Forestry Technician- Dispatcher

Position: Forestry Technician- Dispatcher

Duration: 8 Month Fellowship (28 weeks)- Starting Summer 2024 (dates are dependent upon the start date)

Location: Pueblo Interagency Dispatch Center, 2840 Kachina Dr, Pueblo CO 81008. Pike San Isabel National Forest, Cimarron Comanche National Grasslands”

Fellowship Description: This position is working in the wildland fire community, you will be supporting local, state and national wildland fires. Also working with partners from local fire management, government, state and federal fire managers and government. This Center is the second largest center in the geographic area, covering from the high mountains of Colorado to the low plains of Kansas. The primary purpose of this position is to serve as a fire dispatch in support of fire suppression activities.

This position serves as a Fire Dispatcher located in a dispatch center. This may be a single agency dispatch office or interagency dispatch center located in a fire management organization. The area involved may encompass federal, state, tribal and private lands within the dispatch center's area of influence. The center is responsible primarily for wildland fire preparedness and suppression support activities, but may respond to all-risk incidents as needed or directed. The primary purpose of this position is to serve as a fire dispatcher in support of fire suppression activities.

In accordance with USDA Department Regulation 4430-792-2, this position is a Testing Designated Position (TDP) under the USDA Drug Free Workplace Program and subject to pre-employment drug testing. All applicants selected for this position will be required to submit to a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Incumbents of this position will be required to submit to a urinalysis on an ongoing random basis, after appointment as directed.

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Special or Preferred Skills:
The ideal candidate:

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Direct Hire Authority Eligibility – after completing a minimum of 960 hours, DHA status provides special non-competitive hiring status when applying for Forest Service positions.

Application:
HAF is managing the recruitment for these positions. All applications should be submitted through HAF’s MANO Project application page. A resume and two references will be required for submission. Your application or resume should include professional and educational experience, along with any awards, technical skills or volunteer activities. Application questions or issues may be directed to MANO Program Associate Veronica Torres, veronicat@hispanicaccess.org .

Applications for this position are due on April 28th, 2024.

About Us:
Promote safety, efficiency, professionalism coordination and support within the Pueblo Interagency Dispatch Zone wildland fire, prescribed fire, aviation, and all risk response. The mission of the Pueblo Interagency Dispatch Center (PBC) is to provide and utilize interagency cooperation and standardized procedures to provide safe, efficient, and effective dispatch operations and management services relating to all risk emergency response and natural resource management.

To accomplish our mission, PBC operates within a formalized interagency dispatch system. Requests from the Rocky Mountain Area Coordination Center (RMACC) are routed through PBC to local unit offices. Requests within the center are allocated according to basic dispatch principals (type, location, cost) regardless of agency and/or ownership. All incidents and resulting requests are given equal consideration based on values at risk and resource availability.

The PBC area of influence encompasses the area East of the Continental Divide to the Kansas/ Missouri state line, and Denver south of Interstate 70 to the New Mexico State line. This includes all lands administered by the FS- Pike San Isabel National Forest, Cimarron, Comanche National Grasslands, Rio Grande National Forest, BLM- Royal Gorge Field Office/ District, San Luis Valley District Office, NPS, BIA, USFWS Refuges, Colorado State Division of Fire Prevention and Control, Kansas State Forest Service within the PBC Zone.
US Forest Service Mission:
To sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the Nation’s forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations.

Hispanic Access Foundation Mission:
Hispanic Access Foundation (HAF) is a 501(c)(3) national nonprofit organization that connects Latinos to partners and opportunities improving lives and creating an equitable society. HAF’s vision is that all Hispanics throughout the U.S. enjoy good physical health, a healthy natural environment, a quality education, economic success and civic engagement in their communities with the sum improving the future of America.