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Welcome to the National Interagency Prescribed Fire Training Center

The National Interagency Prescribed Fire Training Center (NIPFTC) offers unique programs that blend prescribed (Rx) 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 agencies and organizations 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 training locations selected utilize hosts that have 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.

The core programs NIPFTC provides are The Prescribed Fire Leadership Modules and Agency Administrator Workshop.

Visit our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@RxPFTC/videos, for testimonials and presentations from our deliveries.

Click on our story map, https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/595c73132e5f4a388d7c80ef872bb841, for locations where our cooperators and host units support our program. 

Rx Fire Leadership Module
Overview The National Interagency Prescribed Fire Training Center (NIPFTC) Rx Fire Leadership Module is designed to give individuals an opportunity to increase their prescribed (Rx) fire practitioner skills and gain confidence in their own…
Cooperators and Host Units
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…
Agency Administrator Workshop
Overview Agency Administrators and Line Officers are being tasked to aggressively implement fuels management programs. This requires gaining additional skills to effectively manage evolving fuels management plans that may need to meet a…
Field Coordinator Detail
Overview Field Coordinators or Assistant Field Coordinators for the National Interagency Prescribed Fire Training Center (NIPFTC) act as the leads and mentors for the Rx Fire Leadership Modules to ensure accountability, cohesion, and…
NIPFTC Steering Committee
Responsibility The Steering Committee has been charged with providing the National Interagency Prescribed Fire Training Center (NIPFTC) Director and staff feedback as to whether the mission of NIPFTC is being carried out. The mission is to…
NIPFTC Staff
NIPFTC staff are an interagency collaboration among the USFS, USFWS, BIA, and Tall Timbers.