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“Leaders aren't born they are made...and they are made just like anything else, through hard work.”

Vince Lombardi, Coach

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Employee Development
Information regarding development programs available to National Park Service employees, including the Joint Apprenticeship Program, Mentoring Program, and Technical Fire Management.
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Firefighters constructing a fireline.

Training and Qualifications
How do you become qualified to go out on a fire? Here are some answers regarding the Incident Qualification Certification System and National Park Service Wildland Fire Training.
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Incident Management Teams
Learn about the interagency teams that manage wildland fires, natural disasters and other large incidents.
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Firefighters in the field.
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Wildland Fire Training
Web site that enables access to Local Area, Geographic Area, National, and other related Interagency Wildland Fire Training information.

Wildland Fire Leadership Development Program
Web site provides information which allows individuals to strive for a higher performance level as a leader through self-directed learning opportunities.

Refresher Training
The web site, updated for 2004, offers guidance, agency policies, emerging issues, training materials and topics to assist instructors in preparing to teach annual refresher training. 2004 National Emphasis Topic - Radios.

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