Fire Dispatching GACC Manager

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This is a Direct-Hire advertisement. Veterans preference is not applicable to this advertisement. Learn more about this authority at: Direct Hire Authority This Supervisory Wildland Firefighter (Fire Dispatching) (GACC Manager) position is with the US Wildland Fire Service, GW-0456-13 working in the following location: Salt Lake City, Utah In order to qualify for this position you must possess the Minimum Qualification requirements listed below. Only experience obtained by 06/30/2026 will be considered. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. Please be sure to include this information in your resume. No assumptions will be made about your experience. Minimum Qualification At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GW-12 level, or higher, in the Federal service, or equivalent, which includes all of the following: Providing short- and long-range fire management planning, program direction and coordination, and evaluation of a fire program. Developing and implementing an integrated fire management program that achieves resource management objectives. Providing leadership, coordination, and direction of a fire program including the administration of fire suppression, detection, and prevention programs, dispatching and other communication services, fuels/vegetation management, aviation management, mitigation and trespass, as well as integrating other related natural resources plans and activities in an interagency environment. You may not substitute education for experience to qualify for this position. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. *Applicants must meet all minimum qualification requirements for the position of interest by the closing date of the Job Announcement. Secondary Firefighter Retirement Coverage - Applicants for this secondary administrative fire fighter position under the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 8336 (c) (CSRS) and 5 U.S.C. 8412 (d), must possess knowledge of the principles, methods, and techniques of wildland firefighting as demonstrated by direct wildland firefighting experience. In order to receive credit, you must provide a written description of your experience in wildland firefighting. Education without hands-on wildland firefighting experience does not meet this requirement. Periods of wildland firefighting experience, gained through militia and rural fire departments, can also be credited. Wildland fire is defined as any non-structure fire that occurs in the wildland. Two distinct types of wildland fire have been defined and include wildfire and prescribed fires as follows: Wildfire: Unplanned ignitions or prescribed fires that are declared wildfires. Prescribed Fires: Planned ignitions. This description includes only fire line experience on a Prescribed Fire; it does not include experience in the planning stages. Prescribed fire experience must be supplemented by fire suppression experience in order to be creditable as previous wildland firefighting experience. Physical Demands: Work is primarily performed in an office setting. Long hours of sitting, intense concentration, and working at peak proficiency level with irregular breaks/mealtimes are frequent, prolonged demands of the job. Incumbent is subject to work shifts of 12-14 hours per day for extensive periods. In addition, telephone calls are made after regular work hours, which create many interruptions. The work requires active physical capacity with extensive standing/walking. Vehicle/aircraft travel associated with field visits and other administrative travel are frequent demands. Working Conditions: Work is usually performed in an office setting. Field assignments may require working in isolated and/or primitive conditions, in rough terrain, and under extreme weather conditions. There is possible exposure to high noise levels associated with aircraft and mechanized equipment.

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