Prescribed Fire All-Lands Coordinator
Washington State Department of Natural Resources
Olympia, Washington
Prescribed Fire All-Lands Coordinator, Environmental Planner 3 (EP3)
Work Hours and Partial Telework flexibility may be available and considered
Salary: $5,501.00 - $7,400.00 Monthly
Responsibilities:
- Utilize DNR’s 20-Year Forest Health Strategic Plan landscape evaluations and other analyses to understand and translate forest health treatment needs, review proposed projects in priority landscapes, and provide recommendations on necessary prescribed fire actions and investments to move cross-boundary priority landscapes into a resilient condition in coordination with the US Forest Service, other state agencies, tribes, forest collaboratives, DNR programs working on forest resiliency, and other partners. Prescribed fire actions include site preparation, burn implementation, and post-fire monitoring. Where prescribed fire implementation is necessary, develop, identify, and facilitate procedures for the completion of burn plans. In collaboration with other staff and partners, determine what geography will be included in the burn plan. Complete prescribed fire burn plan technical reviews as necessary.
- Support statewide and local priority planning and burn plan writing efforts for cross-boundary and DNR Regions and units.
- Using databases such as Forest Health Tracker, perform data compilation and research analysis on financial assistance application packets to determine trends and service gaps.
- GIS database collection of all DNR Prescribed fire projects and DNR-funded prescribed fire projects, assisting forest resilience with tracking prescribed fire projects in Washington, project tracking, and historic data quality control.
- Utilizes DNR, and other available, scientific analyses that identify forest health treatment needs in areas where land ownership is diverse and close to structures, making prescribed fire planning a challenge.
- Work across DNR programs on different land ownerships, and with agency partners in shared stewardship, to direct their work planning to include prescribed fire treatments in priority landscapes and develop workflow for burn plan completion.
- Utilizing landscape evaluations and other analysis material to develop burn plans and assist with the implementation of burns to support units, districts, and regions to meet the department's objectives and targets.
- Coordinate and communicate project needs and priorities within the Division, Federal agencies, and private landowners, and across all boundaries to give recommendations on priority landscapes, and what treatments would transition them into a resilient condition in coordination with the US Forest Service, tribes, forest collaboratives, DNR programs working on forest resiliency, and other partners.
- Apply critical and creative thinking to identify prescribed fire implementation and planning needs specific to individual projects that work to achieve Washington’s objectives for improving forest health and ecosystem resiliency. Use the Forest Health Tracker (FHT) online database to maintain Service Forestry project records and files.
Required Qualifications:
- A bachelor’s degree with a major study in natural resources (e.g. botany, forestry, landscape ecology, fire science, fire ecology), or a closely related field;
OR an equivalent combination of education and/or experience
AND three years of experience implementing a wildland fire program or working in wildland fire suppression or regulation. - Experience in managing, coordinating, and implementing training courses as well as courses or events tailored to a diverse audience.
- Experience in evaluating performance, quality control, and compliance checks.
- Experience with prescribed fire, both pile and broadcast burning. NWCG minimum qualification of a Single Resource qualification: CRWB, ENGB, FIRB, desired RXB (3,2 or 1) or state-certified burner qualification.
- Commitment to fostering and supporting an environment that honors diversity, equity, inclusion, and environmental justice practices.
- Perform assigned duties in a manner consistent with applicable laws, regulations and public records retention and requests are followed.
View a complete position description with full application instructions at careers.wa.gov.
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Category | Admin & Leadership, Forestry |
Tags | Wildland Firefighter, GIS |