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Rx-410 Smoke Management Techniques Course


  • NFFPC Wildland Fire Academy Albany, NY (map)

Rx-410 Smoke Management Techniques Course by NFFPC Wildland Fire Academy in Albany, New York will be hosted May 8-11, 2023

$300 for non-NFFPC members, free for NFFPC members

"This course leads students through the ecological and historical role of fire, characteristics of smoke and the health, safety and visibility impacts of smoke. Other topics include public relations, legal requirements, meteorology, fuel consumption, smoke production dispersion modeling, and operational smoke management strategies."

Nominations due April 7th.

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Earlier Event: April 1
Show us Your Flames! MI PFC 2023 Fire Photo Contest
Later Event: May 17
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