, IL
  
  

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 9/2020