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Long Term Fire Analyst

Position Description

Duties

  • Assists in the burn plan development and review before implementing.
  • Provides appropriate historic weather information.
  • Obtains weather forecasts, updates and special advisories; document local weather before and during the fire; and communicate with Meteorologist.
  • Establishes and maintains effective communications with appropriate personnel, such as supervisors, Fire Effects Monitor, crewmembers, or adjoining forces.
  • Establishes a system to monitor fire behavior, first order fire effects, weather data before (if possible), during and after ignition.
  • Assesses real-time observations of fire behavior and immediate fire effects, and recommend tactical adjustments.
  • Identifies fuels outside of standard models because of depth, loading arrangement, or kind of fuel; and adjust predictions accordingly.
  • Analyzes observed and predicted fire behavior to make adjustments to fuel models or the assumptions used in the fire behavior calculations.
  • Estimates wind speed and direction at any time and location over a large area of varying topography, given a fire weather forecast.
  • Assembles information and calculate fire growth from a line source of fire over an extended time period.
  • Recognizes and describes special conditions that promote extreme fire behavior.
  • Calculates the rate of spread, flame lengths (fireline intensity), heat per unit area, burn size (area and perimeter) for selected time periods for a burn starting from a point source and be able to plot the burn area and perimeter on a map.
  • Predicts the rate and direction of fire spread on slope with winds at various angles on the slope.
  • Employs appropriate solutions for burns of extended durations.
  • Provides assessment of risk of a rare fire spread, significant smoke, and/or season ending event for long duration fires.
  • Synthesizes the data sets from a number of local weather stations for useful inputs to fire behavior calculations for various locations.
  • Monitors smoke emissions for health, safety, and vista impairment.
  • Locates proper sites for, and identify appropriate equipment for weather data collection.
  • Prepares written prescribed fire behavior forecast within the time frame specified by the supervisor.
  • Provides formal briefing to appropriate personnel.
  • Provides fire behavior and fire effects summary for the fire(s).

Position Knowledge and/or Requirements

  • S-390, Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior Calculations
  • S-490, Advanced Wildland Fire Behavior Calculations
  • S-590, Advanced Fire Behavior Interpretations
  • S-492, Long Term Fire Risk Assessment
  • S-493, FARSITE: Fire Growth Simulation

 

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NWCG Latest Announcements

The Incident Position Standards and Next Generation Position Task Book are now available for Status/Check-In Recorder (SCKN)

Date: August 27, 2024
Contact: Incident Planning Subcommittee 

NWCG is excited to announce that the NWCG Incident Position Standards for Status/Check-In Recorder, PMS 350-32, NWCG Position Task Book for Status/Check-In Recorder (SCKN), PMS 311-32, and Checking In Resources Customer Service Job Aid, J-111 are now available.

The Performance Support Package, which for SCKN includes the Incident Position Standards, Next Generation Position Task Book, and job aid were developed through the Incident Performance and Training Modernization (IPTM) effort. The Performance Support Package will support trainees, those qualified in the position, and evaluators.

References:

NWCG Status/Check-In Recorder Position Page

NWCG Incident Position Standards for Status/Check-In Recorder, PMS 350-32

NWCG Position Task Book for Status/Check-In Recorder (SCKN), PMS 311-32

Checking In Resources Customer Service Job Aid, J-111

The Next Generation Position Task Book and Incident Position Standards are now available for Safety Officer, Field (SOFF)

Date: July 26, 2024
Contact: Risk Management Committee 

NWCG is excited to announce that the NWCG Incident Position Standards for Safety Officer, Field, PMS 350-81 and NWCG Position Task Book for Safety Officer, Field (SOFF), PMS 311-81 are now available.

The Safety Officer, Field (SOFF) is responsible for monitoring operations on an incident from a risk management perspective to provide for the welfare of incident resources and the public. The new Incident Position Standards and Next Generation Position Task Book are developed through the Incident Performance and Training Modernization (IPTM) effort.

References:

NWCG Safety Officer, Field (SOFF) Position

NWCG Incident Position Standards for Safety Officer, Field, PMS 350-81

NWCG Position Task Book for Safety Officer, Field (SOFF), PMS 311-81

Updated NWCG Standards for Electronic Documentation (eDoc), PMS 277

Date: July 25, 2024
Contact: Incident Planning Subcommittee 

The Incident Planning Subcommittee has updated the NWCG Standards for Electronic Documentation (eDoc), PMS 277.

The NWCG Standards for Electronic Documentation (eDoc) establishes the standards for collection and retention of records on wildland fires. This July 2024 update will provide incident management teams the most current standards required to maintain incident records and submit them to host units at the close of an incident.

References:

NWCG Standards for Electronic Documentation (eDoc), PMS 277

eDoc Box Directory (zip file)

NWCG Off-Highway Vehicle Typing Standard Request for Comment

Date: July 24, 2024
Contact: Mobile Fire Equipment Subcommittee 

The Mobile Fire Equipment Subcommittee has released Equipment Bulletin 24-002 NWCG Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Typing Standard - Request for Comment. This bulletin outlines the proposed NWCG OHV typing standard, as well as the business need for establishing the standard. Comments on the proposed standard will be accepted through August 15th using the comment form linked below.

References:

ETC-EB-2024-02: NWCG Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Typing Standard - Request for Comment

NWCG Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Typing Standard Comment Form