Upcoming Events Colorado Rockies Firefighter Appreciation Night to benefit the Colorado Fallen Firefighters Foundation Discipulus de Ignis "Student of Fire" “If you choose to lead others you will have a legacy. But that legacy will be determined by those that follow you. I suppose I would want my legacy be that firefighters begin to realize the importance of being a student of fire and that I was able to help make that happen.” Paul Gleason 2003
The Colorado State University's Student Firefighter Association (SFA), is an association comprised of active, past, and aspiring wildland firefighters, students, professors and researchers. Our goal is to generate a network of active fire managers, those getting into fire, and those researching and teaching about fire. Through this network we hope to improve the fire science education received at CSU, provide greater career training and job opportunities, develop a stronger tie with active fire management practitioners and initiate a cohort of “students of fire” at CSU, both active students and alumni. We also want to acknowledge the tremendous contributions to fire education and especially firefighter safety made by Paul Gleason who taught Fire Science here at CSU.

Paul Gleason: Zig Zag Superintendent (left), Fire Management Instructor at CSU (right).

Meetings are held bi-weekly in the Forestry Building on the CSU campus. We have a diverse speaker series both local and national-level in scope.

In addition, we are developing relationships for experiential training through fire management agencies, skills training and qualification, career counseling and increased interaction with CSU alumni in fire management.