Eastern Region Outreach – 2019 Temporary Fire Hire
Outreach Notice—Fire Positions USDA FOREST SERVICE- Eastern Region Temporary Fire Hire July 15, 2018 The Eastern Region is looking for a committed, hardworking, highly skilled workforce to work in a variety of fire program positions on 15 national forests located in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
The Fire and Aviation Management Program is very rewarding and requires talented people working safely as part of a team in a variety of specialized positions including district assistant fire management, fuels management, air tanker bases, dispatch, dozers, engine crews, hand crews, helitack, interagency hotshot crews, and prevention.
The Fire Hire program is being implemented to streamline the hiring process for temporary fire positions and provide consistent hiring around the Region. This hiring process assists the national forests in the Eastern Region to fill vacancies in a more efficient and timely manner.
Job Announcements will open in USAJOBS.gov on August 1, 2018 and close on August 31, 2018 11:59pm Eastern Standard Time.
Vacancy announcements may have an application limit so it is best to apply early for the positions, do not delay.
Duties:
Engine/Fuels/Suppression Crew: Serves as a member of fire crew assigned to suppress the full range of wildland fires, may independently perform recurring prevention, preparedness, fuels and suppression duties. Performs assignments as a wildland firefighter in developing a working knowledge of fire suppression and fuels management techniques, practices and terminology.
Midewin Interagency Hotshot Crew: As part of the National Fire Plan, the Midewin Interagency Hotshot Crew was established in 2001. It is the only Hotshot crew within Region 9 and is strategically located in Wilmington, Illinois to serve both regional and national demands. The configuration is in alignment with the USDA Forest Service – Interagency Hotshot Crew supporting a 22 person crew configuration. The Midewin Hotshots operate as a Type 1 Crew from March thru August of each year. The Midewin Hotshot Crew can divide into small teams to engage in multiple incidents in different environmental settings, utilizing a variety of fire management and adaption strategies in both prescribed and wildland fire.
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Eastern Region Outreach – 2019 Temporary Fire Hire Great Lakes Interagency Wildland Fire Module: Wildland Fire Modules (WFMs) facilitate the use of fire and other management techniques involving planned and unplanned wildland fire events. WFMs are highly skilled and versatile fire crews, which provide technical and ecological based expertise in the areas of: long term planning, ignitions, holding, and suppression, prescribed fire preparation and implementation support, hazard fuels reduction, and fire effects monitoring, resulting in fire fulfilling its natural/historic role to meet resource and management objectives.
Helitack: “Helicopter tactical delivered fire resources”. Crewmembers perform recurring fire suppression duties on a Helitack crew as a skilled aerial delivered firefighter. Functions as a crewmember during initial attack fires and large fire support working with helicopters to deliver water, cargo and personnel to remote locations. Loads and manifests helicopter personnel and cargo considering methods, weight distribution, necessity for securing, and safety briefings. Constructs helispots in remote areas and provides operational and logistical support. There are two exclusive use helicopter crews in R9. The Superior NF Helitack programs support regional and national aviation fire management efforts year round.
Dispatch: Serves as a dispatcher, receiving, filling and tracking resource requests for fire and other emergency incidents. Follows established procedures to perform a variety of technical duties common to the dispatch of personnel, equipment, aircraft and/or supplies according to pre-defined plans or in response to resource orders from the field.
The Process and Timeline (Timeline is flexible and maybe inaccurate due to unforeseen circumstances) July 15th─Outreach begins for Region 9 Northern Tier Temporary Fire Hiring.
August 1, 2018 ─ Application announcements will be activated in USAJobs (www.USAJobs.gov). August 31, 2018 ─ Application deadline for all announcements, 11:59 Eastern standard time. Apply through USAJobs.
Applicants are encouraged to apply for positions and locations where they would accept a position, even if those positions and locations are not listed as vacant. Vacancies may occur during the hiring process and they will be filled during Selection Week.
