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The following training opportunities have passed across our desks. If you are offering additional courses, please send us an email and information will be posted on our website and in future newsletters.

Fox Valley Technical College, Appleton, Wisconsin

Fall courses include Intro to Wildland Fire (S-130/S-190/L-180), Air Operations (S-270), Intermediate Fire Behavior (S-290), and Chainsaws (S-212).

Course	Dates
NWCG Wildfire Intro S130/S190/L180	9/2 – 9/6
NWCG Wildfire Intro S130/S190/L180	9/29 – 10/3
S-270 Air Ops	contact FVTC
NWCG S290 Intermediate Fire Behavior	10/15 – 10/18
WF Chainsaws S-212	12/9 - 12/12

You can view or download a PDF version of the Fall 2014 course list.

For information about prerequisites or to register for courses, contact Rick Buser, Department Chair of Wildland Fire, at 920-205-5902.

Michigan

The Michigan Prescribed Fire Council, along with the Lake States Fire Science Consortium, will be conducting the S-130 and S-190 course for Grand Valley State University.

NWCG S-130/190/L-180 August 15-19, 2014 at Pierce Cedar Creek Institute

For more information contact Jack McGowan-Stinski, or call at 989-287-1734

Prescribed Fire Training Exchange, Flagstaff, Arizona

The Arizona Prescribed Fire Council will host this training exchange September 23rd to October 4th, 2014. The 20 participants will stay at The Nature Conservancy’s Hart Prairie Preserve and conduct controlled burns on federal, state and private lands.  Applications are due by July 11.

More information is available through the Arizona Prescribed Fire Council.