2027 Student Burn Week: A Learn & Burn
The 2027 Student Burn Week: A Learn & Burn event is scheduled for January 3rd-9th around the Alexandria, Louisiana area and will be an immersive, hands-on prescribed fire experience focused on student learning in fire management while expanding networking opportunities for students from across the U.S. Participants will engage in all aspects of prescribed fire, including burn planning, ignition techniques, monitoring and evaluation, while learning how fire ecology, wildlife communities and fire management come together in practice.
Please note that this year's event is a pilot and will be kept small to assess the layout and dynamics. A faculty/staff nominator is required; we will only be reviewing up to 2 applications from each university (if your university has a SAFE Chapter, please work with that faculty/staff advisor). If you're not selected for this pilot year, you will be put on a priority list for the following year if there are opportunities available. If you are a National SAFE Member and travel costs are an inhibiting factor, please check with your local student officers and/or advisor on the availability of using Annual National SAFE grant funds to assist you.
The hosting organizations WILL NOT be covering medical insurance for participants and will require a liability waiver for people participating in this training.
Food and Lodging will be provided onsite from 1/3/27 to 1/9/27.
Participants will be responsible for paying for and coordinating their own flights/transportation. There will be a shuttle to pick people up from the Alexandria International Airport (AEX) airport at 11:30 and 17:30 on January 3rd and to drop people off at 10:00 on January 9th.
Applications will close on September 30th, 2026. Applicants will be notified of selection by the end of October.
If you would like to assist with organizing this event, please email info@studentfirelineproject.org with your interest in joining the Student Fireline Project as a collaborator.