Supervisory Wildland Firefighter

Summary

This position will be filled under the Office of Personnel Management's Direct Hire Authority and is open to all United States citizens and . nationals. Veteran's preference and traditional rating and ranking of applications do not apply. All qualified applicants will be referred to the hiring manager for consideration for this position. To learn more about Direct-Hire authority, go to: Hiring Information:

Duties

This position functions within a region of the . Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) as a Zone Fire Management Officer (FMO) of a complex fire management program as part of the greater USFWS and Department of the Interior Wildland Fire Management Program.

This Zone FMO is responsible for directing most phases of fire management programs for designated Federally managed lands within a geographic zone to include fire management planning, aviation management, training and workforce planning, fire preparedness, fuels management and fire prevention, dispatching, suppression, post-suppression, as well as all hazard and emergency response activities.

Serves as the technical authority in fire management and air operations with a diverse multi-dimensional fire management program, with full program and operational integration with other agency fire management at the highest level and throughout the fire organization.

Facilitates collaboration for the development of local/annual operating plans and provides staff technical direction in the execution of master plans throughout the organization. Develops and negotiates complex local interagency agreements.

Coordinates strategic implementation of complex fire management activities in a rapidly changing environment for allocation of resources, equipment, and aircraft.

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