Forest fire inspector or prevention specialist
Enforces fire rules, inspects forests for fire hazards, and recommends ways to prevent and control forest fires.
Will AI replace forest fire inspector or prevention specialist jobs?
AI changes jobs more often than it replaces them. How much AI can help with this work: Low. More AI overlap than 12 in 100 jobs. AI touches a small part of this work. Most of the job happens with your hands, your body or in person. 0% of this job’s working time is already spent on tasks people bring to AI at work (Anthropic Economic Index). Based on Microsoft research on real AI use at work, matched to the tasks of each job in O*NET.
What AI already helps with
- Relay messages about emergencies, accidents, crew locations, and fire hazards
- Keep records and logbooks
- Estimate fire sizes and features and radio the findings to base camps
What stays human
- Teach wildland firefighting
- Put out small fires with extinguishers, shovels, and axes
- Check and count firefighting tools and equipment and their condition
10-year outlook · USA
Expected change in the number of these jobs by 2035: +13.1%. Typical pay: $56,870 a year. US Bureau of Labor Statistics. German figures differ, but the direction is usually similar.
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