The Arkansas River Valley Wildland Fire Academy is entering its 21st year at Arkansas Tech University. With an average attendance of over 300 students, the academy strives to meet the diverse needs of all firefighters by providing a well-rounded, safe and welcoming learning environment. Our mission is to enhance the abilities and skills of each firefighter in attendance.
This year the academy is offering courses geared towards wildland firefighters from all wildland fire agencies ranging from 4 to 40 hours in length. Each course is taught by instructors from state and federal agencies, allowing the academy to provide unique experiences as well as a wealth of professional knowledge and abilities to each course.
Mission:
The mission of the Arkansas River Valley Wildland Fire Academy is to provide professional wildland fire training that meets the National Wildfire Coordinating Group Standards.
Mission will be achieved by:
Event | Dates | Cost | |
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Basic Fire #1 | S-130, S-190, L-180, I-100 | May 14th - 18th | 05/14/2018 - 05/18/2018 | See Prices | Register |
Intro to Wildland Fire Behavior Calculations | S-390 | May 14th - 18th | 05/14/2018 - 05/18/2018 | See Prices | Register |
Facilitative Instructor | M-410 | May 14th - 17th | 05/14/2018 - 05/17/2018 | See Prices | Register |
Firefighter Type 1 | S-131 | May 14th | 05/14/2018 | See Prices | Register |
Fellowship to Leadership | L-280 | May 15th - 16th | 05/15/2018 - 05/16/2018 | See Prices | Register |
Fire Operations in the WUI | S-215 | May 16th - 18th | 05/16/2018 - 05/18/2018 | See Prices | Register |
Basic Air Operations | S-270 | May 17th - 18th | 05/17/2018 - 05/18/2018 | See Prices | Register |
Basic Fire #2 | S-130, S-190, L-180, I-100 | May 21st - 25th | 05/21/2018 - 05/25/2018 | See Prices | Register |
Initial Attack Incident Command | S-200 | May 21st - 22nd | 05/21/2018 - 05/22/2018 | See Prices | Register |
Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior | S-290 | May 21st - 24th | 05/21/2018 - 05/24/2018 | See Prices | Register |
Crew Boss | S-230 | May 21st - 23rd | 05/21/2018 - 05/23/2018 | See Prices | Register |
Wildland Fire Chainsaws | S-212 | May 21st - 24th | 05/21/2018 - 05/24/2018 | See Prices | Register |
Heavy Equipment Boss | S-236 | May 23rd - 25th | 05/23/2018 - 05/25/2018 | See Prices | Register |
Firing Operations | S-219 | May 24th - 25th | 05/24/2018 - 05/25/2018 | See Prices | Register |