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Subject: NPS Training/Meeting Calendar - Monday, February 7, 2000
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Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 08:03:31 -0500
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TRAINING/MEETING CALENDAR - FEBRUARY 7, 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: As noted below
Course: Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response
Location: Lake Mead (2/1-3); Padre Island (2/15-17); Virgin
Islands/San Juan (3/14-16); Isle Royal(3/20-24);
Everglades (4/4 - refresher); Glacier Bay (4/10-14);
Rocky Mountain (4/18-20); Blue Ridge (5/2 - refresher);
Hawaii Volcanoes (5/2 - refresher); Gateway (5/9-11);
MWRO (5/16-18); Independence (5/23 - refresher);
Springfield, MO (6/6 - refresher); Point Reyes
(6/20-22); Nashville, TN (7/18-20); Atlanta, GA (8/1-4);
Vancouver, WA (8/8-10); Carlsbad Caverns (8/15-17);
Delaware Water Gap (9/12-14); Glen Canyon (9/25-29 -
8-hour refreshers).
Details: OSHA regulations require that individuals in a work
place assigned to emergency response operations
(releases or substantial threats of release of hazardous
substances) be properly trained in emergency response
procedures.
Closes: ---
Contact: Alan Schroeder
Phone/fax: 505-988-6030; 505-988-6025
E-mail: On cc:Mail by name
Submitter: Carl Wang, FMD/WASO
Dates: As noted below
Course: Compass II: Today's Leaders, Tomorrow's Legends
Location: Knoxville, TN (3/20-24); Lake Roosevelt (3/27-31);
Mather TC (4/3-7); Cape Cod (4/10-14); Omaha, NE
(4/24-28); Albright TC (5/15-19); Gateway (5/15-19); DSC
(6/5-9); Jean Lafitte (6/19-23); Albright TC (7/10-14);
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN (7/31-8/4); DSC (8/21-25)
Details: ---
Closes: Dates vary, from January 28th to June 19th
Contact: Maia Browning
Phone/fax: --- ; ---
E-mail: On cc:Mail by name
Submitter: Same
Dates: February 28 - March 1
Course: APCO Communications Training Officer
Location: Zion NP, Springdale, UT
Details: The Association of Public Safety Communications
Official'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: 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 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 - 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: Preservation Worker Safety Issues
Location: Frederick, MD
Details: Safety issues for employees, including lead-based paint
awareness.
Closes: February 17th
Contact: Dorothy Printup, HPTC
Phone/fax: 301-663-8206 X 101/301; 301-663-8032
E-mail: On cc:Mail by name.
Submitter: Same
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: 912-267-2246; 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: 912-267-2246; 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: 912-267-2246; 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: 912-267-2246; 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: 912-267-2246; 912-267-3188
E-mail: WASO FLETC-NPS at NP-WASO
Submitter: Wiley Golden, FLETC
Dates: March 28 - 30 *
Course: Fall Protection Awareness
Location: College Park, MD
Details: OSHA fall protection safety standard awareness and
practical exercises.
Closes: February 22nd
Contact: Dorothy Printup, HPTC
Phone/fax: 301-663-8206 X 101/301; 301-663-8032
E-mail: On cc:Mail by name.
Submitter: Same
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 4 - 5 *
Workshop: "Outreach - A Tool For Freshwater Mollusk Conservation,"
Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society Spring Workshop
Location: NCTC, Shepherdstown, WV
Details: The goal of the workshop is to provide participants with
an understanding of how outreach can be used to further
mollusk conservation.
Closes: ---
Contact: Sue Jennings
Phone/fax: 423-569-2404 x 252; ---
E-mail: On cc:Mail by name.
Submitter: Same
Dates: April 9 - 14 *
Course: Southwest Regional Wilderness Stewardship
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Details: The course is designed to strengthen understanding of
wilderness values, enhance knowledge of current resource
and management issues affecting wilderness (particularly
in the Southwest), and increase understanding of
responsibilities in wilderness stewardship.
