Mike Durfee, Central Zone fire management officer, served as instructor for the M-410 Facilitative Instructor course in Wisconsin, S-215 at the Missouri academy, and was a sponsor and coordinator for the New York Wildland Fire and Incident Management Academy. In New England, Rick Vollick, fire management officer, and John Meister, prescribed fire supervisor, served as chainsaw instructors for three separate sessions. The Northeast Region's fire staff participated as lead or unit instructors for training sponsored by the National Park Service at Acadia and Cape Cod national parks, teaching Basic Firefighter and Wildfire Powersaws courses. All regional fire management officers provided annual refresher training.

Three subject matter experts from the region provided input on developing the National Wildfire Coordinating Group course. Joe Krish served on the Helibase Manager revision team, Mike Durfee serves on the S-244 Field Observer team, and Rick Vollick serves on the S-290 Intermediate Fire Behavior team. Several of our fire management officers also serve on regional, geographic, or Service-specific training or working teams.