Wildland Firefighter (Fire Management Planning)

Duties listed are at full performance grade GW-13 level. Provides program leadership and consultation for strategic fire management planning, assessments (e.g., wildland fire risk, prevention, etc.), and interagency and/or unit Fire Management Plan (FMP) development. Develops, plans, and provides fire management alternatives in coordination with Washington Office and Geographic Area staff. Provide program management direction and expertise for interagency and/or national forest and grasslands fire planning efforts. Provides guidance to the field units on collection and evaluation of fire hazard risk, fuels, historic fire occurrence, fire effects, climatology and weather. Coordinates the Geographic Area annual fire management program budget, integrates the budget with other program budgets to meet unit operation goals, and ensures that the fire management program budget is distributed. Performs supervisory duties less than 20% of the time.