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National Fire Academy course on wildland-urban interface risk set for April 14–15, 2027, in Ohio
F2292, a two-day National Fire Academy course on assessing and reducing wildfire risk where homes meet wildland, will be offered at the Ohio Fire Academy in Reynoldsburg. Class size is capped at 35. Notice Nearby brief — not Legal Publication.
The U.S. Fire Administration’s National Fire Academy (NFA) will deliver F2292: Wildland-Urban Interface Risk Assessment & Mitigation for the Fire Service on April 14–15, 2027, at the Ohio Fire Academy in Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
What it covers: The two-day, 16-hour course uses lectures and group activities on fire dynamics, hardening structures and infrastructure, risk assessment, evacuation, working with stakeholders and community protection.
Who should go: Fire service personnel, plus building and planning staff, code officials and community risk reduction professionals who serve wildland-urban interface (WUI) communities and the areas next to them. People who finish receive certificates from the NFA and the SFPE Foundation, plus ICC credit hours. The class is limited to 35 students.
How to apply: NFA off-campus courses are co-sponsored with state fire training agencies, which handle admissions. The point of contact listed in the USFA announcement is Scott King, scott.king@com.ohio.gov, 614-644-0523. More on NFA off-campus courses: https://www.usfa.fema.gov/nfa/courses/off-campus/ .
This is a Notice Nearby publisher-desk brief based on a U.S. Fire Administration email sent to publisher@noticenearby.com on Oct. 5, 2026. It is not a legal notice and not Legal Publication. Photo: a low-intensity prescribed underburn in a wildland-urban interface area of western Oregon, by the Bureau of Land Management, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (resized).
Source: the official public federal record usfa-nfa-f2292-2027-04-reynoldsburg · U.S. Fire Administration · National Fire Academy News · NFA off-campus course F2292 · Oct. 5, 2026 · NFA-F2292.
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