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  1. USFA Administrator Makes a Call for NWCG Red Card Personnel

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    Wed, 24 Jul 2002

    National Multi-Agency Coordinating Group (NMAC), announced today a call for assistance in mobilizing wildland certified ( NWCG Red Card) structural firefighters from fire departments across the United States, with specific skills as Strike Team Leaders

  2. USFA Announces Web Site for Wildland Fire Training Information

    Article

    Mon, 22 May 2006

    is managed by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group ( NWCG ) Training Working Team and is located at http://training. nwcg .gov . This Web site provides information about the NWCG curriculum, training program, training material, standards

  1. FEMA Announces Two New Web-Based Incident Command System (ICS) Courses

    Article

    Tue, 24 May 2005

    National Wildfire Coordinating Group ( NWCG ). These new courses integrate the NIMS ..... study, interactive and equivalent to NWCG I-100 (Based on standard learning objectives ..... study, interactive and equivalent to NWCG I-200 (Based on standard learning objectives

  2. USFA offers wildland fire training for rural fire departments

    Article

    Tue, 26 Sep 2006

    of Homeland Security's U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) in cooperation with the National Wildfire Coordinating Group ( NWCG ) is working on a number of projects to provide structural firefighters with the competencies needed to work safely in wildland

  3. THE WILDLAND INTERFACE: IMPACT ON LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS

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    Fri, 1 May 1998

    National Wildfire Coordinating Group ( NWCG )7 adopted the NFPA standard-setting ..... operations. Don Artley, chair of the NWCG , has written to OSHA asking that it not ..... but that it instead participate in the NWCG /NFPA standard-setting process, adopted

  4. Wildfires Occur in Small Towns, Too: Are You Ready?

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    Sat, 1 Oct 2011

    National Wildfire Coordinating Group ( NWCG ) that, when delivered by a "competent ..... recognize the potential (high risk). The NWCG Fireline Handbook references four common ..... in February 2010 and are now part of the NWCG 2010 Incident Response Pocket Guide. In

  5. Wildland Fire Courses Offered by University of Nevada, Reno, Fire Science Academy

    Article

    Thu, 25 Feb 2010

    applicable National Wildland Coordinating Group ( NWCG ) standards. The FSA's Wildland Fire Academy ..... 290 Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior, NWCG S-230 Crew Boss/Single Resource, and NWCG S-231 Engine Boss/Single Resource. Each

  6. Delivering a Wildland Fire Training Program to a Structural Fire Department

    Article

    Fri, 3 Dec 2010

    National Wildfire Coordinating Group ( NWCG ) and the National Association of State ..... program are delivered only through your local NWCG partner. The final exercise in this online ..... conducted by the department’s local NWCG partner. After the field exercise, nationally

  7. FSA Releases 2012 Open Enrollment Schedule

    Article

    Tue, 19 Jul 2011

    Hazardous Materials Chemistry. Rescue with Rope Rescue and Confined Space Rescue. Wildland Fire offering NWCG FFT-1 Wildland Firefighter and NWCG RT-130 Annual Wildland refresher courses. Industrial Emergency Management and Professional Development

  8. NFPA Receives Grant to Develop Fire Adapted Communities Initiative

    Article

    Wed, 30 Nov 2011

    National Association of State Foresters) NVFC (National Volunteer Fire Council) USFA (United States Fire Administration) NWCG WUI MC (Wildland Urban Interface Mitigation Committee of the National Wildfire Coordinating Group) “Wildfires will occur