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Title 16—CONSERVATION > CHAPTER 3—FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT > SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS

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The Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior shall annually offer training programs to certify volunteers for suppressing forest fires on National Forest System lands, National Park System lands and Bureau of Land Management public lands in the event that the appropriate Secretary determines that such volunteers are needed. In carrying out this subsection, the Secretaries should utilize existing authorities to train volunteer firefighters for use in fire emergencies. The Secretaries should assess the capabilities of educational institutions and other public and private organizations to provide such training programs.

( Pub. L. 101–286, title II, § 203 , May 9, 1990 , 104 Stat. 175 .)

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