Responsibilities:

• Serves as a senior wildland firefighter on a fuels crew, or on a wildland or prescribed fire module.
• Performs the duties of a chainsaw operator and performs chainsaw maintenance and minor repair.
• Performs and may direct others in starting pump engine, priming pump, adjusting engine speed and pump valves, laying hose, and using appropriate nozzles and nozzle adjustment in effective use of water and additives.
• Responsible for operation and maintenance of specialized equipment used to respond to wildland and prescribed fire situations.
• Participates in wildland fire and safety training in the techniques, practices, and methods of fire suppression and in the safe, efficient operation and use of tools, equipment, and vehicles used in fire suppression activities,
• Operates a variety of motor vehicles to transport equipment, supplies, module/crew members
• Performs or instructs others in preventative maintenance inspections and basic repairs of vehicles and equipment.