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Submit the Form by mail to Lara Rainbolt, The Nature Conservancy, 3728 West River Dr NE, Comstock Park, MI 49321 or by e-mail to lrainbolt@tnc.org. You will receive a confirmation e-mail with additional information.
The National Wildfire Coordination Group’s (NWCG) Training Distance Learning Program is now offering the following courses online:
• I-100 Introduction to the Incident Command System
• S-130 Firefighter Training
• S-190 Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior
• S-290 Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior
All online courses require the use of a course administrator. A course administrator MUST be secured before attempting any course work. The course administrator is to answer questions you may have about the course work and not about the technical aspects of the online course. The Michigan Prescribed Fire Council (MPFC) can act as a course administrator upon receiving your registration.
Note: If you have slow or unreliable internet connectivity, it is recommended that you request the CD version of these courses when submitting your Registration form. The Reference Material that is needed for each course is available for download also or can be requested from MPFC as part of registration. You must still be able to print and/or save your test results.
Warning: The results of your course are NOT saved by the NWCG training site. If your course has a test component, be sure that you have a functioning printer/and or save the results to your computer. If you fail to print or save your results, there is no way to retrieve your results and you will have to retake the test.
Opportunities for learning from other organizations
- Basic Firefighter Training (S-130, S-190, L-180) offered at Ball State University by the Indiana Dept of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry, February 11 & 12, 2012.
- Prescribed Fire for Managers will introduce the fundamentals of preparing and implementing prescribed fire burn plans for resource management and/or hazard mitigation. This course is offered March 17 & 18, 2012 at Ball State University by the Indiana Dept of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry.
For questions or more information on the courses at Ball State University, contact David LeBlanc (dleblanc@bsu.edu).
The U.S. Forest Service is offering the following courses to qualified Fire Council members. If you have questions, please correspond with the contact listed.
Lower Peninsula
- S-200: Initial Attack Incident Commander, March 5-6.
Contact: Ben Eby, bjeby@fs.fed.us
- S-330: Task Force/Strike Team Leader, March 12-14.
Contact: Chris Peterson, capeterson@fs.fed.us
- Rx-341: Rx Fire Plan Preparation, February 28-March 2.
Contact: Joe Alyea, jalyea@fs.fed.us
- S-270: Basic Air Operations, June 4-5.
Contact Andrew Kurtz, akurtz@fs.fed.us
Upper Peninsula
All courses listed below will be held at Seney National Wildlife Refuge in Germfask. For calendar, go to National Training, click on Great Lakes Compact. Contact Linda Peterson, lpeterson@fs.fed.us.
- S-270: Basic Air Operations, March 12-14
- S-234: Ignition Operations, March 14-16
- L-280: Followership to Leadership, March 19-21
- S-330: Strike Team/Taskforce Leader, March 21-23
- S-230: Crew Boss, March 26-28
- S-231: Engine Boss, March 29-30