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The National Interagency Prescribed Fire Training Center (NIPFTC) offers unique programs that blend prescribed burning experience with a flexible curriculum covering foundational topics for prescribed fire practitioners and fire and fuels managers. Emphasis is placed on field experience, providing maximum opportunities for a multitude of organizations and agencies (including international participants, non-governmental organizations, and federal, state, local, and tribal government agencies) to build skills and knowledge of prescribed fire.

NIPFTC's headquarters are in Tallahassee, Florida at Tall Timbers. Training locations are dispersed throughout the country. The locations selected utilize burn programs with broad prescription windows and a high level of interagency cooperation. Participants travel to several remote sites during their trainings to take advantage of prescribed burning and learning opportunities with a variety of agencies, fuel types, and challenges such as wildland urban interface.

Programs include Fire Leadership for Women (FLFW) 20-Day Sessions, Mixed Module 20-Day Sessions, and Agency Administrator Workshops. NIPFTC also provides detail opportunities.

NIPFTC is excited to announce:
  • The addition of new staff members to support expanding Interagency prescribed fire training.

  • The finalization of the NIPFTC Strategic Plan which will inform the expansion in two main areas:

    • Expanding the Prescribed Fire for Agency Administrators Workshop by 50%.

    • Expanding Field Module sessions to host sites across the country.

    • PFTC Expansion Focus Group Summary

In the coming weeks and months, NIPFTC Staff will be identifying new curricula and addressing the logistics of expanding field modules and workshops to new areas around the country. We hope to begin contacting local practitioners and training officials to identify potential module host sites with interagency partners and develop relationships with new partners in an inclusive manner.

Mixed Module 20-Day Session
Mixed Module 20-Day Session Video Overview The National Interagency Prescribed Fire Training Center (NIPFTC) Mixed Module 20-Day Session is a program designed to give individuals an opportunity to increase their prescribed fire…
Cooperators
The National Interagency Prescribed Fire Training Center (NIPFTC) couldn't have the success it enjoys without our cooperators. These cooperators host our attendees to provide valuable learning opportunities. This entails having sites…
News/Announcements
The National Interagency Prescribed Fire Training Center (NIPFTC) is excited to announce: The addition of new staff members to support expanding Interagency prescribed fire training. The finalization of the NIPFTC Strategic Plan which…
Fire Leadership for Women (FLFW) 20-Day Session
FLFW 20-Day Session Video Overview Women make up only 10% of the wildland firefighting community. The National Interagency Prescribed Fire Training Center (NIPFTC) aims to use prescribed fire as a catalyst to bring women together to become…
Field Coordinator Detail
Overview Field Coordinators for the National Interagency Prescribed Fire Training Center (NIPFTC) play important roles during the 20-day session training deliveries. The Field Coordinator functions as a link between the host units, NIPFTC…
Agency Administrator Workshop
Agency Administrator Workshop Video Overview Agency Administrators and Line Officers are being tasked to aggressively implement fuels management programs. This consists of gaining additional skills to effectively manage evolving fuels…
NIPFTC Steering Committee
Background July 10, 1997 was the first organizational meeting of the Prescribed Fire Training Center. It was just a concept on paper at the beginning of the meeting. The question was asked if a program could be ready in January 1998. At…
NIPFTC Staff
NIPFTC staff are an interagency collaboration among the USFS, USFWS, and Tall Timbers.