Certified Prescribed Burn Manager Training - 2025

Location: Texas Forestry Association, Lufkin, TX

When: June 2-5, 2025 (9:00 am to 5:00 pm) 

Cost: FREE

This Certified Prescribed Burn Manager Training will be held June 2-5, 2025 in Lufkin, TX at the Texas Forestry Association. (1903 Atkinson Dr, Lufkin, TX 75901, https://www.texasforestry.org/)

The course will be open to the public, but pre-registration is required. Lots of space is available but if seating fills up then priority will be given to students who meet the experience requirements for TDA certification. 

Students who complete the 4 day course (including the exam) will meet the education requirements for becoming a Texas Department of Agriculture- Certified and Insured Prescribed Burn Manager. Additional requirements for TDA certification include: 3 years of prescribed burning experience, 30 days of prescribed burning in any region, 5 days of prescribed burning as the responsible individual, and a qualifying insurance policy (these are not required prerequisites for the course). The field day of this course will require students to demonstrate an ability to safely participate in a growing season prescribed burn. 

The curriculum has everything new burners need to know, plenty of information for experienced burners, and a focus on increasing prescribed fire in East Texas for wildfire mitigation through warm season prescriptions and native species like longleaf pine. 

To register for the course, email a completed form to Andy McCrady, Texas A&M Forest Service- Program Coordinator III (936-689-9393), at wmccrady@tfs.tamu.edu by May 23, 2025. 

Please fill out digitally or print and write legibly.

If you are an license CIPBM or have completed the course previously, 6 CFT's are available on 6/2/25. Just fill out the registration form, and include "June 2, CFT training" in your subject line.

For more information on Prescribed Burning check out the Texas A&M Forest Service Prescribed Fire page.