Closes: February 18th
Contact: Chris Barnes, Arthur Carhart Training Center
Phone/fax: 406-243-4625; ---
E-mail: ---
Submitter: Joyce Howe, STMA
Dates: April 12 - 14 *
Course: Developing and Working with Friends Groups
Location: NCTC, Shepherdstown, WV
Details: A workshop for employees interested in creating or
energizing a friends group.
Closes: February 25th
Contact: Tony Knapp
Phone/fax: 304-535-6178; 304-535-6408
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: 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
Dates: April 25 - 27
Course: DO-2: Park Planning
Location: Denver, CO
Details: Course covers the planning framework in DO-2 and is
designed particularly for those preparing GMP's. No
tuition.
Closes: ---
Contact: Jan Harris or Nat Kuykendall
Phone/fax: Harris: 303-969-2435, Kuykendall: 303-969-2208; ---
E-mail: On cc:Mail by name
Submitter: Nat Kuykendall
Dates: April 25 - 28 *
Course: Wilderness Interpretation/Education Training
Location: Shepherdstown, WV
Details: Course designed for wilderness education and/or
interpretive specialists and managers in the four
federal wilderness management agencies.
Closes: February 25th
Contact: Chris Barnes, Carhart National Wilderness Training
Center
Phone/fax: 406-243-4623; ---
E-mail: ---
Submitter: Joyce Howe, STMA
Dates: April 29 - 30 *
Seminar: "No Turning Back: 1863 in the American Civil War,"
Biannual Seminar of Gettysburg NMP
Location: Gettysburg NMP, PA
Details: The seminar focuses on a variety of events that occurred
during 1863. The keynote speaker is Terry Winschel,
chief historian at Vicksburg NMP.
Closes: April 1st
Contact: Gettysburg NMP
Phone/fax: 717-334-1124 x 447; 717-334-1997
E-mail: Evangelina Rubalcava at NP-GETT
Submitter: Katie Lawhon, GETT
Dates: May 1 - 5
Course: Inland SAR Coordination, USAF National SAR School
Location: Columbus, OH
Details: Planning, organizing and managing land and air searches.
Closes: February 18th
Contact: Chuck Anibal
Phone/fax: 304-535-6401; ---
E-mail: On cc:Mail by name.
Submitter: Joyce Howe, STMA
Dates: May 1 - 5
Course: African Americans, Hispanic Americans and Resources in
the National Park System
Location: Miami, FL
Details: The course will enhance participants' effectiveness in
identifying, responding to, and incorporating the
concerns of the nation's diverse ethnic groups into park
programs.
Closes: February 14th
Contact: Mary Robinson
Phone/fax: 304-535-6732; 304-535-6408
E-mail: On cc:Mail by name.
Submitter: Joyce Howe, STMA
Dates: May 3 - 5 *
Conference: Architectural Records: Preserving and Managing the
Documentation of Our Built Environment
Location: The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Details: The goal of this conference is to improve practices for
preserving, managing, and providing access to the
documentation of our built heritage. Registration fee of
$75 for NPS employees.
Closes: March 14th for early registration; April 10th for late
registration
Contact: Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
Phone/fax: 215-545-0613; 215-735-9313
E-mail: CCAHA@ccaha.org or www.ccaha.org
Submitter: Diane Vogt O'Conor, CSD/WASO
Dates: May 8 - 12
Course: Fundamental Principles of Administration
Location: Albright Training Center, Grand Canyon, AZ
Details: Provides administrative clerks and technicians at the
GS-5 and GS-7 level with developmental and full
performance level competencies in administrative
functions.
Closes: February 28th
Contact: Peggy Woodward
Phone/fax: 304-535-6408; ---
E-mail: On cc:Mail by name
Submitter: Joyce Howe, STMA
Dates: May 8 - 12
Workshop: Chiefs of Interpretation Workshop
Location: Mather Training Center, Harpers Ferry, WV
Details: Training on transition from field interpreter to
supervisor, manager and leader.
Closes: February 24th
Contact: Dwight Madison
Phone/fax: 202-287-8850; ---
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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