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Wildland Firefighter (Fuels Crewmember)
Forest Service · Posted 43 days ago
About the Role
These positions are located at a USDA Forest Service Unit. These positions serve in a key fire management position in a field fire management organization performing Prescribed Fire/Fuels Management work. See ADDITIONAL INFORMATION for Regional contacts.
What You'll Do
- →Duties listed are at full performance grade GW-07 level.
- →Preparing and implementing prescribed fire plans, fire effects monitoring plans, manual and mechanical hazardous fuels treatments, and smoke and wildland fire monitoring plans.
- →Integrates prescribed fire/fuels management, smoke management, fuels modification principles and procedures, fire effects knowledge, scientific data collection and analysis principles into a comprehensive prescribed fire/fuels management program.
- →Assists in preparation of the technical specifications for prescribed fire and mechanical treatment contracts, brush disposal plans, smoke monitoring reports, and similar products.
- →Assists in monitoring fire behavior, evaluating fire effects, identifying potential problems and making basic recommendations by reviewing fuel treatment alternatives and designing a prescribed fire to achieve the objective.
- →Conducts field reconnaissance of prescribed fire/fuels treatment units, summarizes field findings and makes basic recommendations on appropriate prescriptive criteria for meeting program objectives.
- →Provides training needs to support prescribed fire and fuels management programs.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 7ee923d9-1718-49aa-9543-808d7903e654
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