Wildland Firefighter (Fuels Management Job Jacksonville Oregon USA,Trades / Skilled Labor

Position: Wildland Firefighter (Fuels Management)
Location: Jacksonville

Job Title

Fuel Management Specialist

Job Description

The Fuel Management Specialist is responsible for a variety of duties related to the planning, execution, and reporting of natural and created fuel hazard management programs.

Key responsibilities include:

Collecting and compiling resource data for long and medium range planning, treatment, and reporting of natural and created fuel hazard management programs.

Executing fuel treatment plans, slash hazard appraisals, and hazard reduction plans for slash creating projects or contracts.

Recording fuel treatment activity records for required reports and final project completion.

Working with timber sales and the Contracting Officer's Representative on thinning contracts in laying out fuel breaks, fuel reduction corridors, piling areas, and other fuel treatments.

Conducting pre-attack plans, providing input used in setting annual priorities for fuel treatment projects according to budget and weather constraints.

Maintaining fuel management inventories as they are completed and updating the files as conditions change.

Coordinating fuel treatment plans and activities with other functions to ensure efficient use of workforce resources to accomplish program objectives.

Carrying out prescribed burning plans for less complex projects and fuel types, supervising burning projects according to qualifications.

Locating areas for commercial and free use fuel wood removal according to fuel wood availability, accessibility, and consistency with related fuel management program.

Working independently or as a skilled member of a fuels management crew engaged in fuels management, which may include broadcast burning, hand and machine piling, helitorch, and other brush disposal techniques.

Using a variety of hand and power tools, including chainsaws, firing equipment, or portable pumps. Gathering data and recording information on fuel types, weather conditions, fire behaviors, and status of work accomplished.

Working independently or as a member of a skilled crew in wildfire suppression or in fire prevention as assigned.