Forest Crew Supervisor – Fire Squadboss, Correctional Facilities

Forest Crew Supervisor – Squadboss, (FCS-CF) Correctional Facilities 
Recruitment #2024-2-A075
Full-time, Permanent, Represented position
Location: Northeast Region- Spokane, WA.
Salary: $3,974.00 – $5,341.00 Monthly 

Want to join something GREAT and make a difference?
If you love working in the outdoors, appreciate a remote natural environment, enjoy assisting the public, with proven ability to work as part of a small team, then this opportunity might be for you! The Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Northeast Region is looking to fill a Forest Crew Supervisor – Squadboss position to help lead our new Arcadia 20-person transitional handcrew which is comprised of 5 permanent DNR employees and 15 transitional firefighters based out of Spokane County, WA.

Responsibilities:

• Provide direct fireline supervision of the transitional handcrew members, which responds to grass, brush, and forest fires and is available for district, region, statewide, and/or interagency dispatch.
• Provides interagency fire suppression activities for initial attack, extended attack, mop-up, patrol, and rehabilitation. On initial attack fires, may perform ICS functions as Incident Commander Type 4 and 5 or other duties as needed.
• Directly supervises a squad of transitional firefighters.
• Plans and implements training for crew members.
• Prescribed Fire Support – Leads crew to conduct site fuels and fire effects data collection, unit preparation, assist with burn plan writing, community outreach, and Rx burn implementation support to include firing, holding, burn boss, etc.
• Work in remote areas away from vehicles for long periods of time.
• Work in extremely rugged terrain.
• Travel for extended periods of time (for multiple weeks): outside of your home unit to assist on fires within the region to other regions and/or states for large fires.
• Build strong team cohesion within the 20-person crew, on a day-to-day basis.
• Prepare for fire duty, and maintain assigned equipment and vehicles for fire readiness.
• Forest Health Treatment – Leads crew to conduct non-commercial thinning and slash abatement, project layout, and compliance in coordination with State Lands and Landowner Assistance staff. Supports forest health project layout, tree marking, road brushing, and GPS data collection surveys. Assists with timber sales, layout, marking, forest cruising, and road maintenance.
• Complete fire reports and other paperwork as assigned in a timely manner.

Required Qualifications: 

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Knowledge of wildland fire suppression tactics and fire behavior recognition.
• Certified as a NWCG Firefighter Type 1.
• Must annually pass the work capacity test at the arduous level as required by NWCG.
• Employee Empowerment.
• Team Effectiveness.
• Building/maintaining Cooperative Relationships.