VIDEO: When students graduate CSI's Fire Science Program, they'll have national certification for structural fires, as well as the Red Card for wildfires.
Now in its fifth year, the Fire Science Program at CSI is a year-long program.
About 10 students each year complete the course.
New this year, each graduate will have certified for the Red Card, meaning they are able to deploy to wildfires. Brad Buehler has spent a lot of his life fighting fires.
“Essentially, I was closer with my fire brothers than i am my actual brothers,” Buehler said. “The departments that i worked for, they were all-hazards: medical, wildland, rescue, you know, you name it, hazmat, yeah." When the College of Southern Idaho started their fire science program four years ago, Buehler figured it would be a good time to try something new.