Northern Colorado Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (NOCO TREX)

NOCO TREX participants practicing firing patterns during the Grasslands Prescribed Fire Workshop. Photo Credit: Kristin Leger

The Ember Alliance has been working with partners to plan NOCO TREX for spring of 2025! The mission of NOCO TREX is to build collaborative prescribed fire capacity in Northern CO. 

NOCO TREX has the following objectives: 

1. Ensure a safe training environment for all participants during the NOCO TREX. 
2. Provide training opportunities for NOCO TREX participants and IMT members. 
3. Safely and effectively implement prescribed fire to achieve goals as identified in the respective burn plans. 
4. Facilitate collaboration and knowledge sharing among fire practitioners in Northern CO. 
5. Increase public awareness about prescribed fire and smoke in Northern CO. 

NOCO TREX Timeline 

The IMT is looking at an implementation window of March 31 – April 11, 2025. The Incident Management Team (IMT) is meeting weekly to assess weather conditions to be able to burn during this timeframe. Kristin Leger will communicate directly with NOCO TREX participants as we narrow in on our burn days. This landing page will also be updated on a weekly basis so you can always check back here for information.

QUESTIONS?
Contact Kristin Leger: kristin@emberalliance.org

About Prescribed Fire Training Exchanges (TREX)

Prescribed Fire Training Exchanges (TREX) and cooperative burns provide experiential training opportunities that build local capacity for fire management and offer fire practitioners a more holistic perspective—while implementing treatments that support community and landscape objectives. TREX provides a unique cooperative burning model that services the needs of diverse entities, including federal and state agencies, private landowners and contractors, tribes, academics, and international partners—while incorporating local values and issues to build the right kinds of capacity in the right places.

Listen to this recent story about TREX on NPR’s All Things Considered – “This training program is helping get women into firefighting”

NOCO TREX Partners