Instructor's Lesson Ignites Career Path

11/08/2022Instructor's Lesson Ignites Career PathStrategic Communications, Marketing and Public Affairs firefighters pose near a fire engine with smoke from the azusa canyon gulch fire rising in the background

firefighters pose near a fire engine with smoke from the azusa canyon gulch fire rising in the background

Joel Costello, a former student in the Citrus College Wildland Resources and Forestry program, served on a handcrew during the Azusa Canyon Gulch Fire this summer.Through dual enrollment, Joel Costello discovered wildland firefighting at Citrus College and later joined a Los Angeles County Fire Department handcrew.academicscareer technical programshealth sciences