NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TRAINING/MEETING CALENDAR — DECEMBER 27, 1999

The calendar appears every other Monday as an addendum to the Morning 
Report.

Entries are listed no earlier than FOUR months before the event, EXCEPT in 
instances in which registration dates close much earlier.  Asterisks (*) 
indicate new entries; pound signs (#) indicate revisions to entries that 
have appeared previously.  Brevity in entries is appreciated.

Please note that information on fire training can be found on the multi-
agency fire training schedule posted at www.nifc.nps.gov/mats/matsframe.asp.

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Dates:	Winter, Spring, Summer
Course:	Maintenance Worker Skills and Group Skills Funds
Location:	Local
Details:	Information on both funds can be found on the Learning Place and 
maintenance bulletin boards. Nominations can be found there. 
Nominations MUST go through your regional/support office for 
approval and prioritization.
Closes:	January 14th
Contact:	Steve Hastings
Phone/fax:	520-638-7986; ---
E-mail:	On cc:Mail by name
Submitter:	Steve Hastings, ATC

Dates:	January 19 - 21 
Conference:	"Resource Stewardship: Meeting the Challenges in 2000 and 
Beyond"
Location:	Valley Forge NHP, PA
Details:	The conference will provide an opportunity to reflect on 
resource work, share successful approaches, and prepare for 
meeting the challenges of stewardship in 2000 and beyond.  
Sponsored by the NPS, George Wright Society and Conservation 
Study Institute.
Closes:	No closing date.
Contact:	Conference web site: www.portup.com/~gws/ner20000.html
Phone/fax:	--- ; ---
E-mail:	---
Submitter:	Bob Krumenaker, NERO

Dates:	January 16 — 23 *
Course:	Wilderness First Responder
Location:	Great Smoky Mountains Institute, Great Smoky Mountains NP, 
Townsend, TN
Details:	Course meets both Tennessee EMS and National Registry standards. 
Participants must have completed professional level CPR. Cost is 
$610, including meals and lodging.
Closes:	January 7th
Contact:	Wanda DeWaard, Great Smoky Mountains Institute
Phone/fax:	865-448-6709; 865-448-9250
E-mail:	wanda@smokiesnha.org
Submitter:	Bob Wightman, GRSM

Dates:	January 25 — February 3 *
Course:	Police Bicycle Training
Location:	Artesia, NM
Details:	Basic knowledge, techniques, operational principles and legal 
considerations for police cyclists. Also firearms tactics and 
marksmanship.
Closes:	January 3rd
Contact:	Regional employee development specialists; FLETC for further 
info.
Phone/fax:	912-267-2245; 912-267-3188
E-mail:	WASO FLETC-NPS at NP-WASO
Submitter:	Wiley Golden, FLETC

Dates:	January 31 - February 4 
Course:	Visitor Use Management for Managers
Location:	NCTC, Shepherdstown, WV
Details:	The course is designed to equip managers with the tools needed 
to oversee complex administrative aspects of visitor use 
management, including special parks uses and permitting, 
emergency operations, and fee management.
Closes:	---
Contact:	Chuck Anibal
Phone/fax:	304-535-6215; 304-535-6408
E-mail:	On cc:Mail by name.
Submitter:	Joyce Howe, STMA

Dates:	February 7 — 10 
Course:	Law Enforcement Field Instructor Training (LEFITP-002)
Location:	FLETC, Glynco, GA
Details:	Course designed to enhance the teaching effectiveness of field 
personnel who teach on a part-time basis.
Closes:	January 5th
Contact:	Regional employee development specialists; FLETC for further 
info.
Phone/fax:	912-267-2245; 912-267-3188
E-mail:	WASO FLETC-NPS at NP-WASO
Submitter:	Wiley Golden, FLETC

Dates:	February 7 - 11 # (change in location)
Conference:	Criminal Investigator conference
Location:	Ramada Inn, Jekyll Island, GA
Details:	Class will be from Tuesday morning through Friday noon.  The 
theme will be media/law enforcement relations.  Media consultant 
Rick Rosenthal will present his highly-regarded program.  Other 
presentations will be on NPS internal investigations, legal 
updates, WASO Ranger Activities, DOI perspectives and NPS case 
reviews.
Closes:	January 12th
Contact:	Paul Henry or SA Brian Smith
Phone/fax:	912-267-2245/3118; 912-267-3188
E-mail:	WASO FLETC-NPS at NP-WASO
	Submitter:	Brian Smith, FLETC

Dates:	February 6 — 11 # (correction on dates) 
Course:	Managerial Grid: Phase I
Location:	Albuquerque, NM
Details:	Sponsored by ANPR.  Cost: $750, which includes a one-year 
membership in ANPR; $600 for current members.  Send applications 
(purchase order, SF-181, personal check or money order, etc.) to 
ANPR, c/o Bill Wade, 5625 N. Wilmot Road, Tucson, AZ.
Closes:	January 7th
Contact:	Bill Wade
Phone/fax:	520-615-9417; 520-615-9474
E-mail:	Bill Wade at NP-SAGU or JWBillWade@aol.com
Submitter:	Same

