Deadline: Thu, 04/27/2023 - 12:00pm Employer: Texas A&M Forest Service Job Field: Forestry Other Job Type: Full Time Location: Texas Location Detail: Childress, Texas Job Description: The Fire Coordinator provides localized oversight leadership to the region and employees assigned to the region for various activities. Provides direct interaction with the communities, fire departments, and other response systems and supports agencies and organizations within the region and across the State as needed. Promotes local capacity building, meets NWCG FFII qualifications, maintain a meets or exceeds on performance evaluations, obtain a Texas Class A CDL, be proficient in the use of TFS email, web page and single sign-on programs and complete all monthly reporting requirements of position. Attend all required training and assist with the delivery of Forest Resource Protection programs to local communities. Operate and maintain wildland fire suppression equipment and respond to wildland fires and other all-hazard incidents and conduct self in a professional manner at all times. Responsibilities: -Serves as an emergency responder (including all hazard and wildland fire) which may require working long hours with minimal rest and in primitive conditions, exposure to harsh environmental conditions such as smoke, wind, sunlight, rain and temperature extremes, walking long distances, standing for extended periods, twisting, bending, reaching and kneeling, lifting and carrying heavy objects, driving motor vehicles for long distances, operating heavy equipment with related exposure to equipment vibration and noise and operating computers with monitors for extended periods of time. Must meet the moderate physical fitness standard of a 2-mile walk carrying a 25 lb. pack in 30 minutes or less. Must carry cell phone device to facilitate 24/7 communication. Will be expected to establish residency within 30 minutes of duty station. Develop proficiencies in the following: 1) Delivers Capacity Building Programs to Volunteer Fire Departments, Combination Departments, and Municipal Career Fire Departments. Supports the delivery and development of programs within the Texas A&M Forest Service (TFS) and with other government agencies. These programs include VFD assistance, insurance and vehicle liability risk pool; FEPP, FFP, VFD cost shares, Helping Hands, fire risk assessment, aviation, TIFMAS and TICC 2) Assists in administration of assigned personnel and delivery of programs developed by the Chief Regional Fire Coordinator, Assistant Chief - RFC, Fire Prevention Specialist and Wildland Urban Interface Specialists. Supporting the Fire Risk Assessment Coordinator with data collection. 3) Trains, prepares, and coordinates firefighters to respond to wildfire incidents locally, regionally, and statewide. Informs predictive services and the chain of command of regional fire loads and additional resources that may be required to handle fire loads. Communicates with local, State, and Federal officials as appropriate. 4) Assists in promoting the development of mutual aid resources and agreements among local jurisdictions. Assists in development of regional wildfire strike teams and regional incident management teams, along with coordinating and assessing the need for wildfire training. 5) Coordinates development of rural community fire protection programs and coordinating response activities through the appropriate State disaster district committees (DDC). 6) Serves on the TFS Incident Management, Fire Prevention and Wildland Urban Interface Mitigation Teams with related training and preparedness. Coordinate as appropriate, activities with respective IRD Assistant Chief and East Texas OPS Regional Forester. -Manage and account for TFS credit cards in accordance with applicable laws, policies, rules, procedures and guidelines. -Other duties as assigned. Within 90 days of hire, must establish a primary residency within 30 minutes travel time of home base to ensure timely response for duty as directed. Qualifications: Education and Experience: Required Education: Bachelor’s degree Preferred Education: Bachelor's degree with emphasis in Natural Resources, Land Management, Fire Science, Emergency Management, Public Administration or Business Administration. Required Experiences: None. Preferred Experience: Experience as a firefighter and instructor with a recognized volunteer or career fire department or wildland fire agency. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Required Knowledge: Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Preferred Knowledge: Wildland firefighting skills including wildland fire hand tools, personal protective equipment, water delivery equipment and fire engine operations. NWCG firefighter training, NFPA 1001, 1021 and 1041 certification. Required Ability: Multi-task and work cooperatively with others. Registrations, Certifications, and Licenses: Required: Valid Class A Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) or ability to obtain one within 180 days of employment. Preferred: TCFP or SFFMA Basic Firefighter or higher certification Other Requirements: Required: Response to wildfires and all hazard incidents as requested. Meet moderate physical fitness test of completing a 2-mile walk carrying 25 lbs. in 30 minutes or less. The Fire Coordinator position is considered a training position with a training/mentoring period up to 2 or more years. Salary: $42,000/year Benefits: Texas A&M University System strives to support the health and wellness needs of our diverse workforce. Texas A&M Forest Service offers a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life and long-term disability insurance, retirement benefits, paid time off and health and lifestyle programs. Some additional benefits include the ability to accrue compensatory time off, overtime on emergency response and a physical fitness incentive of $500 for passing the arduous test (walk three miles wearing a 45-pound pack in 45 minutes or less) each year. How to Apply: All applications must be submitted online via Workday Jobs at https://tamus.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/TFS_External/job/Childress-TX/Fire-Coordinator_R-060738 A resume, cover letter, references and transcript(s) are REQUIRED to be uploaded to application. Certifications are preferred to be uploaded to the application. Documents/certifications can be uploaded in the "My Experience" page in the "Resume/CV section. More than one document can be uploaded; just click the "Upload" button for each document. 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