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Overview:
Founded in 1998, The New York Wildfire and Incident Management Academy (NYWIMA) has five general objectives:
- Train students to National Wildfire Coordinating Standards (NWCG) promoting fire management, tactics and fire fighting safety;
- Develop qualified trainers and instructors for Wildfire and Incident Management Courses;
- Develop awareness of fire management and fire fighting safety among fire fighting organizations and public officials;
- Encourage interagency cooperation, coordination, as well as the exchange of knowledge, information and technology from all levels of government, and;
- Develop a group of interagency leaders to build upon the first four goals in the metropolitan New York and Northeast region.
| 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students: | 482 | 402 | 546 | 612 | 563 | 436 | 535 | 215 | 102 |
| Instructors: | 43 | 46 | 45 | 37 | 42 | 36 | 29 | 24 | 12 |
| Overhead: | 30 | 53 | 48 | 45 | 60 | 61 | 29 | 25 | 22 |
| Courses: | 27 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 19 | 25 | 18 | 8 |
States, Territories and Provinces Represented by Instructors, Staff and Students at the 2006 Academy: (33)
Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Virginia, Vermont, West Virginia.
Contact Information:
Bill Fonda
Fire Information Officer
Phone Number (631) 444-0350
