Supervisory Wildland Firefighter (Helitack) - Direct Hire Authority

As a Supervisory Wildland Firefighter (Helitack) - Direct Hire Authority your duties will include but are not limited to the following:

• Serve as an experienced leader exercising supervision and leadership for and executing fire management activities in fire preparedness, fuels management and prevention, and fire suppression, monitoring, and post-fire.
• Provides oversight during initial and extended attack fires, directs fireline activities and tactics of dispersed firefighters, resources, equipment and aircraft.
• Provides technical expertise during helicopter operations; and plans/directs helicopter operations to meet fire management or other resource objectives.
• Leads in initial and extended attack/large fires support wildland fire line operations, to include providing aerial and ground fire assessment, development of control strategy and tactics.
• Supervises and participates in direct suppression of fires; and completes fire line briefings, fire size-ups, fire reports, and fire personnel performance evaluations.
• Serve as liaison between the contractor, the local Fire Staff and Contracting Officer's Representative on contract requirements.
• Evaluates equipment and staffing needs; and develops and prioritizes equipment and personnel funding requests.