Dates:	February 8 — 10 *
Conference:	12th Annual Conservation Law Enforcement Association (CLEA) 
Conference
Location:	Prescott, AZ
Details:	The conference provides 16 hours of refresher training. This 
year's keynote (eight-hour) speaker will be retired USMC Lt. 
Col. David Grossman, world's foremost authority on the effects 
of killing on an officer and his/her peers and family. Rooms at 
Prescott Resort and Conference Center will be held only until 
January 5th. 
Closes:	---
Contact:	CLEA, PO Box 4107, Prescott, AZ 86302-4107, or www.azclea.org
Phone/fax:	--- ; ---
E-mail:	---
Submitter:	Dwayne Collier, SOAR

Dates:	February 13 — 17 *
Course:	2000 National Conference on Cultural Property Protection
Location:	Arlington, VA
Details:	Presented by Office of Protection Services, Smithsonian 
Institution. Cost: $425. See their web site at 
http://natconf.si.edu
Closes:	---
Contact:	
Phone/fax:	202-357-3375; ---
E-mail:	conf@ops.si.edu
Submitter:	Hollis Provins, INDE

Dates:	February 14 — 18 
Course:	Archeological Resources Protection Training (XP-ARPTP-005)
Location:	Alexandria, LA
Details:	Basic ARPA investigation.
Closes:	January 11th
Contact:	Regional employee development specialists; FLETC for further 
info.
Phone/fax:	912-267-2245; 912-267-3188
E-mail:	WASO FLETC-NPS at NP-WASO
Submitter:	Wiley Golden, FLETC

Dates:	February 15 — 18 *
Course:	Firearms Instructor Refresher Training
Location:	Canaveral National Seashore, FL
Details:	Updates on firearm methodologies, policies and procedures for 
current firearms instructors. Also contemporary firearms trends, 
tactics and techniques in the use of non-lethal marking rounds.
Closes:	January 19th
Contact:	Regional employee development specialists; FLETC for further 
info.
Phone/fax:	912-267-2245; 912-267-3188
E-mail:	WASO FLETC-NPS at NP-WASO
Submitter:	Wiley Golden, FLETC

Dates:	February 16 — 18 *
Course:	Wilderness First Responder Refresher
Location:	Great Smoky Mountains Institute, Great Smoky Mountains NP, 
Townsend, TN
Details:	Course meets both Tennessee EMS and National Registry 
recertification standards. Participants must have completed 
professional level CPR. Cost is $250, including meals and 
lodging.
Closes:	February 2nd
Contact:	Wanda DeWaard, Great Smoky Mountains Institute
Phone/fax:	865-448-6709; 865-448-9250
E-mail:	wanda@smokiesnha.org
Submitter:	Bob Wightman, GRSM

Dates:	February 28 — March 3 
Course:	National Wildfire Investigation Training (NWITP-001)
Location:	FLETC, Glynco, GA
Details:	Course in fire investigation developed by NPS and USFS for 
investigators.
Closes:	January 26th
Contact:	Regional employee development specialists; FLETC for further 
info.
Phone/fax:	912-267-2245; 912-267-3188
E-mail:	WASO FLETC-NPS at NP-WASO
Submitter:	Wiley Golden, FLETC

Dates:	February 28 — March 10 *
Course:	White Collar Crime Training
Location:	FLETC, Glynco, GA
Details:	Training for criminal investigators and park rangers or other 
personnel who assist in the investigation of white collar 
crimes. Focuses on three major areas — financial investigative 
techniques, legal concerns, and case development.
Closes:	January 27th
Contact:	Regional employee development specialists; FLETC for further 
info.
Phone/fax:	912-267-2245; 912-267-3188
E-mail:	WASO FLETC-NPS at NP-WASO
Submitter:	Wiley Golden, FLETC

Dates:	February 28 — March 10 *
Course:	Intro to Facility Management and Maintenance Operations
Location:	Albright Training Center, Grand Canyon, AZ
Details:	Introduction to facility management competencies. Lays the 
foundation of understanding for multi-year, multi-layer 
development required by chiefs of maintenance and facility 
managers in the NPS. Nominations must go through your 
regional/support office for approval and prioritization.
Closes:	December 27th
Contact:	Steve Hastings
Phone/fax:	520-638-7986; ---
E-mail:	On cc:Mail by name
Submitter:	Steve Hastings, ATC

Dates:	March 6 — 10 *
Course:	Administration for First-Line Supervisors
Location:	DOI University, Albuquerque, NM
Details:	Supervision, management and leadership competencies for first-
line supervisors in administrative functions.
Closes:	January 17th
Contact:	Tom Ferranti
Phone/fax:	907-257-2550; ---
E-mail:	---
Submitter:	Joyce Howe, STMA

Dates:	March 10 — 12 
Symposium:	"Sense and Sensibility: Women in 19th Century America Respond to 
a National Crisis," First Annual Gettysburg NMP Women's History 
Symposium
Location:	Gettysburg NMP, PA
Details:	Three-day symposium featuring living history programs, lectures 
and guided walking tours of the town of Gettysburg, with a focus 
on Victorian women and their response to the Civil War.
Closes:	---
Contact:	Gettysburg NMP
Phone/fax:	717-334-1124 x432; ---
E-mail:	cwbkworm@pipeline.com
Submitter:	Katie Lawhon, GETT

