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Training



The Texas A&M Forest Service provides nationally accredited wildfire and incident management training throughout Texas. Training opportunities consist of National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and Texas A&M Forest Service (TAMFS) accredited courses. These courses are intended to promote safety and development of firefighters and incident management team (IMT) members.

Courses are delivered through our external and internal training programs. External training offerings consist of single-course delivery to multiple-course delivery at one of our Interagency Wildfire & Incident Management Academies.


The Internal Training program offers a wide variety of training opportunities for TAMFS employees. The program consists of the Responder Academy, NWCG & agency specific training, prescribed fire exchanges, learning reviews, and more. These opportunities are intended to promote safety and firefighter development among our employees.

Listed below are a few of the documents for the above mentioned programs.

CDL PROGRAM FORMS:

CDL Training Request Form
CDL Program Student Expectations
Financial Guidance for CDL School Enrollment
CDL Program Checklist
Driving School Evaluation

OUT-OF-STATE TRAINING:

Out-of-State Training Request
Out-of-State Training Evaluation

PRIORITY TRAINEE PROGRAMS:

TAMFS Priority Trainee Nomination Form

For further details and current training being offered, please refer to our TAMFS training ACADIS website: https://tiwa.tamu.edu


The External Training program offers NWCG, FEMA, and agency-specific training to our local, state, and federal cooperators. The program consists of single-course deliveries, multiple-course events, Interagency Wildfire & Incident Management Academies, AHIMT training and exercises, and more.

For further details and current training being offered, please refer to our TAMFS training website: Link to upcoming ACADIS website. You may also contact your respective Regional Fire Coordinator for additional information.

WILDLAND FIRE TRAINING

TAMFS provides NWCG and agency-specific training for local, state, and federal cooperators. Training may be delivered as a single course or multiple courses. The Interagency Wildfire & Incident Management Academies offer a wide variety of wildland fire training.
Training Approval Worksheet

ALL HAZARD INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TRAINING

TAMFS provides all hazard incident management training to local, state, and federal cooperators. Curriculum consists of position-specific courses through FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute and the National Fire Academy’s Type III IMT Program.

SINCE 1998, THE TEXAS INTERAGENCY WILDFIRE AND INCIDENT MANAGEMENT ACADEMY HAS BROUGHT EMERGENCY RESPONDERS, OF ALL BACKGROUNDS, TOGETHER TO BUILD ON THEIR SKILLS AND CAREER. THE ACADEMY STRIVES TO PROVIDE A DIVERSE AND WELL-ROUNDED LEARNING EXPERIENCE AND OFFERS ALL LEVEL OF CLASSES FROM BASIC WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER TO VARIOUS SUPERVISORY POSITIONS. WE OFFER TWO LARGE ACADEMIES A YEAR, ONE IN THE SPRING AND ONE IN THE FALL.

For further details and current training being offered, please refer to our Student Portal website: https://tfs.acadisonline.com

The National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) sets training standards for each NWCG position. Similarly, TAMFS works with cooperating agencies to identify training standards relating to the regional IMT program and agency-specific positions.

WILDLAND FIRE LEARNING PORTAL

2021 HISTORICAL RECOGNITION PROCESS PROCEDURES


STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES – TAMFS TRAINING

NWCG 901-1 STANDARDS FOR COURSE DELIVERY

NWCG 310-1 STANDARDS FOR WILDLAND FIRE POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

Having a better understanding of conditions of influence can help us get a better grasp of the pressures, goal conflicts, and other factors that affected the pertinent decisions and actions that took place during the event. Having a grasp of these conditions will aid in making systematic improvements to improve the way we engage in normal work every day.” FLA Guide (2018)

TAMFS Facilitated Learning Analysis (FLA) Reports

TAMFS Facilitated Learning Analysis (FLA) Reports For more information about the Facilitated Learning Analysis process and to browse an extensive database of FLA reports from across the US, click the following link to explore the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center website: https://www.wildfirelessons.net

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