Job prospects and good institutes to study Fire Safety Engineering.

Job prospects and good institutes to study Fire Safety Engineering.

I am a student of 12th with PCM (Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics). I want to do Fire Safety Engineering. What are the job prospects of this career and where can I study this course? I am open to studying both in India and abroad (preferably USA). Please recommend me some institutes that are good for this course.

A fire safety engineer is highly in demand, more abroad than in India. Gulf counties are the biggest fire prone area in the world owing to its largest storage of oil. Fire safety officers are paid very well in these countries. Their work includes alerting people for fire and precautions, installing new ways of safeguarding from fire and creating awareness amongst the residents of the area.

These are the industries that offer good job prospects to fire safety engineers:

• Fire Departments

• Fire Equipment and Manufacturers

• Consulting Engineering Firms

• Government

• Research & Laboratories

• Hospitals and Health Care Centers

• Insurance firms

• Universities & Colleges

• Forensic Investigational firms

These are the institutes in USA that offer Fire Safety Engineering courses:

• California Polytechnic State University

• Case Western Reserve University

• Lawrence Technological University

• University of Maryland, College Park

• University of New Haven

• University of St. Thomas

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute