Sexual Harassment and Gender Discrimination in Wildland Fire Management Must be Addressed

Sexual harassment and gender discrimination are behavioral patterns not uncommon in

the many varied settings of wildland fire.

Whether in the classroom, on the fireline, in a

government or non-governmental organization

office, women and men are subjected to and

are targets of sexual harassment and gender

discrimination on a daily basis. The prevalence of this issue, its causes, its impacts, and

potential solutions are the foci of this Associa-

tion for Fire Ecology (AFE) position paper.