Fire Management Courses and University Training

UNIVERSITIES

Courses on fire science or fire management are offered by a number of universities worldwide. The numerous universities in the U.S.A. that are offering courses on a regular basis and as part of their curricula are not listed here. Those interested in qualifying in the U.S.A. are encouraged to search the internet for details. Universities from other countries that allow participation of students from outside their university or through inter-university agreements are encouraged to announce their courses on this site (contact: fire@fire.uni-freiburg.de). Following courses are offered in 2005:

Spain
The Summer School "Incendios Forestales: ¿Una Catástrofe Estival Inevitable?" will be held at the Chair Análisis Geográfico Regional, Facultad de Geografía e Historia, Universidad Complutense, 21-25 July 2008 (draft programme - course language: Spanish).

Europe: Netherlands / Germany
“Hot Topics and Burning Issues: Fire as a Driver of System Processes—Past, Present, and Future”, a PhD course being organised jointly by the C.T. de Wit Graduate School for Production Ecology and Resource Conservation of Wageningen University, the Global Fire Monitoring Center/Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, and the United Nations University (UNU), 30 March – 4 April 2008

Germany
The course module "Fire ecology of tropical, subtropical and temperate-boreal forest ecosystems" is integrated part of the university training of Freiburg University (Germany), Faculty for Forest and Environmental Sciences.

Subsahara Africa
See website of the Wildland Fire Training Center Africa (WFTCA) at:
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/GlobalNetworks/Africa/WFTCA.htm

USA: Guide to Fire Science and Public Safety Degrees
 While several schools now offer programs specific to fire science, many positions can be filled with other related public safety degrees like emergency management and safety & health. FireScienceDegree has made getting a fire science degree easy by taking the step and finding schools that offer the degree. Please visit this website with some of the best online fire science degrees and other related programs:
 http://www.firesciencedegree.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

OTHER COURSES AND WORKSHOPS

USDA Forest Service International Programs
The USDA Forest Service International Programs organizes annually international seminars designed for natural resource managers around the world. These intensive and interactive seminars, which feature fascinating site visits and in-depth case analyses, are designed to stimulate debate and discussion among participants. For 2005, senior level policy makers, land managers and other professionals working in natural resource management are invited to apply to seminars. See US Forest Service International Programs “International Seminars” Website at:
http://www.fs.fed.us/global/is/welcome.htm

National Wildfire Coordination Group's (NWCG) Training Working Team (TWT)

The TWT manages the NWCG training curricula program; recommends for approval the Wildland Fire curriculum; oversees NWCG course revisions; recommends to NWCG the course development and format standards; assures all training materials developed by NWCG meet the Course Development and Format Standards; and provides guidance to other teams on the development process and standards. Website:

http://training.nwcg.gov/

The Nature Conservancy's Fire Management & Research Program
The Nature Conservancy's Fire Management & Research Program offers training workshops each year, held at different sites in the United States. The workshops are structured to expose TNC fire management personnel and cooperators to the fundamentals of prescribed burning and fire ecology.
For details see: http://tnc-ecomanagement.org/Fire/Workshops/

National Park Service
An other source is the homepage of the U.S. National Park Service's Fire Management Program Center at NIFC which offers access to different training and education web sites through its "Fire Management" sub page.

The Partnership for Wildland Fire Training – Part of Global FIREnet
The Partnership for Wildland Fire Training is a pilot project representing a joint effort between The University of Montana, the Southwest Montana Geographic Zone of the Northern Rockies Coordinating Group, and Global FIREnet. The goal is to expand upon currently available wildland fire training opportunities, to capitalize on the University of Montana's  expertise in program planning and management, and most importantly to provide high quality, low cost training opportunities for wildland firefighters - whether they are privately or government employed. All courses are completely sanctioned by National Wildfire Coordinating Group and the Northern Rockies Training Group and will be administered completely and professionally.

Ministry of Forests, British Columbia
Similar to the International Air Attack Officer (Level One) course conducted in May 2001, that was attended by fire suppression representatives from Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Italy, another Level 1 AAO course will be offered to international participants in Kamloops, British Columbia, between April 18 - 22, 2005. 
This course will also be attended by fire suppression personnel from both British Columbia and the various provincial agencies across Canada.  The ground school portion of the training will take place commencing 09:00 Monday, April 18 to 12:00 Thursday, April 21 (exam). Practical flight exercises will commence on Thursday @ 13:00 through to approximately 13:30 on Friday, April 22. Course instruction will be provided in English language, however, simultaneous translation services can be provided upon request.
The course fees are $500.00 for the ground school session and $750.00 for the flight exercises which will involve air tanker and birddog aircraft for 2 drops for approximately 30 minutes per individual trainee. Further course information, description of course contents and registration form is available via our public website through the following links:

APU - American Public University
Fire Science Management Degree/ B.S. in Fire Science Management
The Fire Science program at APU aims to place graduates in the forefront of the firefighting and emergency management field.  The curriculum covers a breadth of subjects needed for graduates to succeed in this challenging environment. Courses are designed specifically to fit with the uncertain and demanding schedules that many professionals face working in the public service sector. Students benefit from faculty who bring up-to-date industry knowledge into the classroom, as well as from classmates, who represent the diversity of a life-experienced, global student body.

The FireFlyer
Fire Science Degrees
A fire science degree aims to put graduates on the path towards advancing within the fire service system. A variety of colleges offer fire science degrees online, some at their local campuses as well:

 

MATERIALS FOR TEACHING FIRE COURSES

U.S. Interagency Basic Prescribed Fire Course Training Manual
http://www.fl-dof.com/wildfire/rx_training.html

TeacherServe from the National Humanities Center
http://www.nhc.rtp.nc.us/tserve/nattrans/ntuseland/essays/fire.htm
The essay “History with Fire in its Eye: An Introduction to Fire in America" by Stephen J. Pyne, Arizona State University, is part of the webguide "Nature Transformed: The Environment in American History". The series of essays written by scholars provide updated content, discussion guidance, and teaching resources for high school teachers.

U.S. National Park Service, Resource Management Education Unit
http://www.nps.gov/fire/fire/ecology/docs/toc.html
This comprehensive website includes background information about fire ecology, a Teacher's Guide with activities and quizzes, and a glossary of fire terms and additional references.

U.S. Fire Information Systems and Software Products: @fire.org
See GFMW link page: http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/literature/software.htm

Iowa State University, U.S.A.
Global Change Syllabus „Atmospheric Composition, Carbon Dioxide“:
http://www.geology.iastate.edu/gccourse/chem/gases/gases_lecture_new.html

 

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