Washington Department of Natural Resource’s 2025 Certified Prescribed Burn Manager course.

• October 28-30, 2025 in Klickitat, WA at the Klickitat Community Center – deadline to apply is September 25th

Please fill out the application here:  Submit this form in order to enroll your nomination, each class will be limited to 25 students.

You can find the information and apply using the same form on the DNR website: https://www.dnr.wa.gov/certifiedburner

The nomination form will have you provide a short description of your prescribed fire experience to aid in the selection process. No pre-requisites are required.

 This will be a 3-day in-person course and the cost will be $100.

The course will consist of:

• Approximately 4 hours of Pre-work that will be sent out to students.

• Two 8-hour classroom days covering Prescribed Burn content

• A morning field event, followed by an afternoon exam

As a component of the certification process, a student with a passing grade on the exam will coordinate an evaluation burn.  The student will lead a prescribed burn while being evaluated by the Certified Burner Program Manager. If all areas of the evaluation are satisfactory the student will be recommended for certification.

 Food and Lodging will not be provided, please plan accordingly.

More course information will be sent out to selected students once the deadline has passed. If you have any questions, please reach out to Kyle Lapham – Certified Burner Program Manager and check the DNR’s website: https://www.dnr.wa.gov/certifiedburner