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Explore a new career with the BLM - where our people are our greatest natural resource. For additional information about the BLM, please visitour website. BLM is seeking a dynamic and energetic individual to join the team to as a Fire Management Specialist (Prevention & Mitigation) where you will establish and coordinate internal and external wildland fire prevention and mitigation programs.This position is located in Montrose, Colorado.
Major Duties
As the Southwest Colorado Fire and Aviation Management Unit, Fire Mitigation and Education Specialist, the incumbent will:
- Use a variety of tools, locally represent the bureau, be focal point of contact for all wildland fire mitigation procedures and processes at below state level.
- Analyze, model and identify major causes of wildland fire and addresses mitigation techniques through risk analysis.
- Determine, develop, and provide program expertise and materials as the local-level Bureau wildland fire education program specialist in coordination with Federal, state, and local wildland fire management groups.
- Coordinate, identify, mitigate, and implement risk reduction and protection measures with local homeowners, community stakeholders, and various local, state, and federal agencies during wildland fire events.
- Coordinate, monitor, investigate and train local wildland fire trespass policies, procedures and actions with Bureau and other federal agency investigators, law enforcement personnel and local authorities.
The GS-09 grade level is a developmental/trainee level position. The incumbent will perform the less difficult assignments with considerable independence in planning, selecting methods, and carrying out the work. The more difficult/complex work is performed under closer guidance, in terms of objectives, problem areas to be encoutered, judgment belng applied, and interpretation of regulations/guidelines.
Qualifications
BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENT: Must have:Degree in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position.- OR-A combination of education and experience: Courses equivalent to a major, as shown above (at least 24 semester hours), plus appropriate experience or additional education.
You will need to clearly state your undergraduate/graduate degree(s) and submit your college transcripts or a listing of your college courses that includes hours and grades.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: In addition to meeting the basic education requirements, you must meet specialized experience requirements. To be creditable, this experience must have been equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade of the position to be filled.
To qualify for the GS-09 grade level, 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-07 is required.To qualify for the GS-11 grade level, 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-09 is required.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA’s) necessary to successfully function in the wildland fire management position.
For GS-09:Experience in at least two of the following three categories:1.)Experience that demonstrated understanding of fire effects on cultural and natural resources. Assignments must have shown participation in activities such as: a) Developing fire management plans to ensure resource objectives can be met from a fire management standpoint; b) Conducting field inspections before and/or after prescribed fires or wildland fires to determine if defined resource objectives have been met;2.)Prescribed Fire/Fuels Management – experience in activities such as: a) Professional forest or range inventory methods and procedures (eg. Brown’s planar intercept for dead down fuels; live fuel loading assessments); or b)Analysis of fuel loadings and determination of appropriate fuel treatment methods and programming, or c) Evaluating prescribed fire plans or fire management plans to ensure fire containment is possible and identify appropriate suppression contingencies if containment is not obtained; and/or3.)Fire Management operations – analyzing and applying fire management strategies, plus experience in at least four of the following activities: a) Mobilization and Dispatch Coordination; b) Fire Prevention; c) Training; d) Logistics; e) Equipment Development and Deployment; f) Fire Communications Systems; g) Suppression and Preparedness.
For GS-11:Experience must have included ALL of the fire program management elements as described below:1.)Reviewing and evaluating fire management plans for ecological soundness and technical adequacy;2.)Conducting field inspections before and after prescribed or wildland fires to determine if resource objectives were achieved and/or evaluate the effectiveness of actions taken; and3.)Developing analyses on the ecological role of fire and its use and/or exclusion, and smoke management.
IN ADDITION to fire program management, appropriate experience must have included either prescribed fire/fuels management - or - fire management operations described as:1.)Prescribed fire/fuels management - experience in a broad range of activities such as: a) Professional forest or range inventory methods and procedures, (e.g. Brown's planar intercept for dead and down fuels; live fuel loading assessments); b) Analysis of fuel loadings and determination of appropriate fuel treatment methods and programming; c) Land use planning and environmental coordination; d) Evaluation of prescribed burn plans or fire management plans to ensure fire containment is possible and identification of appropriate suppression contingencies if containment is not obtained; or2.)Fire management operations - analyzing and applying fire management strategies, plus experience in at least five of the following activities: a) Mobilization and dispatch coordination; b) Fire prevention and education; c) Training; d) Logistics; e) Equipment development and deployment; f) Fire communication systems; g) Suppression and preparedness; h) Aviation.
If the position is filled at a lower grade level, subsequent promotion to the next grade level will be processed without further competition dependent upon administrative approval and the continuing need for an actual assignment and performance of higher-level duties.
Selective Placement Factor(s):This position requires a special qualification that has been determined to be essential to perform the duties and will be used as a screen out element. Those who do not provide evidence they possess the following selective factor(s) will be rated not qualified.
Prior on-the-line firefighting: The Department of the Interior defines wildland firefighting experience as any non-structure fire that occurs in the wildland. Wildland firefighting experience is gained through work on the fire line in containment, control, suppression or use of wildland fire. This experience can be met by serving in a temporary, seasonal, or equivalent private sector fire position for no less than 90 days. Wildland fires are categorized into two distinct types: (1) Wildfires – Unplanned ignitions or prescribed fires that are declared wildfires; and (2) Prescribed Fires – Planned ignitions. This description includes only fireline experience on a Prescribed Fire; it does not include experience in the planning stages. Prescribed fire experience must be supplemented by fire suppression experience in order to be creditable as previous wildland firefighting experience.This experience must be documented with specific dates in the online application or resume.
Pay Range
$51,440.00 - $80,912.00