Membership Benefits

Your membership supports support important programs that seek to improve the knowledge and use of fire in land management through science and education and provides the following benefits: 

Networking

Being a member of AFE allows you to get to know other professionals in the wildland fire community and increases your visibility in the field. 

Conferences

AFE hosts some of the most exciting fire ecology conferences in the world! AFE members receive discounted registration rates for our conferences. This alone pays for membership if you are a regular at conferences.

Wildland Fire Certification Program

Only AFE members may apply for this exciting program that offers professional certification for fire ecologists, managers, and technicians. Whether manager or more academically inclined, certification helps showcase your knowledge and skills and can help boost careers.

Fire Ecology Journal

AFE members receive a 15% discount on page charges for publishing in our peer-reviewed journal, Fire Ecology. For publishing an original research article, that is a savings of more than $300!

Awards

AFE has annual prestigious awards that it gives out to outstanding students and professionals in the field of fire ecology. Only AFE members can submit nominations for awards.

If you have membership ideas, comments, suggestions, or questions, please contact us at office@fireecology.net.