Interested in
CFMC TREX?
CFMC Cultural Burn Training Exchange (TREX)
Weitchpec, CA
​​TENTATIVE DATE (subject to permits and weather conditions):
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TREX #1 Sept. 1 - 8, 2025
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TREX #2 Sept. 15 - 22, 2025​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
The application submission deadline is August 1st. To apply, complete one of the registration forms below & submit to Margo Robbins (margo@culturalfire.org). Or apply on-line by clicking the button here:
Training Announcement
CFMC Cultural Burn Training Exchange - Weitchpec, CA
TENTATIVE DATES:
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TREX #1 Sept. 1 - 8, 2025*
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TREX #2 Sept. 15 - 22, 2025*
*Date dependent on weather.
Participants must be able to mobilize to Weitchpec, CA with 72 hours notice!
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, university faculty and students
Registration:
The Deadline to apply is August 1.
The fee is $300. The fee for university students is $100. Waivers are available for participants who bring
equipment (e.g. engines). Please note that participants are expected to stay the entire 7 days of TREX.
Description:
The training is organized as a RXB2 organization under the National Incident Management
System. 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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Minimum qualifications: current NWCG-FFT2, or have completed NWCG courses S130, S190, L180, IS100C, IS700B. Contact Margo Robbins, CFMC (margo@culturalfire.org) for more information on these trainings.
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Participants must complete an arduous pack test within the past year.
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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)and 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.
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Meals & Travel:
Meals will be provided. Participants must bring their own tents, pads and sleeping bags.
Bathrooms, showers and internet will be available. Please let us know if you have food restrictions!
The Cultural Fire Management Council is supported by Promoting Ecosystem Resilience 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