Andrea bustos - Prescribed Fire training Specialist
As a Prescribed Fire Training Specialist at the WRTC, Andrea’s focus is on prescribed fire and land management. During her professional career she has found that landscape interaction comprehension is needed to reduce fire risk in fire and landscape management actions.
Andrea is an enthusiastic, self-motivated, progress-driven fire practitioner and Spanish native speaker with a developed background in this profession. In the most recent years of her career she has developed and implemented burn plans and has designed, planned, supported, and implemented training programs, community prevention projects ('escuelas de campo'), environmental education, institutional relationship strategies, national regulations, budget and funding management, and skills that she knows will bring value to the WRTC, CalPBAs and CAL-TREX events.
In this short journey in the fire world, Andrea has found out that this natural element is not only a powerful tool for land management, but also an incredible means for social assertion and defense for people and their landscapes. Right now, she is working with inspiring professionals that share her passion of nature and all of its intricate relationships. Here at the WRTC, there is no limit to continuing motivating, learning, and sharing knowledge.
Andrea is a fire practitioner, a passionate geographer, and has a Master’s degree in Remote Sensing.
Email Andrea: abustos@thewatershedcenter.com