Veterans Fire Corps

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 The Student Conservation Association (SCA) is America’s #1 conservation service organization and seeks qualified applicants to lead, educate, and inspire Corps Members for the Veteran Fire Corps programs. Below is a link to an informational flyer about our Veterans Fire Corps Project Leader position. The Project Leader does not need to be a military veteran. The Project Leader will supervise teams of five post-9/11 military veteran members working in partnership with the US Forest Service to complete fire/fuels management work.  Veterans Fire Corps provides post-9/11 veterans with the training, credentials and experience they need to competitively pursue wildland fire and/or forestry careers.  Projects may include participation on prescribed fires, fuels reduction, fire effects monitoring, FIREWISE educational outreach and pre-fire preparation of burn units.

 http://www.thesca.org/veteran-fire-corps-project-leader

  http://www.thesca.org/serve/program/veterans-fire-corps

 

 

About Jeff Cavanagh

Jeff Cavanagh spent his freshman year at St. Petersburg Junior College back in the early 70s before enlisting in the United States Navy. Soon after, he attended Jacksonville University on a Navy ROTC scholarship. After college, he was commissioned and became a qualified Surface Warfare Officer spending the next 22 years honing his skills as a ship-handler and expert recruiter before retiring in 1994. Jeff expresses a deep sense of pride in St. Petersburg College due to connections that go back many years. His father, Tom Cavanagh, was a career Air Force fighter pilot and combat veteran who taught Geography and Western Civilization at St. Petersburg Junior College in the 60’s and 70’s.