The NRA Range Technical Team is a nationwide network of volunteers trained in the field of shooting range development, design, and operations. Developed to provide an extension of NRA Headquarters to range owners and operators at the local level, the Range Technical Team provides every shooting community with the necessary assistance and support to help keep our nation's ranges operating well into the 21st century.
Services provided by Range Technical Team Advisors (RTTAs) include range planning assistance, range use and procedural evaluations, and range safety and design evaluations.
Training to become an NRA Range Technical Team Advisor is available at the last Range Development & Operations Conference held each year. Three employees from NRA Headquarters - Elizabeth Bush, Brian Hyder, and Kara Schlifke (pictured right) - were certified at last year's training seminar in Providence, Rhode Island. This year’s conference takes place October 7-13 in San Antonio, Texas.
Open to the public, most Advisors come to us through recommendations from Friends of NRA State Fund Committees who grant funds to pay for their training.
There are over a hundred Range Technical Team Advisors stationed across the country - each using their training to help process the 80-100 range cases for NRA every year.
Congratulations to the Class of 2009:
- John M. Zultanky, NJ
- Brian Hyder, VA
- Kyle Lairmore, MO
- William C. Flynt, MO
- Nathan B. Sanders, DE
- Glen Slay, CA
- Cynthia Benson, CA
- John L. Bawcom, CA
- Kara Schlifke, VA
- Brian Mrnak, WI
- Glen Rotovich, CO
- Elizabeth M. Bush, VA
- Jason Wilson, NY
- Randall Pifer, GA