2026-06-22T15:00:04Z 2025-12-31 990EZ 2025-01-01 262178560 TENNESSEE KENTUCKY WILDLAND FIRE ACADEMY TENN 6158667089 406 HOGAN RD NASHVILLE TN 37220 Richard Saltzman 0 6158667089 2026-06-22 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X X 69339 0 67933 0 1406 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 69339 0 0 0 0 25000 650 77085 102735 -33396 129233 0 95837 129233 95837 0 0 0 0 129233 95837 0 0 129233 95837 X The Tennessee Kentucky Wildland Fire Academy operates a two-week training academy the first two weeks of January each year The primary purpose of this training academy is to provide professional wildland fire training in the most cost effective manner possible 0 0 Brock Campbell Academy Director 5.00 0 0 0 Richard Saltzman Secretary Tresuruer 5.00 0 0 0 Lindsey Curtin Nominations Director 5.00 0 0 0 false false false false false false 0 0 0 0 0 false 0 0 false TN Richard Saltzman 406 Hogan Road Nashville TN 37220 6158667089 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE 0 NONE 0 true X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Part IV-E, line 1c Provided wildland fire training to government agency employees Part I, line 16 The Tennessee Kentucky Wildland Fire Academy expanded from a one-week training academy to two weeks in 2018 The Academy previously filed a Form 990 e-postcard each year as total gross receipts averaged 5000000 or less each year Due to the 2019 US Government shutdown the Academy was cancelled resulting in no tuition collected The Academy is operated as a government unit sponsored by the US Forest Service National Park Service US Fish and Wildlife Service US Air Force ARWFC US Army IMCOM Kentucky Division of Forestry and the Tennessee Division of Forestry Students who attend the Academy from any of these sponsoring agencies are eligible to attend the Academy tuition-free Student tuition for non-sponsoring agencies is 6500day The Academy rents classrooms with associated fees at the Tennessee Fire Service and Codes Enforcement Academy located at 2161 Unionville-Deason Road Bell Buckle TN 37020 for the two week Academy In addition students are responsible for paying for their own lodging and meals Students are able to take multiple courses as needed meeting the qualification and education standards for their position The Academys major expenses are purchasing instructor and student training materials from the National Wildfire Coordinating Group NWCG along with training supplies and other materials The Academy does not pay any of its staff but does provide travel expenses for some instructors in order to ease the burden of federal state and local agencies to offer qualified instructors Form 990 EZ Line 29 The Tennessee Kentucky Wildland Fire Academy is a 501 c 3 non-profit corporation registered with the Tennessee Secretary of State