CAREERS IN FIRE ADAPTATION
Brown Bag Series
Speakers will provide insight into career pathways in
fire adaptation. The first webinar in this series will
feature community wildfire resilience coordinators
from fire departments across the country.
Learn where you could go in your career and how to
get there.
Who should participate: Undergraduate students, graduate students, early career
professionals, folks interested in changing careers should all feel encouraged to
join.
What will we cover?: In this first installment in the series, we will focus on
community wildfire resilience work. Each of our presenters spends their days at
the interface between landscape management, structure resilience, and
community capacity for prevention, evacuation, and recovery. We will hear about
the day-to-day of working with community and agency partners to protect
communities vulnerable to wildfire risk.
Will there be more sessions?: This is part of a three-part series in which we’ll hear
from professionals in a number of wildfire adaptation fields. In Spring 2025 we
will learn from local non-profits and government employees about their work and
the path that brought them there.
Date & Time: Nov 12, 2024 11:00 AM in Pacific Time
Description
Grab some lunch or tea and join the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network and wildfire practitioners as we share about career pathways in the wide world of fire adaptation. In this series, we welcome students, early/transitioning professionals, and anyone else interested to learn about the diverse and rewarding career pathways in this field including community coordinators, prescribed fire and landscape treatment, non-profit and local government positions and more.
In the first installment of this series, we will hear from people working in “Wildland Urban Interface” coordination through local fire departments. Chris Chambers (Ashland Fire and Rescue), Justice Jones (Austin Fire Department), and Danielle McNutt (City of Boulder Fire-Rescue), will present about their roles, their pathways to get there, and other useful tips for aspiring WUI Coordinators. We will conclude with some time for question and answer.