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Yurok Prescribed Fire Training Exchange

Objectives: To develop community capacity to safely and effectively reintroduce fire onto the local landscape. Additionally, this training will focus learning from and about the tribes of the Pacific Northwest and their traditional and contemporary use of prescribed fire.
Target Group: This training is designed to integrate a diverse group of fire practitioners with varying degrees of knowledge and experience. Participants include tribal members, tribal forestry employees, local contractors, federal and state firefighters, volunteer firefighters from the community, The Nature Conservancy staff and volunteers, university students, county/regional regulators, and out-of-region and international guests and fire workers.

Registration Fee: The regular fee is $200. University students pay $100. Waivers are available for participants who bring equipment (e.g. engines, UTVs, etc.) or who provide their own lodging and accommodations. Please note that the
registration fee is not pro-rated based on the amount of time at TREX. Description: The training is organized as an incident, using the Incident Command System. Participants will serve in qualified and trainee firefighting positions on a burn team and will assist with preparing, scouting, briefing, igniting, holding, mop-up, and patrol on numerous controlled burns in the area. We will also complete pre- and post-fire monitoring, train with equipment, practice fire line leadership skills, and learn about local fire ecology and fire management.

There will be field trips to areas burned in recent wildfires and presentations from local tribal elders, scientists, land managers, and practitioners. Participants will also present briefings about the fire regimes in their home region and discuss management challenges and opportunities there. In addition, participants will practice for local media interviews.

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Event Details

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Location: Weitchpec, CA