We are once again delivering our Intro to PF course via Zoom, and this time we will be opening it up to anyone interested in joining. Please contact dminocher@meewasin.com for more details. To clarify, the course will run from 12:30-4pm each day from Aug. 10-13.

The Introduction to Prescribed Fire in the Grassland Environment course is a 15 hour, instructor delivered course that aims to prepare future fire practitioners for a basic, holding role on a prescribed fire. If you don’t know what that is, you’ll learn it along the way. In this course we explore the basics of planning a prescribed fire, strategies and tactics for carrying it out, protocols for communications and safety, as well as basic emergency planning and response for unplanned mishaps. The course consists of lectures, a case study and cumulates with an open-book multiple choice exam. Successful participants will receive a certification of completion from the Canadian Prairies Prescribed Fire Exchange. This does not qualify participants to conduct prescribed fires, but prepares you to assist on one, should the opportunity arise.