Wildland Firefighter (Forest-Fire Planner)

Duties listed are at full performance grade GW-11 level. Develops local plans that reflect national, regional, and local management goals, requirements, and strategic objectives related to fire and aviation management. Implements program management direction for national forests and grasslands and/or interagency fire planning efforts. Provides wildland fire planning technical support and coordination with fire management officers, land or resource management staffs, and planners throughout the local area. Provides technical expertise in strategic and local fire planning analysis systems, models, and decision support systems. Develops annual program of work which may include budget allocations and severity requests. Incumbent responds to data requests from internal and external entities utilizing specialized software and modeling to evaluate the effectiveness of fire management strategies to meet land management goals and objectives