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Summary
Lead Wildland Firefighter
As a LEAD WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER your duties will include but are not limited to the following:
- Serves as an experience leader and oversees operation of a fire engine module.
- Leads three or more regularly assigned firefighters and may provide situational leadership for additional firefighters based on the fire assignment.
- Operates, moves, inspects, and performs preventative maintenance on vehicles and equipment to include crew carriers, fire engines, command vehicles, pickups, and other specialized equipment.
- Directs and ensures proper assembly of equipment and supplies needed for fire assignments or daily work assignments.
- Ensures assigned crew members and equipment for the specific fire assignments or daily work assignments are in a state of readiness for the assignment or initial attack.
- May serve as an alternate in other fire program areas such as logistical dispatch, cache warehouse, incident business, and administrative support.
- Directs moderately complex fuels management projects or participates in more complex projects by conducting project assessments and gathering data.
- Leads and/or participates in fire prevention promotional activities such as conducting educational field trips.
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Job Description
Lead Wildland Firefighter
As a LEAD WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER your duties will include but are not limited to the following:
- Serves as an experience leader and oversees operation of a fire engine module.
- Leads three or more regularly assigned firefighters and may provide situational leadership for additional firefighters based on the fire assignment.
- Operates, moves, inspects, and performs preventative maintenance on vehicles and equipment to include crew carriers, fire engines, command vehicles, pickups, and other specialized equipment.
- Directs and ensures proper assembly of equipment and supplies needed for fire assignments or daily work assignments.
- Ensures assigned crew members and equipment for the specific fire assignments or daily work assignments are in a state of readiness for the assignment or initial attack.
- May serve as an alternate in other fire program areas such as logistical dispatch, cache warehouse, incident business, and administrative support.
- Directs moderately complex fuels management projects or participates in more complex projects by conducting project assessments and gathering data.
- Leads and/or participates in fire prevention promotional activities such as conducting educational field trips.
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