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Grant Details:
Application Due Date: October 2010 est

Description: 

DNR sponsors this wildland fire training in partnership with Wenatchee Valley College and with support from the U.S. Department of Interior.

Through this program your fire district may be eligible for:

•Wildland firefighting courses taught in your community at no cost after meeting requirements and with a minimum registration of 15 students.
•Instruction by qualified instructors.
Fire protection districts and departments that are not eligible may still register students but must pay a modest tuition.

As an incentive to help rural fire districts attract new recruits, DNR will provide a set of Nomex shirt and pants and hardhat for the first 200 recruits who join an eligible district after December and pass the final Firefighter 2 exam.

Opportunties for this training may be available to fire protection districts and departments in Washington State that:

•Have volunteer members.
•Serve communities with a population of 10,000 or fewer residents.
•Border on or include a Department of Interior agency (Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, US Fish & Wildlife Service) within its protection area OR currently have a Wildland Fire Response Agreement with a Department of Interior agency.

Organization Information:
Organization: Washington State Department of Natural Resources
Website: http://www.dnr.wa.gov/Pages/default.aspx

Contact Information:
Contact Email: RPD@dnr.wa.gov
Contact Phone: 360-902-1300

More Information:
http://www.dnr.wa.gov/RecreationEducation/Topics/FireInformation/Pages/rp_fire_dnrfdassistprog.aspx