Forest Fire Inspectors & Prevention Specialists

Also called: Fire Management Officer, Fire Prevention Technician, Forest Officer

Career Cluster: Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security
What they do:
Enforce fire regulations, inspect forest for fire hazards, and recommend forest fire prevention or control measures. May report forest fires and weather conditions.
On the job, you would:
  • Relay messages about emergencies, accidents, locations of crew and personnel, and fire hazard conditions.
  • Conduct wildland firefighting training.
  • Estimate sizes and characteristics of fires, and report findings to base camps by radio or telephone.
KNOWLEDGE

Safety and Government
  • public safety and security
  • law and government
Engineering and Technology
  • computers and electronics
Education and Training
  • teaching and course design
Business
  • management
  • customer service
SKILLS

Social
  • changing what is done based on other people's actions
  • teaching people how to do something
Basic Skills
  • thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
  • talking to others
Problem Solving
  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
ABILITIES

Visual Understanding
  • see hidden patterns
  • quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things
Ideas and Logic
  • notice when problems happen
  • use rules to solve problems
Verbal
  • communicate by speaking
  • listen and understand what people say
PERSONALITY

People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.

They do well at jobs that need:
  • Dependability
  • Stress Tolerance
  • Leadership
  • Integrity
  • Self Control
  • Independence
TECHNOLOGY

You might use software like this on the job:

Application server software
  • Kubernetes
  • Microsoft Windows Server
Presentation software
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
Data base user interface and query software
  • Amazon Web Services AWS software
  • Relational database software
EDUCATION


high school diploma/GED or bachelor's degree
usually needed
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JOB OUTLOOK


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New job opportunities are very likely in the future.


Salary:
High: $92,170.00
Median: $54,080.00
Low: $35,000.00
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