FS - 2012 Detail Opportunity

The Fire Specialists are soliciting candidates for a twelve-week detail from April 23 through July 7. FSS details provide fire managers an opportunity to develop their employees with quality fire and aviation training and experience. The BLM Alaska Fire Service (AFS), Fire Specialist Section (FSS), provides a primary pool of personnel experienced in fire suppression, prescribed fire and aviation management operations for use in Alaska and the Lower 48.

During the twelve-week detail to FSS, a typical candidate will receive two weeks of FSS Training before they are made available for assignments. FSS Training is an intensive two-week course covering a variety of subjects that are applied in sand table exercises and simulations.

After training, Fire Specialists are dispatched statewide. Resource orders are filled by the Fire Operations Duty Office and personnel are dispatched by qualifications, training needs, and position on the up-list. Assignments may take candidates to remote Alaska or to roadside urban interface in a variety of roles.

FSS detailers will be expected to have passed their pack test and have a red card issued prior to arrival. All detailers will receive a Fireline Safety Refresher and additional pack test in Alaska. Detailers will be expected to participate in daily PT.

All candidates to the program will be ordered on a name suggested Resource Order with a "detail request” form attached. No personnel action is necessary. Typically, the sending unit will pay for base salary and travel and will provide line and personal gear, including a programmable King Radio. AFS will subsist the candidate in lieu of per diem. For candidates outside BLM, a reimbursable agreement will have to be arranged with the sending unit.

This arrangement may be reciprocated as the fire season in Alaska nears an end. If mutually agreed, details may be extended or reduced in duration. In addtion to the application form, please include a current resume from AVUE or USAJobs.

FS Detailer Application Form  
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To apply: fill out, then mail or fax the completed form to:

  John Lyons
Alaska Fire Service AK 352
P.O. Box 35005 Fort Wainwright, AK 99703
Fax: (907) 356-5560 • Phone: (907) 356-5663