Wildland Fire Management Supervisor

Loomis Regulation and Prevention Technician, Wildland Fire Management Supervisor (WFMSup)
Recruitment #2025-5-7425
Salary: $3,811.00 – $5,117.00 Monthly

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for review and approval of burn permits for the assigned geographic area of the NE Region, to include a full range of burn permit requests, those with more complexity, potential for escape, and smoke impact to communities.
• Wildland Fire Investigations, determining wildland fire origin and cause, and completing associated paperwork.
• Fire Suppression – Protect human life and resources on department-protected lands and minimize resource loss and fire costs from wildland and urban interface fires, while ensuring firefighter and public safety.
• Participate in statewide fire suppression activities, often required to work long, irregular hours on workdays, weekends, day or night.
• Ensure that operations occurring on forest lands are in compliance with the rules and regulations regarding the Industrial Fire Precautionary Levels and preventing wildland fires from occurring.
• Works collaboratively with region staff to implement the NE Region’s fire prevention plan.
• Attend and/or present at public events, meetings, Firewise workshops, and other community prevention educational activities.
• Assists with fire training for all Highlands District personnel and assists with the Washington State Fire Academies and other various Interagency/DNR trainings.

Required Qualifications: 

• Experience with firefighting techniques, practices, terminology, equipment, and other resources for wildland fire management, including support needs, communications, and safety precautions.
• Experience with wildland fire regulatory practices and burn permit processes.
• Experience with fire weather technology, the effect on various fuel types, and knowledge of weather as it influences fire behavior.
• Experience professionally communicating with a variety of groups to include subordinates, superiors, the public, and other partner organizations, both written, verbal, and face-to-face, especially in stressful situations.
• Experience developing and maintaining cooperative, effective working relationships both internally and externally.
• NWCG Qualifications as Single Resource Boss.
• NWCG Qualifications as Incident Commander Type 5.
• Experience in computer applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel, mapping, and Global Positioning technology.
• General knowledge of conducting Wildland Fire Origin and Cause Determination investigations.
• Commitment to fostering and supporting an environment that honors diversity, equity, inclusion, and environmental justice practices.