Wildland Firefighter (Fuels)

Wildland Firefighter (Fuels)

As a Wildland Firefighter (Fuels) your duties will include but are not limited to the following:

• Performs fuels management activities and functions at the unit/tribal level to include prescribed fire, mechanical and biological fuels treatments, and monitoring (fire effects, fuels and smoke).
• Monitors treatment effectiveness, identifies potential problems, and makes recommendations.
• Conducts routine field reconnaissance of prescribed fire/fuels treatment units, summarizes field findings and is responsible for the fuels treatment record keeping.
• Utilizes a database to model and analyze fire behavior and fire effects observation data.
• Conducts surveys and evaluates data to develop fuels treatments, and prescriptions for prescribed fire and wildland fire monitoring.
• Coordinates and implements the technical and administrative aspects of the prescribed fire/fuels plan, ensuring that preparation, ignition, holding, mop-up, and rehabilitation are completed to the specified standards.
• Ensures the smoke management program complies with state air quality standards.