Disasters like wildfires and floods are multiplying. US schools are training students to combat them

From California to North Carolina, high schools and colleges are offering classes in fire science, search and rescue, and ecological sustainability

This story is from the Hechinger Report

Gavin Abundis watched as firefighter Adrian Chairez demonstrated how he uses pulleys and harnesses to rappel down buildings. “You’ve probably seen it in the movies where they’re going down Mission: Impossible style,” Chairez said with a laugh one day this past winter as he prepared to step off a tower. “We get to do that.”