Forest Crew Supervisor

Arcadia 20 – Forest Crew Supervisor, Squad Boss
Salary: $4,093.00 – $5,501.00 Monthly

This position serves as a leader on a team comprised of 5 permanent DNR employees and 15 Transitional Firefighters. A Transitional Firefighter is an individual who is transitioning from partial-confinement incarceration to being in the community. The Forest Crew Supervisor, Squad Boss role is to help supervise, train, and support the Transitional Firefighters under the guidance of the Crew Foreman and Superintendent. 

Responsibilities:

• Provide direct fireline supervision of the Transitional Handcrew members, which responds to grass, brush, and forest fires and are 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, assists 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.
• Work in extremely rugged terrain.
• Travel for extended periods (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, 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 on time.

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.
• Commitment to fostering and supporting an environment that honors diversity, equity, inclusion, and environmental justice practices.