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Background

July 10, 1997 was the first organizational meeting of the Prescribed Fire Training Center. It was just a concept on paper at the beginning of the meeting. The question was asked if a program could be ready in January 1998. At the conclusion of the meeting, the concept turned into a "done deal" and on January 5, 1998, the first session became a reality. A Steering Committee was chartered at this time.

Responsibility

The Steering Committee has been charged with providing the Center Director and staff feedback as to whether the mission of the Center is being carried out. The mission is to maintain a national interagency center of excellence for prescribed fire, with an emphasis on actual field experience, in order to increase skills and knowledge and to build confidence in the application of prescribed fire.

Composition

Initially the Steering Committee was driven by field personnel, kept small, close to the ground and close to Florida. The July 1997 Steering Committtee consisted of six members. Twelve months later the Committee added four members to include the PFTC Director and Administrative Specialist. At the July 1999 meeting it was decided to add national representation from BIA, NPS and BLM to the Committee. The chair position was established for a two-year rotation. A vice-chair position was then established at the July 2000 meeting. At the December 2000 meeting a representative for The Nature Conservancy (TNC) was added. During the December 2004 meeting two technical advisor positions were added; a Field Coordinator and Host/Cooperator. These two representatives would attend meetings, when requested by the Chair, in an advisory non-voting member capacity.

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PFTC Steering Committee Members

Bahr, Dick - Vice Chair NPS National Rep NPS Fire Mgmt. Program Center 3833 S. Development Ave. Boise, ID 83705-5217 208.387.5217 208.387.5250 (fax) email: dick_bahr@nps.gov	Durrwachter, Jim (*) Director, PFTC 3250 Capital Circle SW Tallahassee, FL 32310 850.523.8633 850.766.1254 (cell) 850.523.8640 (fax) email: jim_durrwachter@fws.gov	Sexton, Tim FS WO Advisor USFS, NIFC 3833 S. Development Ave. Boise, ID 83705 208.387.5223 208.861.5043 (cell) email: timsexton@fs.fed.us
Crawford, Ralph DOF FL & NASF Rep Florida Div. of Forestry 3125 Conner Blvd, Rm 154 Tallahassee, FL 32399 850.487.0648 850.228.7780 (cell) 850.488.4445 (fax) email: crawfor@doacs.state.fl.us	Kubiak, Pete FWS Eastern Rep USFWS Southeast Region 1875 Century Blvd, Ste 400 Atlanta, GA 30345 404.679.7244 404.661.4819 (cell) 404.679.7272 (fax) email: pete_kubiak@fws.gov
Cross, Clint FS Region 8 Rep USDA Forest Service 1720 Peachtree Rd, NW Atlanta, GA 30309 404.347.3192 404.909.2132 (cell) 404.347.2836 (fax) email: Clint Cross@fs.fed.us	Mueller, David Bureau of Land Mgmt., NIFC 3833 S. Development Ave. Boise, ID 83705 208.387.5151 208.841.1180 (cell) 208.387.5994 (fax) email: david_n_mueller@blm.gov
Detwiler, Carolyn (*) Administrative Spec., PFTC 3250 Capital Circle SW Tallahassee, FL 32310 850.523.8634 850.766.1693 (cell) 850.523.8640 (fax) email: cdetwiler@fs.fed.us	Seamon, Paula TNC Rep 13093 Henry Beadel Drive Tallahassee, FL 32312 850.668.0926 850.556.3272 (cell) email: pseamon@tnc.org	Vacant FS Western Rep FS Florida Rep BIA Rep
(*) Advisory non-voting members