FIRE RESOURCE COORDINATOR - 07282026-79532

Qualifications

• Education and Experience: Education equivalent to graduation from a standard high school and experience equivalent to three years of full-time work in one or a combination of the following: wildland firefighting, resource dispatching, resource inventory control, administrative database management or related acceptable field.
  • OR
• Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with an associate's degree in Homeland Security, Emergency Management, or Fire Science and experience equivalent to one year of full-time work in one or a combination of the following: wildland firefighting, resource dispatching, resource inventory control, administrative database management or related acceptable field.

Necessary Special Qualifications

• Applicants for this class must: Possess and maintain a valid vehicle operator's license in some positions; Complete core curriculum of Fire Resource Coordinator Orientation within the first 12 months of hire.

Responsibilities

• Generates district fire danger level report through the use of information provided by the Weather Information Management System and National Weather Service.
  • Provides reports and updates a database regarding all hazard incidents.
  • Serves as communication liaison between necessary internal and external entities.
  • Receives daily fire weather reports and sends reports to Nashville offices.
  • Receives and requests resources for assistance from other agencies (e.g., 911, County Sheriffs' Offices, Volunteer Fire Departments, TEMA, USFS, and NPS) regarding all hazard incidents.
  • Dispatches appropriate personnel and equipment available within county or districts to aid in hazard incidents.
  • Responsible for monitoring and maintaining all active hazard incidents in the district and keeps legible physical and electronic records of incident timelines, resource location, and resource allocations.
  • Activates aircraft when appropriate, receives information from aircraft spotter on smokes and active fires, and dispatches appropriate response team.
  • Maintains district level resource availability and coordinates crews/overhead for out-of-state incidents.
  • Validates data accuracy for all district fire reports.
  • Ensures adequate cache stocking level to support district operations.
  • Orders supplies and issues equipment to district personnel.
  • Captains training for district personnel and interagency cooperators and maintains training records.
  • Administers Work Capacity Test (WCT) for district personnel.
  • May oversee aspects of the district safety program.

Competencies (KSA's)

• Action Oriented
  • Manages Conflict
  • Customer Focus
  • Decision Quality
  • Instills Trust
• Knowledge
  • Administration and Management
  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Geography
  • Law and Government
  • Mechanical Skills
• Active Learning and Listening
• Judgment and Decision Making
• Monitoring
• Speaking Abilities
  • Auditory Attention
  • Deductive Reasoning
  • Inductive Reasoning
  • Information Ordering
  • Number Facility
  • Tools & Equipment
  • Office Equipment
  • Safety Equipment and Tools
  • Motor Vehicle
  • Radio Equipment
  • GPS

Overview

Under general supervision, performs general coordination and accountability of all district resources of routine difficulty; and performs related work as required. An employee in this class performs a wide variety of coordination work regarding district resources in relation to all hazard incidents. This class differs from that of a Forestry Technician in that an employee of the latter performs supervisory wildland fire detection/suppression and conservation work of average difficulty.