OUTREACH NOTICE
ONE POSITION
Region 3
Coronado National Forest
Douglas Ranger District
Engine Captain GS-0462-06/07
NTE-120-Day Detail Opportunity
USDA FOREST SERVICE – SOUTHWEST REGION, R3
CORONADO NATIONAL FOREST
DOUGLAS RANGER DISTRICT
DOUGLAS, ARIZONA
Date of Notice: Febuary 02, 2015
Please Respond to the Outreach Notice by February 13, 2015
Position Description:
The Coronado National Forest (Douglas Ranger District) will be advertising for the position of Forestry
Technician FEO at the GS-06/07 level. The position supervises an Engine Module on the Douglas Ranger
District during fire season. This Engine is part of the Initial Attack force for the Coronado National Forest and
is used extensively throughout the forest for Initial Attack. If interested please see attached outreach response
form located below to respond.
For more information or technical questions about the position contact:
If you are interested or have questions about the position below please fill out the outreach form
below and send a resume.
Contact Information:
Renee Kuehner (AFMO) 360-489-9046 rkuehner@fs.fed.us
Travis Stanfill (FMO) - 541-390-1792 tstanfill@fs.fed.us
Coronado National Forest
DUTY STATION: District Office, Douglas, Arizona
THE FOREST/DISTRICT: The Coronado National Forest contains almost 1.8 million acres in
Arizona and New Mexico. The Douglas Ranger District, one of the five
districts, encompasses three mountain ranges: the Chiricahua
Mountains (291,496 acres), the Dragoon Mountains (54,211 acres)
and the Peloncillo (Pel-un-see-yo) Mountains (87,986 acres). These
mountain ranges are part of the Coronado National Forest “Sky
Island” landscape with some of the most diverse wildlife and plant life
in Arizona. The District is located in the southeastern corner of
Arizona and southwest New Mexico. As the heartland of the
Chiricahua Apache, the Douglas District is the custodian of many
unique historic and pre-historic cultural resource sites.
Ecological types range from Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts to
spruce-fir forests, as elevations rise from about 4500 feet to over 9700
feet. The Chiricahua Mountains alone contain 47 designated hiking trails both inside and outside of
the 87,700 acre Chiricahua Wilderness.
The monsoon (rainy) season is a very important part of the ecosystem. Running from July
through September, the monsoon provides about nine inches of precipitation on average with the
remaining 7 inches generally in the winter. Temperatures range from an average low in the lowtwenties in winter to average highs in the high-90’s for summer.
During the summer season, the District employs an average of 30 people. There are 20 full
time staff, including the fire, range, wildlife, zoned recreation and law enforcement organizations.
THE COMMUNITY:
Douglas, Arizona, is located 118 miles southeast of Tucson (population 486,700) on the USMexico border with a population of approximately 15,000. The City of Douglas, as part of the
southern Arizona region, has been listed as one of the 100 top places to live in America according to
a recent study conducted by Bizjournal.com. Serving as Arizona’s gateway to Mexico, Douglas is full
of history, architecture, minerals, artifacts, and fossils.
We have five elementary schools, two middle schools
and one high school. Douglas also has Charter Schools open
for enrollment. Located just 10 minutes outside of town,
Cochise Community College has its Douglas Campus.
Additionally, The University of Arizona South Facility is colocated at Cochise College Campus. The Southeast Arizona
Medical Center is located 3 miles west of town, and the city
boasts a new dialysis center. Private physicians and medical
clinics are available in town. Douglas has a full complement of
religious congregations, including Roman Catholic, Methodist,
Baptist, Lutheran, LDS, Church of Christ, Church of God, and
Jehovah Witness. The Elks Lodge, Lions Club, VFW Post and the Bushmasters Club are all active
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and visible in the community.
Bisbee, AZ is located near Douglas and is a popular place to live because of its’ small town
charm and cooler climate (elev. 5,500ft). Bisbee, a once booming copper town of over 20,000
people, has transformered itself into a quiet tourist community (pop. 5,600) offering many
opportunities to stroll the sidewalks and enjoy the art galleries, restaurants, coffee shops, and local
breweries. Today Bisbee is better known for its’ relaxed quality of life and uncommon blend of
creativity, friendliness, and style.
Coronado National Forest
Douglas Ranger District
Fire Program
On the Douglas Ranger District, fire, as a critical natural process is integrated into land and resource
management plans and activities on a landscape scale, and across agency boundaries. The full range of fire
management activities are used to help restore and sustain the functionality of fire adapted ecosystems. We
strive to allow natural ignitions to play their ecological role, district wide. Wildland Fire Use is given high
consideration. Approximately 89 % of our yearly ignitions are caused by lightning. We average 20 reported
fires per year. Fuel types range from desert grassland, through oak woodland, pinon-juniper, ponderosa pine
type, to mixed conifer in the high elevation. Fire size has ranged from a tenth of an acre to 27,000 acres.
Although our fire season is not catagorized as year round, we have experienced fires all months of the year.
April through mid July is considered fire season, typically ending with the set up of the “Mexican Monsoon” in
July.
Douglas has an active fuels management program for hazardous fuel reduction and ecosystem health.
Treatment areas include wildland urban interface, high resource value areas and ecosystems currently at risk
from catastrophic fire. We conduct one to three landscape scale broadcast burns per year that have ranged from
500 to 48,000 acres. We also implement mechanical treatments using hand thinning and pile burning,
mastication, and fuel wood gathering. With a low percentage of wildland urban interface, emphasis is placed on
landscape scale management actions in collaboration with other land management agencies and private
stakeholders.
Fire staffing consists of a Fire Management Officer, Assistant Fire Management Officer, a helitack module, 2
Type 6 engines, a ten person hand crew, a Prevention technician, and two seasonally staffed fire towers. Fire
staff bears responsibility for Roads, Fleet, and Facilities. Off season staff consists of 10 personnel. Nearly all
personnel from other disciplines on the District answer the fire call.
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Coronado National Forest
Outreach Notice Reply
If you are interested in the position at the Douglas Ranger District, please complete the following
information by February 13, 2015 and send Resume via email to Douglas AFMO, Renee Kuehner
email address rkuehner@fs.fed.us
Renee Kuehner
1192 W. Saddleview Road
Douglas AZ. 85607
Phone: (520) 364-6822
Fax: (520) 364-6667
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Name:
Address:
E-mail:
Phone:
Current title/series/grade:
Are you currently a permanent Federal employee? Yes
No
IF YES, current Agency and location:
Current Red Card Qualifications:
***Please attach a resume and a brief statement describing why you are interested in
this detail opportunity***
If you have any questions please contact Renee Kuehner at 360-489-9046.