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 maintain a national interagency center of excellence for prescribed fire, with an emphasis on actual field experience, in order to increase skills and knowledge and to build confidence in the application of prescribed fire.
Composition
The Steering Committee consists of the NIPFTC Director and Administrative Specialist, as well as representation from the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), Florida Forest Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), National Park Service (NPS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Tall Timbers, and The Nature Conservancy (TNC).