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Wildland Firefighter (Fuels Management)
Forest Service · Posted 43 days ago
About the Role
These positions will be located at a USDA Forest Service Unit. The incumbent serves in a key fire management position in a field fire management organization as a Prescribed Fire/Fuels Technician. See ADDITIONAL INFORMATION section below for Regional contacts.
What You'll Do
- →Duties listed are at full performance grade GW-9 level.
- →Primary responsibilities of the position are preparing and implementing prescribed fire plans, fire effects monitoring plans, manual and mechanical hazardous fuels treatments, and smoke and wildland fire use monitoring plans.
- →Assists in planning, implementing and coordinating all aspects of the prescribed fire and fuels management program.
- →Reviews project plans and makes recommendations on appropriate levels of monitoring.
- →Develops and recommends plans to perform a wide variety of limited operational projects, such as evaluating existing or developing new regional or forest-wide plans for fuels management, fire prevention, and fire protection programs.
- →Plans, conducts surveys and evaluates data to develop prescriptions for prescribed fire and wildland fire use.
- →Conducts fuels management surveys to document presence, amount, and types of hazardous fuels.
- →Utilizes this information to prioritize prescribed fire and fuels management projects.
- →Conducts field reconnaissance of prescribed fire/fuels treatment units, summarizes field findings and makes recommendations on appropriate prescriptive criteria for meeting program objectives.
- →Identifies and provides for training needs to support prescribed fire and fuels management programs.
Personality Fit
Job ID: f421d974-342d-4f09-a202-1f18ae14db86
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