Wildland Firefighter Program 

Want more from your career than just a paycheck?

Take a Wildland Fire Class

Associate Degree in Wildland Firefighter

Program and job requirements

Staff info/who to contact

Does protecting life, property and natural resources from wildfires sound like a rewarding career? How about using planned, controlled fire as a natural management tool to restore rare prairie plant communities that many animals, including endangered species, depend on? If so, consider pursuing an Associate Degree in Wildland Firefighter.

Your interest in the outdoors and intense physical activity could lead to a successful career fighting forest fires or conducting prescribed burns as a wildlife technician or endangered resource technician. The Wildland Firefighter degree at FVTC can help you achieve your goals while working beside agency professionals with our intensive hands-on training.

You can start a career or just take a Wildland Fire class for use in your current position through FVTC's Wildland Firefighting program.

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   1/13/2010 1:42:03 PM