The most recent issue of the Joint Fire Science Program's Fire Science Digest - titled "Preparing Tomorrow’s Fire Professionals: Integration of Education, Training, and Experience Through Science-Management Partnerships" - details many of the emerging opportunities and challenges for prospective and current fire professionals. As the understanding and use of fire science and fire ecology in land management has expanded in the past half-century, and the use of fire as a management tool has simultaneously grown, the demand for new job skills has increased. This JFSP digest provides brief history of how fire professions have evolved, and details new opportunities for receiving training and education in the areas of fire science and management.
Download the Fire Science Digest, Issue 9
