Capitol Suppression and Regulation Technician, Wildland Fire Management Supervisor (WFMS) Recruitment #2024-4-A113 Full-time, Permanent, Represented position Location: South Puget Sound Region- Lacey, WA Location flexibility may be available and considered Flexible Work Hours and Partial Telework flexibility may be available and considered Relocation Compensation may be available and considered Salary: $3,700.00 - $4,968.00 Monthly * *Review of applications is ongoing. *We reserve the right to make a hiring decision or close this recruitment at any time after 4/11/2024. It is in your best interest to submit materials as soon as possible. *Want to join something GREAT and make a difference? South Puget Sound Region is actively seeking a Regulation & Prevention Technician (Wildland Fire Management Supervisor) for the Capital Fire Unit. This position is based out of Lacey, WA. The district consists of diverse fuel types that range from grass, shrub, timber understory, timber, timber litter, and slash blowdown. The unit ranges from agricultural fields to commercial and public land. The commercial timber and state land primarily consists of Douglas fir, hemlock, and some cedar forests with varying understory growth depending on the age of the stand. Agricultural land, in the lowlands, consists more of grass and shrub fuel types intermixed with timber. South Puget Sound Region as a whole provides wildfire prevention and firefighting efforts on 1.9 million acres of state and private forestland. The Capital Unit is responsible for wildfire suppression, prevention, and regulation on all or parts of Thurston County and East Grays Harbor County, including around sixty-five thousand acres of state trust land. The Capital Unit conducts suppression actions on an average of 70 fire starts annually in the unit and assists two other units in the South Puget Sound Region. The unit processes burn permits for Thurston and East Grays Harbor Counties for industrial and public landowners and provides NWCG-level training courses to our local cooperators. A large part of the Capital Unit is located in the Wildland Urban Interface of the greater Olympia, Lacey, Tumwater, and their surrounding rural areas. Interagency cooperation occurs in the majority of the wildland fires and fire training courses in the Capital Unit. Interagency cooperation includes working with local fire districts, and state and federal partners and is a key function of the position.

Responsibilities: Under the direction of the Assistant Fire Management Officer for Regulation & Prevention, the Regulation & Prevention Technician position has great influence on the quality, image, and message delivered to the general public of Washington State. This position works closely with stakeholders and other agencies and plays a leadership role in fire suppression activities.   The majority of the duties will include administering and approving burn permits, interpreting/applying fire regulations and IFPL restrictions, performing wildfire-ready neighbor structure assessments and community events, conducting wildland fire Training, and fire suppression. The Regulation & Prevention Technician works closely with fire suppression resources to suppress and prevent the spread of wildland fire.   Other duties will include but are not limited to being a lead and/or unit instructor for NWCG fire courses for wildland fire training and leading and participating in wildland fire prevention activities. The Capital Unit is a fast-paced, team-oriented, and complex work environment that requires an individual who will communicate effectively and work within the team's goals and dynamics to be successful.

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