November 12-16, 2018 ─ Fire Hire Application evaluation. Subject matter experts will generate Reference Evaluations and gather this information for selecting officials. Supervisory Reference Checks will occur this week. Please ensure your references are notified of this and they are available at the email address (preferred) or phone number provided on your application.
November 19-23, 2018 ─ Fall Fire Hire Selections. Representatives from each forest will make recommendations for hiring. Applicants selected will be notified by a Forest Service representative by phone. Applicants not selected will be notified by e-mail.
Effective dates for starting employment after the on-boarding process is complete varies for each forest and is located in forest information below.
Note: Interagency Fire Program Management (IFPM) and Forest Service – Fire Program Management (FS-FPM) qualifications must be met prior to selection. 6
Eastern Region Outreach – 2019 Temporary Fire Hire
Veterans MUST submit a DD-214 if you are claiming Veteran’s Preference.
Job Title Grade Vacancy Announcement Number GS-0462-03 19-TEMPF-R9F-FASUP-3DT-AM Forestry Aid (Fire Suppression)♣ GS-0462-04 19-TEMPF-R9F-FTSUP-4DT-AM Forestry Technician (Fire Suppression)♣ ♠ GS-0462-05 19-TEMPF-R9F-FTSUP-5DT-AM Forestry Technician (Fire Suppression)♣ ♠ Forestry Technician (Fuels) GS-0462-04 19-TEMPF-R9F-FTFUEL-4DT-AM Forestry Technician (Fuels) GS-0462-05 19-TEMPF-R9F-FTFPRE-5DT-AM GS-0462-04 19-TEMPF-R9F-FTHEL-4DT-AM Forestry Technician (Helitack)♦ GS-0462-05 19-TEMPF-R9F-FTHEL-5DT-AM Forestry Technician (Helitack)♦ Forestry Technician (Dispatch) GS-0462-04 19-TEMPF-R9F-FTDIS-4DT-AM Forestry Technician (Dispatch) GS-0462-05 19-TEMPF-R9F-FTDIS-5DT-AM Forestry Technician (Air Tanker Base) GS-0462-06 19-TEMPF-R9F-FTABASE-6DT-AM ♣ Fire Suppression positions include: engines, dozer swamper and general fire suppression crewmembers. ♠ Midewin Interagency Hotshot Crew and Great Lakes Interagency Wildland Fire Module ♦ Superior N.F. Helitack Program
Estimated seasonal start dates (entry on duty, E.O.D.), please consider your availability when applying to specific forests.
National Forest Estimated Start Date Allegheny March 4, 2019 Chequamegon-Nicolet March 4-May 2019 Chippewa April 1, 2019 Green Mountain-Finger March 4, 2019 Lakes Hiawatha-Ottawa April 15, 2019 Huron-Manistee March 4, 2019 Mark Twain February 17, 2019 Midewin engines February 4, 2019 Midewin IHC February 25, 2019 Monongahela March 4, 2019 Shawnee February 4, 2019 Superior April 1, 2019 Wayne March 4, 2019 White Mountain April 1, 2019
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Eastern Region Outreach – 2019 Fire Positions by Unit Temporary Fire Hire
Allegheny National Forest https://www.fs.usda.gov/allegheny Position Availability/Grade Level Being Hired Location Location Point of Housing Dozer Engine Fire Hotshot Helitack Dispatch Fuels Contact Swamper Module Crew Sheffield, Robert Goulding Maybe GS- 3/4 Pennsylvania 814-363-7913 [email protected]
Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest https://www.fs.usda.gov/cnnf
