Fueling the Next Generation of Fire Practitioners

Fueling the Next Generation of Fire Practitioners

RALEIGH, N.C. — NC State Extension Forestry and the NC State FirePack recently led Forest Management students from the College of Natural Resources through an unforgettable Fire Week! This week was part of their summer practicum, and this year’s experience marked an exciting evolution in the program. In a new model that emphasized hands-on field experience, students arrived in the North Carolina Sandhills already certified as NWCG Firefighter Ty…

Firefighters, governor converge on Green Peter for annual drill - The New Era

Smoke lofting into the air northeast of Sweet Home Friday morning, June 27, indicated a fire, but it was intentional – set to give students in the Mid-Willamette Valley Interagency Wildland Fire School a chance to test the classroom knowledge they’d gained over the previous five days. The annual school, based at Sweet Home High School June 23-27, attracted a record crowd – more than 200 wildland firefighters and instructors, who converged on a l…