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 Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas. The southeast is an ideal site for NIPFTC due to the year-round burning programs of several agencies, broad prescription windows, and the 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:
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The addition of new staff members to support expanding Interagency prescribed fire training.
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The finalization of the NIPFTC Strategic Plan which will inform the expansion in two main areas:
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Expanding the Prescribed Fire for Agency Administrators Workshop by 50%.
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Expanding Field Module sessions to host sites across the country.
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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.
