<p>Whats a good school for fire engineering and what is the job availability after it?
any details would be helpful
thanks</p>
<p>WPI has a 5 year masters program for it iirc....they seem to think that you can get 80k plus in the field with it.</p>
<p>Seems to me that the traditional route for fire engineering is to get a structural eng degree with a specialization in fire protection and engineering, then to work with a failure analysis group... I'm not really familiar with "fire engineering" as a specific major...</p>
<p>Are you talking about fire engineering (controlling/fighting/utilizing fire), fire safety engineering (how people react to fires, making improvements in fire safety for structures or situations), or fire protection engineering (preventing structural failure due to fire damage)...?</p>
<p>like the course offered at Univ of maryland</p>
<p>There's a Fire Science program at Oklahoma State that is pretty strong. My friend went there and has done well.</p>
<p>I hear that demand for Fire Engineering majors is really hot right now. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>I dunno.</p>
<p>Fire engineering sounds like something you should specialize in your research or coursework during grad school, not during undergrad. See my comments on "designer" degrees such as architectural engineering... Best to stick to one of the major degree plans, IMHO, for undergrad... offers you more options, gives you a broader knowledge base, and if you change your mind, you're not screwed. Later on, you can specialize and get the same (if not better) opportunities as someone who's started out in fire engineering.</p>
<p>what is fire engineering? I mean, what do these people do?</p>
<p>They essentially look at fire's effects on different systems and attempt to devise engineering solutions to protect the integrity of the systems and preserve life safety.</p>