Position Availability/Grade Level Being Hired Location Location Point of Housing Dozer Engine Fire Hotshot Helitack Dispatch Fuels Contact Swamper Module Crew Glidden, Andy Moffitt No GS-4 Wisconsin 715-264-2511 [email protected] Park Falls, Andy Moffitt No GS-4 Wisconsin 715-264-2511 [email protected] Washburn, Ryan Mulhern No GS-4 Wisconsin 715-373-2667 [email protected] Eagle River, Scott Linn Yes GS-5 Wisconsin 715-479-2827 x19 [email protected] Laona, Zack Parmentier No GS-4 Wisconsin 715-674-4881x6240 [email protected]
Eastern Region Outreach – 2019 Temporary Fire Hire
Chippewa National Forest https://www.fs.usda.gov/chippewa /
Position Availability/Grade Level Being Hired Location Location Point of Housing Dozer Engine Fire Hotshot Helitack Dispatch Fuels Contact Swamper Module Crew Deer River, Adam Cook Maybe GS- Minnesota 218-246-3454 3/4/5 [email protected] Walker, Rob Focht Maybe GS- Minnesota 218-547-5130 3/4/5 [email protected] Blackduck, Mike Mackey Maybe GS-4/5 Minnesota 218-835-3134 [email protected]
Green Mountain Finger Lakes National Forest https://www.fs.usda.gov/gmf l Position Availability/Grade Level Being Hired Location Location Point of Housing Dozer Engine Fire Hotshot Helitack Dispatch Fuels Contact Swamper Module Crew Manchester, Keith Sargent Maybe GS-3/4 Vermont 802-362-2307x7211 [email protected]
Eastern Region Outreach – 2019 Temporary Fire Hire Hiawatha-Ottawa National Forest https://www.fs.usda.gov/hiawatha
Position Availability/Grade Level Being Hired Location Location Point of Housing Dozer Engine Fire Hotshot Helitack Dispatch Fuels Contact Swamper Module Crew Munising, Cory Henry Maybe GS- Michigan 906-387-2512x1039 3/4/5 [email protected] Raco, Michigan Marty Knipe Maybe GS- 906-643-7900 3/4/5 [email protected] Rapid River, Mike Peterson Maybe GS- Michigan 906-474-6442 3/4/5 [email protected] Saint Ignace, Marty Knipe Maybe GS- Michigan 906-643-7900 3/4/5 [email protected] Watersmeet, Lisa Gowe Maybe GS- Michigan 906-358-4068 3/4/5 [email protected] Saint Ignace, Marty Knipe Maybe GS- Michigan 906-643-7900 3/4/5 [email protected] Watersmeet, Lisa Gowe Maybe GS- Michigan 906-358-4068 3/4/5 [email protected]
Eastern Region Outreach – 2019 Temporary Fire Hire Huron-Manistee National Forest https://www.fs.usda.gov/hmnf Position Availability/Grade Level Being Hired Location Location Point of Housing Dozer Engine/ Fire Hotshot Helitack Dispatch Fuels Contact Swamper/ Suppression Module Crew Suppression Baldwin, Kevin Reese Maybe GS-5 GS-3/4 Michigan 231-745-5841 [email protected] Manistee, Ian Morgan Maybe GS-5 GS-3/4 Michigan [email protected] Mio, Ryan Stone Maybe GS-5 GS-3/4 Michigan 989-739-0728x3109 [email protected] Oscoda, Ryan Stone Maybe GS-5 GS-3/4 Michigan 989-739-0728x3109 [email protected] Wellston, Christopher Loomis Maybe GS-4 Michigan 989-329-2999 [email protected] Cadillac, Kim Owczarzak No GS-4 Michigan 231-775-8732 [email protected]
Mark Twain National Forest https://www.fs.usda.gov/mtnf
Position Availability/Grade Level Being Hired Location Location Point of Housing Dozer Engine Fire Hotshot Helitack Dispatch Fuels Contact Swamper Module Crew Rolla, Allen Briggs NO GS-4/5 Missouri 573-341-7493 [email protected]
Eastern Region Outreach – 2019 Temporary Fire Hire
Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/midewin/home
