Training Courses

An online portal featuring a series of web-based prescribed fire courses (login required).

Introduces the Incident Command System (ICS) and provides the foundation for higher level ICS training. This course describes the history, features and principles, and organizational structure of the Incident Command System. It also explains the relationship between ICS and the National Incident Management System (NIMS).

Provides an overview of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) which defines the comprehensive approach guiding the whole community – all levels of government, nongovernmental organizations (NGO), and the private sector – working together seamlessly to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from the effects of incidents.

• Big River Compact
• Great Lakes Compact
• Mid-Atlantic Forest Fire Compact
• Northeastern Forest Fire Protection Compact
• New York Wildfire and Incident Management Academy (NYWIMA)
• Minnesota Incident Command System
• Minnesota Wildfire Academy