You'll have money and job security!
Fire protection engineers have significantly higher starting salaries than do college graduates with bachelor's degrees in many other fields. The median starting salary for a fire protection engineer is nearly $65,000.

You'll be working with other talented people!
Fire protection engineering is a team effort. As a fire protection engineer you may be working on projects with experts in many different fields and backgrounds, from architects to contractors to designers.

You'll have lots of options!
Fire Protection Engineers work everywhere: in big and small cities, urban areas and rural communities, even remote wilderness areas. Some work in business offices or classrooms, others in factories or research labs or onsite at a building location.

For more information about careers in fire protection engineering, see other parts of this website or contact chris@sfpe.org. Or, for more information about the Fire Protection Engineering profession, visit www.sfpe.org.