Position Availability/Grade Level Being Hired Location Location Point of Contact Housing Dozer Engine Fire Hotshot Helitack Dispatch Fuels Swamper Module Crew Wilmington, Jerry Hoffman No GS-4/5 Illinois 815-423-2121 [email protected] Wilmington, Josh Strohmeyer No GS-3/4 Illinois 815-423-6370 [email protected]
Monongahela National Forest https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/mnf/home
Position Availability/Grade Level Being Hired Location Location Point of Housing Dozer Engine Fire Hotshot Helitack Dispatch Fuels Contact Swamper Module Crew Petersburg, Nick Jeros Maybe GS-3/4 West Virginia 304-704-2804 [email protected] White Sulphur Aaron Bennington Maybe GS-3/4 Springs, West 304-704-9347 Virginia [email protected]
Eastern Region Outreach – 2019 Temporary Fire Hire Shawnee National Forest https://www.fs.usda.gov/shawnee
Position Availability/Grade Level Being Hired Location Location Point of Housing Dozer Engine Fire Hotshot Helitack Dispatch Fuels Contact Swamper Module Crew Murphysboro, Tyson Taylor Maybe GS- Illinois 618-687-1731 3/4/5 [email protected] Vienna, Whitney Jiter Maybe GS-3/4 Illinois 618-658-1305 [email protected]
Eastern Region Outreach – 2019 Temporary Fire Hire
Superior National Forest https://www.fs.usda.gov/superior/
Position Availability/Grade Level Being Hired Location Location Point of Housing Air Tanker Engine Fire Hotshot Helitack Dispatch Fuels Contact Base Module Crew Aurora, Nick Petrack Maybe GS- Minnesota 218-229-8820 3/4/5 [email protected] Cook, John Abts Maybe GS- Minnesota 218-666-0032 3/4/5 [email protected] Ely, Bjorn Burgeson/Steve Mohr Maybe GS-4/5 B.B. 218-365-7701x7704 Minnesota S.M. 218-434-3271 [email protected] Ely, Mike Klick Maybe GS- Minnesota 218-365-7568 3/4/5 [email protected] Ely, Tom Roach Maybe GS-5 Minnesota 218-666-0047 [email protected] Ely, Rob Heavirland Maybe GS-6 Minnesota 218-322-2715 [email protected] Grand Patrick Johnson Maybe GS-5 Marais, 218-387-3765 Minnesota [email protected]
Eastern Region Outreach – 2019 Temporary Fire Hire Superior National Forest https://www.fs.usda.gov/superior/
Position Availability/Grade Level Being Hired Location Location Point of Housing Air Tanker Engine Fire Hotshot Helitack Dispatch Fuels Contact Base Module Crew Tofte, Justin O’Brien Maybe GS- Minnesota 218-663-8610 3/4/5 [email protected] Grand Marais, Mike Mansson Maybe GS- Minnesota 218-370-0313 3/4/5 [email protected] Grand Rapids, Ryan Kingsley No GS-4/5 Minnesota 218-327-4175 [email protected]
Wayne National Forest https://www.fs.usda.gov/wayne
Position Availability/Grade Level Being Hired Location Location Point of Housing Dozer Engine Fire Hotshot Helitack Dispatch Fuels Contact Swamper Module Crew Nelsonville, Ryan Sundberg NO GS-4/5 Ohio 740-753-0918 [email protected]
Eastern Region Outreach – 2019 Temporary Fire Hire
White Mountain National Forest https://www.fs.usda.gov/whitemountain
Position Availability/Grade Level Being Hired Location Location Point of Housing Dozer Engine Fire Hotshot Helitack Dispatch Fuels Contact Swamper Module Crew Campton, Sean Weston No GS- New 603-536-6261 3/4/5 Hampshire [email protected] Campton, Molly Campbell No GS-5 New 603-536-6108 Hampshire [email protected] Gorham, Chris O’brien No GS-4/5 New 603-466-2713 Hampshire [email protected]
Eastern Region Outreach – 2019
Temporary Fire Hire
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