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Statistical Information for sessions

Accomplishments

• 94 attendees participated during the January - March sessions (April session was cancelled)
• 11 individuals participated in FY09 March Agency Administrator Workshop
• Cooperators hosting NIPFTC were 40 (representing 9 agencies/organizations)
• Participated in 172 burns and safety sessions
• Burned 78,192 acres, 38,631 acres treated in Wildland Urban Interface
• 419 training assignments received, working on 7 different types of task books

Task Book Assignments
Task Book	No. of Assignments	No. of Individuals
RXB2	146	29
RXB3	9	7
FIRB	172	45
ENGB	19	9
FEMO	67	25
SRB	5	5
CRWB	1	1

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Without the support and dedication for the following Field Coordinators, the PFTC would not be the “Center of Excellence” it has grown to become.

Session One
Name	Agency	Station
Greg Borgen	Forest Service	Sumter NF, Andrew Pickens RD
Keith Halloran	Forest Service	Coconino NF, Mogollon Rim RD
Paul Klasner	Forest Service	Payette NF, Krassel RD
Shawn Nagle	National Park Service	Natchez Trace Parkway
Terry Severson	Fish & Wildlife Service	Wisconsin Private Lands Office
Jeff Welsh	Forest Service	San Juan NF
Greg Zoppetti	Fish & Wildlife Service	Klamath Basin NWR

Session Two
Name	Agency	Station
Brooks Baker	Forest Service	Kaibab NF, North Kaibab RD
Forrest Behm	Forest Service	Payette NF, McCall Smokejumpers
Jack Benzilio	Forest Service	San Juan NF
Gary Bishop	Forest Service	Caribou-Targee NF, Westside RD
Jason “Jake” Dollard	Bureau of Land Management	BLM Alaska Fire Service
Linden “Lindy” McNeilus	Fish & Wildlife Service	Detroit Lakes Wetland Mgmt. District
Jennifer Rabuck	Forest Service	Chequamegon-Nicolet NF, Great Divide RD

Session Three
Name	Agency	Station
Rod Dines	Forest Service	Payette NF, Krassel RD
Joseph Flores	Fish & Wildlife Service	Browns Park NWR
Victor Morfin	Forest Service	Kaibab NF, Williams RD
Daron Reynolds	Forest Service	Manti-LaSal NF
Terry Tilford	Bureau of Land Management	Moab Field Office

Session Four (Cancelled)
Name	Agency	Station
Mark Musitano	National Park Service	Yukon Charley Rivers NP

The Prescribed Fire Training Center would like to extend a special thanks to Joe Ferguson (retired FS), and Hunter Wistrand (retired FS) who served as operations specialists for Janaury and February sessions.  Both individuals kept most modules believing that "Every Day is a Burn Day"!