NPS Morning report: Retirement and Training

Friday, November 21, 2008

NPS Morning report: Retirement and Training

From the NPS Morning report: California related stories

Fire and Aviation Management
Paul Broyles Is Retiring

Paul Broyles, the Service's program lead for operations at the Fire Management Program Center at NIFC in Boise, Idaho, is retiring at the end of the year after 38 years with the National Park Service. In appreciation for everything Paul has done not only for the NPS but the interagency fire community, we are compiling a book of pictures, stories, congratulations, etc. Please send, e-mail, or fax anything to be included to Mark Koontz. [Submitted by Mark Koontz, mark_koontz@nps.gov, 208-387-5090]

January 19 – January 23

EMT-B Refresher Training, Channel Islands, CA. For more information, contact Bob Wightman at 865-436-1261.

February 24 – February 27

Park Planning Course, Joshua Tree NP, Twenty-Nine Palms, CA.

The course, led by NPS planners with extensive planning, public involvement and environmental compliance experience, will explore in greater depth and intensity the key planning concepts introduced in the web-based training modules on DOI Learn and the importance of a logical and trackable decision process. To register in DOI-Learn, click on http://doilearn.doi.gov. After logging in, select Course Catalog, then Catalog. Search for “Park Planning,” then scroll down past the 7 on-line modules to the instructor-led training course. Select the session you want. Click on the course title and begin registration. Travel & per diem are required fields – enter your best estimates; if local, enter 0. Materials – enter 0. Click on Preview Schedule, then click on Apply. For specific questions regarding the content of this course, please get in touch with Jan Harris, Branch Chief, Planning Division, Denver Service Center, Denver-Lakewood, CO 80228 (303-969-2435, Jan_Harris@nps.gov).

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How fires get their names

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Friday, November 21, 2008