This program utilizes qualified non-profit youth- and veteran-serving organizations to carry out appropriate natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service and education…

This program utilizes qualified non-profit youth- and veteran-serving organizations to carry out appropriate natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service and education projects on department of the interior lands through authorized national park service programs. This project targets youth who are seeking degrees in fire protection engineering, fire protection administration, or fire investigation programs. The project will involve 12 interns working at 31 park sites where there is a need to focus on long overdue maintenance projects, such as the inspection, testing, and maintenance of fire protection systems, portable fire extinguisher inspections and tracking, and fire hydrant systems. Interns will focus on annual fire and life safety inspections, development of hot work permit programs, structural fire management plan revision, portable fire extinguisher training, and other structural fire prevention related projects.beneficiaries include private non-profit institutions and organizations public and private non-profit academic institutions state and local government agencies quasi-public non-profit institutions and organizations that support youth and young adult career training and development, and education in the areas of natural and or cultural resource conservation and management. Individuals families students and the general public will receive a benefitfrom the development and execution of these programs and projects.