Quick Facts: National Wildfire Coordinating Group’s Wildland Fire Safety Training and 2024 Annual Refresher

The National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) 2023 Year in Review and 2024 Core Component Module Packagesare now available.

Overview: Each year, the NWCG updates its Wildland Fire Safety Training Annual Refresher (WFSTAR) with a lesson reviewing the previous fire year and an updated package of modules.

• WFSTAR training is focused on operations and decision-making issues related to fire line safety so that line-going personnel can recognize and mitigate risk, maintain safe and effective practices, and reduce accidents and near misses.

Mandatory training requirement: All designated NWCG positions with fire line duties and any position assigned to the fire line for non-suppression tasks must complete WFSTAR training annually to maintain currency.

Delivery format: The WFSTAR modules must be delivered as instructor-led training.

• Some modules must be delivered in person; others can be delivered in a virtual instructor-led format.

Local agency responsibility: Local agency units are responsible for scheduling WFSTAR training.

• Details available at the Wildland Fire Learning Portal or through the local training officer in your area.

Training modules: All available modules within WFSTAR are listed in the WFSTAR catalog.

• The modules provide a range of training options to meet NWCG position training requirements and agency-specific course-hours requirements.
• All modules include lesson plans, instructional videos and supporting resources.
• WFSTAR is a year-round program. As new training materials are developed, they are posted in NWCG’s training catalog when completed.