Wildland Firefighter

Wildland Firefighter

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

• Serves as a senior wildland firefighter and member of one of the following crews: fuels, hand crew, hotshot, engine, helitack, or wildland fire module.
• Performs fireline activities such as line construction, hose layout, operations of pumps and accessories, and mop-up operations.
• Gathers information on weather data, topography, fuel types, and fire behavior in responding to wildland fire incidents.
• Participates in fuels management projects and prescribed fires and may serve as a situational leader on wildland fires.
• Responsible for operation and maintenance of specialized equipment used to respond to wildland and prescribed fire situations.

Duties listed are at the GW-06 full performance level.

Indian Preference will be applied to candidates that are interested in applying for the positions in the following locations ONLY:

• Parker, AZ
• Fort Hall, ID
• Naytahwaush, MN
• Crow Agency, MT
• Harlem, MT
• Lame Deer, MT
• Poplar, MT
• Dulce, NM
• Mescalero, NM
• San Juan Pueblo, NM (Ohkay Owingeh)
• Fort Washakie, WY

Indian Preference will NOT be applied to those candidates interested in applying to locations not listed above.