Interested in
CFMC TREX?
CFMC Cultural Burn Training Exchange (TREX)
Weitchpec, CA
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TENTATIVE DATE (subject to permits and weather conditions): February 1 – 8, 2025​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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The application submission deadline was Jan 10th and is now CLOSED. Thank you to all who have applied!
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Training Announcement
CFMC Cultural Burn Training Exchange - Weitchpec, CA
TENTATIVE DATES:
February 1 – 8, 2025
Participants must be able to mobilize to Weitchpec, CA with 72 hours notice!
Date dependent on weather.
Objectives:
Provide prescribed fire training opportunities to fire practitioners while supporting management of
cultural resources. This training will incorporate knowledge from the native tribes of Northern California and
develop understanding about traditional and contemporary use of prescribed fire.
Target Group: Prescribed fire and wildfire personnel, including federal, state, tribal, and non-governmental
agencies, private practitioners and university faculty and students
Registration Fee: The fee is $300. The fee for university students is $100. Waivers are available for partici-
pants who bring equipment (e.g. engines, etc.). Please note that participants are expected to stay the entire 8
days of TREX.
Description:
The training is organized as a RXB2 organization under the National Incident Management Sys-
tem. Participants will serve in NWCG qualified and trainee firefighting positions on a burn team and will assist
with preparing, scouting, briefing, igniting, holding, mop-up, and patrol on numerous controlled burns in the
area. We will also complete pre- and post-fire monitoring, train with equipment, practice fire line leadership
skills, and learn about local fire ecology and fire management.
Requirements:
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Participants must be current and qualified NWCG-FFT2, or have completed NWCG courses S130, S190, L180,
ICS 100b, I700A. Contact Juniper Somers, CFMC (763) 442-8929 for more information on these trainings.
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Participants must complete an arduous pack test within the past year. Completion of a moderate pack test is
acceptable if serving in an RxCM (Rx crewmember) position.
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Participants must have health insurance which will cover personal injury (e.g., workers’ comp, health or travel
insurance) they may sustain during the training exchange;
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Participants must bring fire-approved boots (all leather, 8-inches tall, Vibram soles, with no steel toe). Participants
should come with all appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), including: a Next Generation Fire
Shelter, a hard hat, Nomex clothing, all leather gloves, eye protection and canteens for up to 1 gallon of drinking
water. If you do not have proper PPE, please let us know by indicating your needs on the application.
Meals & Travel: Participants are required to bring their own tents, pads and sleeping bags. Bathrooms,
showers and indoor meeting space with internet will be available. Meals will be provided.
Registration: To apply, complete the registration form and submit to Margo Robbins (margo@culturalfire.org)
no later than January 10, 2025.
The Cultural Fire Management Council is supported by Promoting Ecosystem Resilioence and Fire
Adapted Communities Together, a cooperative agreement between The Nature Conservancy USDA
Forest Service and agencies of the Department of the Interior. This institution is an equal
opportunity provider