Dates:	March 13 — 14 *
Course:	Seized Computer and Evidence Recovery Specialist
Location:	FLETC, Glynco, GA
Details:	In-depth training on how computer data is created, stored, 
modified and manipulated. Students will access and extract 
evidence from microcomputers. Must have previously attended 
CIAETP at FLETC.
Closes:	February 6th
Contact:	Regional employee development specialists; FLETC for further 
info.
Phone/fax:	912-267-2245; 912-267-3188
E-mail:	WASO FLETC-NPS at NP-WASO
Submitter:	Wiley Golden, FLETC

Dates:	March 14 — 16 
Course:	Personal Property Utilization and Disposal
Location:	Mather Training Center, Harpers Ferry, WV
Details:	The course will examine federal policies, procedures and 
regulations for control, reassignment, redistribution, use and 
disposal of personal property.
Closes:	January 17th
Contact:	Jan Gauthier
Phone/fax:	304-535-6402; ---
E-mail:	---
Submitter:	Joyce Howe, STMA

Dates:	March 20 — 24 *
Course:	Law Enforcement for Managers (LEM-001)
Location:	FLETC, Glynco, GA
Details:	Fundamentals of law enforcement for upper management.
Closes:	February 16th
Contact:	Regional employee development specialists; FLETC for further 
info.
Phone/fax:	912-267-2245; 912-267-3188
E-mail:	WASO FLETC-NPS at NP-WASO
Submitter:	Wiley Golden, FLETC

Dates:	March 20 — 31 
Course:	Physical Security Training (PSTP-003)
Location:	FLETC, Glynco, GA
Details:	Physical security systems and procedures; developing and 
conducting surveys, preparing results, critiquing.
Closes:	February 16th.
Contact:	Regional employee development specialists; FLETC for further 
info.
Phone/fax:	912-267-2245; 912-267-3188
E-mail:	WASO FLETC-NPS at NP-WASO
Submitter:	Wiley Golden, FLETC

Dates:	March 27 — April 7 
Course:	Small Craft Enforcement Training (SCETP-002)
Location:	FLETC, Glynco, GA
Details:	Operation and navigation of highly specialized enforcement 
watercraft.
Closes:	February 23rd
Contact:	Regional employee development specialists; FLETC for further 
info.
Phone/fax:	912-267-2245; 912-267-3188
E-mail:	WASO FLETC-NPS at NP-WASO
Submitter:	Wiley Golden, FLETC

Dates:	March 27 — April 7 
Course:	Advanced Resource Protection Skills (SPEOPS)
Location:	Tucson, AZ; Gila Bend, AZ; Organ Pipe Cactus NM, AZ
Details:	Training for personnel who are directly involved in special law 
enforcement operations in NPS areas, including counter-
narcotics, anti-poaching, ARPA and paleo resource incidents. 
Firearms exercises and ground/aerial surveillance techniques 
will be taught. Strenuous; participants must meet FLETC physical 
fitness standards and must submit most recent fitness scores on 
nomination form.
Closes:	January 25th
Contact:	Regional employee development specialists; FLETC for further 
info.
Phone/fax:	912-267-2245; 912-267-3188
E-mail:	WASO FLETC-NPS at NP-WASO
Submitter:	Wiley Golden, FLETC

Dates:	March 27 — April 7 
Course:	Defensive Tactics Instructor Training (Train the Trainer)(DTITP-
002)
Location:	FLETC, Glynco, GA
Details:	Training for Level I protection rangers in the methodology of 
psychomotor skills development, defensive tactics, impact 
weapons, OC spray and arrest techniques at the instructor level.
Closes:	February 18th
Contact:	Regional employee development specialists; FLETC for further 
info.
Phone/fax:	912-267-2245; 912-267-3188
E-mail:	WASO FLETC-NPS at NP-WASO
Submitter:	Wiley Golden, FLETC

Dates:	March 27 — 31 *
Course:	Inland SAR Coordination, USAF National SAR School
Location:	West Monroe, LA
Details:	Planning, organizing and managing land and air searches.
Closes:	January 14th
Contact:	Chuck Anibal
Phone/fax:	304-535-6401; ---
E-mail:	On cc:Mail by name.
Submitter:	Joyce Howe, STMA

Dates:	April 16 — 19 
Conference:	International Boating and Water Safety Summit 2000
Location:	Alexis Park, Las Vegas, NV
Details:	Updates on developments on recreational water activities for all 
persons and agencies involved with boating and water safety 
education, enforcement and management.  Jointly sponsored by 
National Water Safety Congress and the National Safe Boating 
Council.
Closes:	The reservation cutoff date is March 7th.
Contact:	Nancy Bernard, Lake Mead NRA
Phone/fax:	702-293-8714; ---
E-mail:	Nancy Bernard via cc:Mail; or www.SafeBoatingCounci.org
Submitter:	Same

Prepared by the Division of Ranger Activities, WASO, with the cooperation 
and support of Delaware Water Gap NRA.

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