Florida Divison Of Forestry To Offer Free Firefighter Training

February 7, 2009

Volunteer and paid firefighters from any agency will have the chance to attend free training from the Florida Division of Forestry.

Officials with the Florida Division of Forestry, in partnership with the Santa Rosa County Firefighters Association, have announced the 2009 Wildland Fire Conference, a free training opportunity for volunteers or personnel from any fire service agency.

The event will be held February 20-22, at the Bo Johnson Life Fitness Center (Building 4000) at the Pensacola Junior College Milton Campus, located at 5988 Highway 90 in Milton.

According to Rena’ Barnes, forest area supervisor, “This is an excellent opportunity for volunteer and paid fire service personnel from Escambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties to receive beneficial training. This type of training is only offered once per year, and each individual who might have an interest needs to take advantage of it while they can.”

Courses offered will include required annual training, such as the Annual Fireline Refresher (RT-130), and other informative classes on wildland fire issues. Additionally, Intermediate Incident Command System (ICS-300) will be taught separately during the event.

In-person registration is required on Friday, February 20th, starting at 6 p.m. The ICS-300 course starts Friday night, from 7-10 p.m, and the remainder of that course and the conference will be held from 8:15 a.m. – 5 p.m. on Saturday, February 21st, and from 8:15 a.m. until noon on Sunday, February 22nd. Lunch will be provided for participants on Saturday and Sunday.

Individuals planning to attend are asked to sign up now for classes in which they are interested by visiting the February training calendar, located at the bottom left of the web page at www.santarosa.fl.gov/firedept. If the number of persons registered for a class exceeds space available, preference will be given to current firefighters and to persons who pre-registered.

For more information, contact Rena’ Barnes at (850) 957-6161 or barnesr@doacs.state.fl.us.

Pictured above: A fire rages through an Oak Grove wheat field in June 2008. NorthEscambia.com file photo, click to enlarge.

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