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Subject: NPS Training/Meeting Calendar - January 10, 2000
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Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 08:15:29 -0500
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TRAINING/MEETING CALENDAR - JANUARY 10, 2000
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: FY 2000
Course: Essential Competencies in Interpretation
Location: Clusters and/or regions
Details: This matching funds program provides Servicewide funding
support for curriculum-based developmental opportunities in
interpretation.
Closes: Requests for matching funds must be submitted to the
training manager for interpretation at least two months
prior to the intended training.
Contact: Dave Dahlen
Phone/fax: 304-535-6405; 304-535-6408
E-mail: On cc:Mail by name
Submitter: Joyce Howe, STMA
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 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 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 1 *
Course: APCO Communications Training Officer
Location: Zion NP, Springdale, UT
Details: The Association of Public Safety Communications Officials's
training program instructs trainers on teaching and
evaluating new dispatchers.
Closes: N/A
Contact: APCO or Sheila Raske, ZION
Phone/fax: APCO: 888-272-6911; Raske: 435-772-0178; ---
E-mail: Dispatch at ZION-NP
Submitter: David Holmes, ZION
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: March 8 - 10 *
Course: Train-the-Trainer: Use of Environmental Education Materials
and Learning Guidelines
Location: NCTC, Shepherdstown, WV
Details: Use of environmental education guidelines to develop and
evaluate EE materials and help participants design their
own workshops.
Closes: ---
Contact: Claire Cassel, or www.nct.fws.gov
Phone/fax: 703-358-2536; ---
E-mail: Claire_Cassel@fws.gov
Submitter: Bob Huggins, WASO
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 13 - 17 *
Course: NCR EMT Refresher
Location: NCTC, Shepherdstown, WV
Details: Hands-on EMT training.
Closes: February 17th
Contact: Larry Johnson, HAFE
Phone/fax: 304-535-6232; 304-535-6244
E-mail: ---
Submitter: Joyce Howe, STMA
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 - 24 *
Course: ARPA (XP-ARPTP-006)
Location: Reno, NV
Details: Basic ARPA training.
Closes: February 10th
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 - 31 *
Course: Personal Property Sales
Location: Denver, CO
Details: Procedures for selling federal personal property.
Closes: February 21st
Contact: Jan Gauthier
Phone/fax: 304-535-6402; ---
E-mail: ---
Submitter: Joyce Howe, STMA
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 3 - 14 *
Course: Historic Weapons Certification
Location: Fort Chafee, Fort Smith, AR
Details: Meets certification and recertification needs of
supervisors and interpreters in NPS historic weapons firing
programs.
Closes: February 11th
Contact: Rick Martin
Phone/fax: 601-636-0583; 601-636-9497
E-mail: On cc:Mail by name.
Submitter: Joyce Howe, STMA
Dates: April 3 - 6 *
Course: Disposal by Negotiation/Disposal Contract Law
Location: Denver, CO
Details: Negotiating sales for both surplus and exchange/sale
personal property; procedures for selling federal personal
property.
Closes: February 21st
Contact: Jan Gauthier
Phone/fax: 304-535-6402; ---
E-mail: ---
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
Dates: April 17 - 21 *
Course: Inland SAR Coordination, USAF National SAR School
Location: Helena, MT
Details: Planning, organizing and managing land and air searches.
Closes: February 4th
Contact: Chuck Anibal
Phone/fax: 304-535-6401; ---
E-mail: On cc:Mail by name.
Submitter: Joyce Howe, STMA
Dates: April 17 - 21 *
Course: NPS Servicewide Basic Technical Rescue Training
Location: Canyonlands NP, Moab, UT
Details: Training for personnel who routinely evacuate injured or
stranded people from heights and difficult terrain.
Students must bring their own technical gear. Physically
demanding course; all participants must be in good physical
condition. Includes a night rescue training exercise. No
tuition cost.
Closes: February 22nd
Contact: Ken Phillips, GRCA
Phone/fax: 520-638-7792; 520-638-7838
E-mail: On cc:Mail by name.
Submitter: Ken Phillips
Dates: April 18 - 20 *
Course: Personal Property Utilization and Disposal
Location: Denver, CO
Details: Procedures, policies and regs for control, reassignment,
redistribution and disposal of personal property.
Closes: February 21st
Contact: Jan Gauthier
Phone/fax: 304-535-6402; ---
E-mail: ---
Submitter: Joyce Howe, STMA
Prepared by the Division of Ranger Activities, WASO, with the cooperation
and support of Delaware Water Gap NRA.
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