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Nomination Process

Forest Service (FS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), and state or local government employees will submit their nominations through their Geographical Area Training Representative for prioritization and forwarding to NAFRI.

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and National Park Service (NPS) employees will submit their nominations through their respective agencies’ National Fire Office for prioritization and forwarding to NAFRI.

All other agencies, please call NAFRI course coordinators for nomination submission process (520-799-8787). See Contacts page or Course Schedule to identify specific course coordinators.

Federal employees should submit nominations to the following courses through the IQCS workflow. Paper and electronic NWCG nomination forms will still be accepted. Contact the course coordinator if you have questions.

D510 – Supervisory Dispatcher – Expanded Dispatch

Learning from Unintended Outcomes:  FLA Workshop
M580 – Fire in Ecosystem Management
NFDRS – Advanced National Fire Danger Rating System
RX510 –Advanced Fire Effects
S590 – Advanced Fire Behavior Interpretation

Please refer to the Course Description page on the NAFRI website for the Nomination Processes for these courses:

CIMC Complex Incident Management Course
L580 – Leadership is Action
S520 – Advanced Incident Management
S620 – Area Command

Submit nominations directly to the course coordinator for:
NAFA – National Aerial Firefighting Academy
NFS – National Aerial Firefighting Academy Flight Simulator

Nominations for all other NAFRI courses should be submitted via paper/electronic NWCG nomination form through Geographical Area Training Representatives and National Fire Offices for prioritization and forwarding to NAFRI.  

All nominations must be submitted on the NWCG training nomination form (NFES-2131).

A Nomination form is available in several formats on the National Wildland Fire Training website. Download, fill out, and mail or fax as appropriate.