This workshop is held November 13-19, 2013. Please plan to travel home on November 20, 2013.

Curriculum

This workshop will provide participants the opportunity to:

Become familiar with interagency fuels management direction, policy and planning
Understand and implement key elements of successful fuels program in the wildland urban interface and landscapes
Interact with successful program managers and practitioners and build a network of contacts for the future
Discuss risk management, liability, and burn complexity as it pertains to agency administrators
Discuss policy, burn plans, smoke management, and the decision making process with a highly qualified cadre
Enhance prescribed fire skills through practical experience burning with a variety of cooperators
Experience fire monitoring elements through hands-on application in order to assess effectiveness of fire treatments in meeting objectives

Workshop Schedule

Kickoff and dinner begins at 1700 on Wednesday, November 13. The team will spend the following morning in orientation with short briefings on safety, equipment, and southeastern fuels. Field trips/burning will be at potential cooperator sites located within the area chosen for the workshop. Federal, state and private cooperators may be visited during this timeframe. On the last day, participants will conduct a closeout with the cadre. Participants should plan to travel home the morning of November 20. PFTC will provide all transportation during the workshop.

Location

The Workshop includes interaction with active federal and state prescribed fire programs. The selected workshop start/end point will be near a major Florida jetport to be determined at a later date. During the workshop the participants and cadre will move within a geographic region to take advantage of burning windows and programs. This will necessitate changing lodging at least once, if not more, during the week.

For additional information and application form visit the PFTC website at www.fws.gov/fire/pftc/training_opportunities.shtml

Location: Florida
Deadline: September 20, 2013
Contact Name: Greg Seamon
Contact E-mail: gseamon@ttrs.org
Contact Phone: (850) 523-8631
Expiration: September 21, 2013
Region(s): National
Topic(s): Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations & Legislation
Partner Site(s): N/A
Website: http://www.fws.gov/fire/pftc/downloads/aa_2014_flyer.pdf