Job Type: Permanent
Salary Details: $38,921 to $56,222 per year
Deadline: Dec 30, 2020

For full job description visit: https://www.conservationjobboard.com/job-listing-forestry-technician-fire-dispatch-shoshone-idaho/2784876375

Responsibilities

  • Determines the appropriate response to incidents and requests from the field and independently plans and carries out the procedural and technical tasks involved in the dispatching of personnel, equipment, and/or supplies to suppress wildland fires.
  • Coordinates aviation dispatch operations (e.g., aircraft capabilities and limitations, flight planning, flight following, aviation safety)
  • Processes and interprets weather information (e.g., spot weather forecasts, weather station observations, current and forecasted weather, lightning detection, and fuel moisture levels).
  • Performs, and directs others, in inputting data into a number of fire-related computer applications (e.g., incident qualification records, fire reporting systems, and automated dispatching systems) and makes assessment of outputs.
  • Provides information and consults with cooperators and other interested entities. Provides critical logistical support information to supervisor and makes recommendations concerning the efficient uses of available resources

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