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Resource Advisor – Fireline Qualified

Position Description

Duties:

  • Determine the need for environmental restriction within the fire area and provide input as to appropriate suppression actions based on resource concerns
  • Develop recommendations for fire suppression rehabilitation of control lines in assigned area
  • Monitor rehabilitation efforts
  • Provide guidance during the implementation of rehabilitation activities for assigned area
  • Coordinate with local specialists (biologists, archaeologists, engineers, resource specialists, recreation specialists, etc) and/or incident supervisor, to identify potential impacts of suppression or management activities
  • Identify existing utilities, roads, pipelines, and other uses on the land that may be affected
  • Identify potential resources issues that may occur as a result of the incident or incident activities
  • Provide input for the development of a fire suppression rehabilitation plan for the agency administrator and the incident commander
  • Provide input for the initial completion and/or revision of a published WFDSS decision
  • Document potential and actual suppression/fire-related resource impacts and the rationale for protection of priority areas
  • Provide input to the development of a long-term plan to provide oversight, documentation and evaluation of rehabilitation efforts
  • Anticipate impact on resources in assigned area as the suppression or prescribed fire operation evolves
  • Ensure that planned mitigation measures area carried out effectively on the fireline in assigned area
  • Provide content input on the development of short and long term natural resource and cultural rehabilitation documents
  • May serve as liaison to agency administrator, resource users, and other affected parties

 

NWCG Latest Announcements

NWCG Equipment Technology Committee Releases Safety Warning: 25-001 Non-specification fire shelters

Date: January 15, 2025
Contact: Equipment Technology Committee

The Equipment Technology Committee (ETC) has released Safety Warning: 25-001 Non-specification fire shelters. Non-specification fire shelters claiming to meet Forest Service (FS) fire shelter specification 5100-606 were first found in February of 2023. As of September 2024, non-specification shelters are again being advertised and sold on the open market.

This Safety Warning outlines details and recommended procedures to purchase FS specification shelters made with materials and components that meet performance criteria and toxicity testing requirements outlined in FS Specification 5100-606. 

For additional information on identifying non-specification shelters, please view ETC Safety Warning 23-01.

References:

ETC Safety Warning 25-001: Non-specification fire shelters

NWCG Equipment Technology Committee

ETC Safety Warning 23-01

Paul Gleason Lead by Example Awards

Date: January 14, 2025
Contact: Leadership Committee

The NWCG Leadership Committee has awarded the 2023 Paul Gleason “Lead By Example” awards to individuals in the categories of Initiative and Innovation, Mentoring and Teamwork, and Motivation and Vision, as well as a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Congratulations to the awardees:

  • Sam Bowen, Superintendent of the Mark Twain Veteran Crew with the U.S. Forest Service.
  • Greg Titus, Zone Fire Management Officer for the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
  • Renae Crippen, Manager of the Blue Mountain Interagency Dispatch Center with the U.S. Forest Service.
  • Eric Carlson, Instructor with OMNA International.

References:

Paul Gleason Lead by Example Award

Wildland Fire Leadership Development Program

Interview with Paul Gleason

Updated NWCG Standards for Water Scooping Operations, PMS 518

Date: December 19, 2024
Contact: Water Scooper Operations Unit

The NWCG Standards for Water Scooping Operations, PMS 518 establishes the standards for dispatching, utilizing, and coordinating water scooping aircraft on interagency wildland fires. These standards should be used in conjunction with the NWCG Standards for Aerial Supervision (SAS), PMS 505, and any local, state, or geographic/regional water scooping plans.

References:

NWCG Standards for Water Scooping Operations, PMS 518

Updated NWCG Standards for Aerial Supervision, PMS 505

Date: December 19, 2024
Contact: Interagency Aerial Supervision Subcommittee

The Interagency Aerial Supervision Subcommittee has updated the NWCG Standards for Aerial Supervision, PMS 505. PMS 505 establishes standards for aerial supervision operations for national interagency wildland fire operations. 

References:

NWCG Standards for Aerial Supervision, PMS 505