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RT-130 Annual Fireline Safety Refresher Training
Montana West Economic Development and MT APEX, formally PTAC, is pleased to announce that we will once again be hosting RT-130 training classes for our clients ahead of the upcoming fire season. Due to continued increasing demand, we will once again host several sessions during the pre-fire this year. These classes will be facilitated by Jim Maher with Peanut Pie Enterprises. More dates/locations may be added as needed.

WHEN:
• Saturday, March 14th from 9am-2pm
• Saturday, April 18th from 9am-2pm
• Saturday, April 25th from 9am-2pm *(Troy Christian Fellowship, 78 Lake Creek Rd,
Troy MT; walk/fit test will be at 8am at the Airport track in Troy)
• Saturday, May 16th from 9am-2pm
• Saturday, June 6th from 9am-2pm
• Wednesday, June 17th from 9am-2pm *(Lawrence Park Pavilion in Kalispell)

WHERE: MWED office, 44 2nd Avenue West in Kalispell (all classes unless otherwise noted above)

HOW TO REGISTER: send an email to jill@dobusinessinmontana.com with name, contact info for each person wanting to attend and which date you prefer

COST: $45 per person if we have 15 or fewer people attending total; $40 per person if the class has more than 15 people.

Annual Fireline Refresher Training is designed to provide up-to-date fireline safety information to employees holding Incident Command System qualifications requiring this training per the PMS 310-1, Wildland Fire Qualification System Guide.

The class contains four components: Entrapment Avoidance; Current Issues; Fire Shelter Training; and other hazards and Safety Issues. This course meets all requirements as identified in the Interagency Standards for Fire and Fire Aviation Operations (Red Book), Chapter 13.

Further information details on the RT-130 course and who is required to take it can be found at https://www.nwcg.gov/publications/training-courses/rt-130.