Forest Ranger

Forest Ranger

Agency 040 DEPT OF AGRICULTURE FOOD & FORESTRY

Supervisory Organization Agriculture, Food & Forestry - NE Area–Oklahoma Forestry Service

Job Posting End Date Refer to the date listed at the top of this posting, if available. Continuous if date is blank.

Note:

Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the posting end date above.

Full/Part-Time Full time

Job Type Regular

Compensation The annual pay for this position is up to $40,380.00 based on education and experience. This position is considered a hazardous duty position which pays an additional $4,000.00 annually.

The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry (ODAFF) is seeking a full time Forest Ranger I in the Forestry Division. This position (PIN #) is in state government, located in Chance, OK. The State of Oklahoma offers a comprehensive Benefits Package, including a generous benefit allowance to offset the cost of insurance premiums for employees and their eligible dependents.

This position is assigned responsibilities in the suppression and mitigation of wildfires and in the operation and maintenance of firefighting equipment to support work related to the delivery of the Division’s cooperative forestry programs. This is an arduous-duty position fighting wildfires statewide in adverse terrain under conditions that can be hazardous to personal safety and may require extended periods away from the assigned home unit.

Selected candidate must reside with a 15-mile radius of designated hiring points:

The intersection of

E. 660 Rd. and S. 4700 Rd., approximately 4.25 miles west of OK Highway 59. 36.6247,
-94.7113 – SE corner of Section 5, T18N, R25E.

• Engages in initial attack and extended attack wildland fire suppression, prescribed burning operations and fuels mitigation activities; provides fire suppression, prescribed burning and mitigation assistance to employees, partner agencies, volunteers and other assisting fire crews.
• Utilizes basic Geographic Information System (GIS) skills and equipment to gather wildland fire and prescribed fire data, including but not limited to acres involved, fire area latitude/longitude, and/or GIS files of fire perimeters.
• Prepares and submits Forestry Division wildland fire and prescribed fire activity reports for state and national fire reporting systems; collects wildland fire information from partner agencies as needed for state and national fire reporting systems.
• Provides wildland fire and prescribed fire training to employees and partner agencies. Supervises or participates in the construction and maintenance of Forestry Services Division facilities and projects, such as roads, bridges, towers, buildings, and grounds.
• Operates and maintains assigned equipment, including pickup trucks, fire engines, bulldozers, and other related equipment; supervises and performs preventive maintenance; performs or schedules repairs to assigned equipment after consultation with supervisor.
• Apply basic investigative skills to determine fire causes, preserves evidence and assists law enforcement agents in law enforcement activities related to wildland fire.
• Presents fire prevention information and education programs for schools, groups, and the public; participates in organizing and training rural fire departments.
• Presents and demonstrates wildfire preparedness information and education, including defensible space planning, to schools, civic groups, and the public.
• Inventories state and private forest lands by measuring and recording forest data, such as tree species, stem diameters and heights; maps forest stand boundaries and calculates acres; determines volume of merchantable timber within given timber stands; assists foresters in the development of forest management plans for landowners; distributes forest management information to landowners.
• Marks trees for harvesting purposes; designates boundary lines for cutting operations, timber stand improvement work, and timber sales; computes timber volume for use in bid requests.
• Distributes forest management and fire prevention information to landowners.
• Uses GPS and GIS technology to record property location and boundaries, identify stands, and develop forest type and ownership maps.
• Uses various plot-sampling techniques to collect data on forest conditions and timber volumes; develops forest stand and stock tables.
• Analyzes aerial photographs, satellite images, topographic maps, soils maps and other resources and collects appropriate data for use in forest management planning and technical assistance programs; may use GIS technology to display data in electronic form for use by professional foresters.
• Performs related work as required and assigned.

This is the basic level of this job family where employees are assigned responsibilities, which primarily involve participating in the prevention, mitigation and suppression of wildland fires, the operation and maintenance of firefighting…