National Interagency Prescribed Fire Training Center Over 15 years of Excellence in Experiential Learning Greg Seamon Fire Training Specialist.

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National Interagency Prescribed Fire Training Center Over 15 years of Excellence in Experiential Learning Greg Seamon Fire Training Specialist

PFTC Mission Statement 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.

PFTC Staff

Why Come to PFTC ? Yr# Days/Session# Burns/YrAvg Burns/SessionAvg Burns/ Module

Participants by Agency SINCE 1998 Bureau of Indian Affairs 57 Bureau of Land Management 156 Department of Defense 34 USDA Forest Service 1,088 US Fish and Wildlife Service 166 International 46 NASA 1 National Park Service 130 Private 30 State 83 Tribal 5 Total: 1,796

PFTC Accomplishments SINCE 1998 Participants from 49 states and 16 foreign countries Conducted 2,412 prescribed burns Burned in 6 states (MS, AL, FL, GA, SC, NC, and TN) Burned 883,484 acres (260,032 WUI ) 4,917 training assignments (since 2003)

2013 Accomplishments Five 20-day Sessions

Session Accomplishments 35 RXB2t = 164 assignments 1 RXB3t = 1 assignment

Session Accomplishments 45 FIRBt = 187 assignments

Session Accomplishments 6 ENGBt = 9 assignments

Session Accomplishments 24 FEMOt = 74 assignments

4 FFT1t = 74 assignments Session Accomplishments

College Credit 3 participants registered for and received 3 hours of upper division credit from the University of Florida at a cost of $210/credit hour.

2013 Operational Accomplishments 70,279 acres burned (26,079 WUI acres) during 172 burns Burns conducted in FL, GA, and SC 88%of acreage burned occurred on federal property 73% of burns occurred on non- federal property

2011 Resource Specialist Workshop 19 participants representing 5 federal agencies (NPS, BIA, USFS, FWS, DOD) and Tribes, NGOs, Local and State Agencies.

2013 Agency Administrator Workshop 31 participants representing the USFS and the USFWS.

FY 2014 Plan Agency Administrator Workshop: November 13-19, day Sessions: January 12-31, 2014 February 9-28, 2014 March 9-28, 2014 April 6-25, 2014 June 8-27, 2014

Participant Accomplishments Ten Take Home Messages Module Photos Module Videos Session and Workshop Quotes

Where Every Day is a Burn Day

We have a lasting impression on some of our participants

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