DOI, Bureau of Indian Affairs
Fire and Aviation Management
Southwest Region
Southern Ute Agency
OUTREACH NOTICE
Southern Ute Wildland Fire Module – 7 Positions
1 Superintendent GS-0401-07/09
1 Assistant Superintendent GS-0462-07
1 Lead Crew Member GS-0462-06
4 Crew Members GS-0462-04/05
Southern Ute Agency, BIA in Ignacio, Colorado will be filling seven Wildland Fire
Module positions to form the first Wildland Fire Module in the country for the Bureau
of Indian Affairs. The Superintendent, GS-0401-7/9 is a permanent full time
position; the remaining six positions are permanent positions subject to furlough.
Advertisement of the positions is scheduled to begin January 14, 2013.
The Southern Ute Wildland Fire Module will be located at Southern Ute Agency, in
Ignacio, Colorado.
Wildland Fire Modules (WFMs) facilitate the use of fire and other management
techniques involving planned and unplanned wildland fire events. WFMs are highly
skilled and versatile fire crews, which provide technical and ecological based
expertise in the areas of: long term planning, ignitions, holding, and suppression,
prescribed fire preparation and implementation support, hazard fuels reduction, and
fire effects monitoring, resulting in fire fulfilling its natural/historic role to meet
resource and management objectives.
These positions will be under the direction of the Southern Ute Agency Fire
Management Officer and will form the Southern Ute Wildland Fire Module as a
national fire resource travelling throughout the country. The incumbents are
responsible for the day to day operation or supervision of a seven person Wildland
Fire Module. The primary mission of a Wildland Fire Module is to provide an
innovative, safe, highly mobile, logistically independent, and versatile fire module
with a primary commitment to maintain fire’s role as a natural ecological process for
wildland fire management and incident operations.
Ignacio, Colorado is located in beautiful southwestern Colorado, 22 miles Southeast
of Durango. Centrally located within the four corners area, the area boasts low
elevation deserts and high mountain terrain and has world-class, year-round
recreational activities available. Mountain biking, skiing, hunting and fishing
opportunities abound.
Home values in Ignacio range from $100,000 to $200,000 with housing prices
increasing in neighboring Durango and Bayfield. Rental costs range from $200- $250
per room per month in Ignacio to $300-$400 per room per month in Durango.
Southern Ute Agency Fire Management Program is a dynamic and busy fire program
with an average of 75 lightning caused fires per season and an active prescribed burn
program which averages over 1,000 acres burned yearly. The Southern Ute Indian
Tribe is one of the most progressive tribes in the country with a modern
infrastructure which includes the Sun Ute Recreational Facility, new museum and the
Sky Ute Resort and Casino.
For more information about these positions, please contact Rich Gustafson, Southern
Ute Agency Fire Management Officer at (970) 563-4571.
To express interest in this position, please complete the Outreach Response Form at
the end of this document and return to Rich Gustafson, Fire Management Officer,
electronically at richard.gustafson@bia.gov or fax to (970) 563-9515 or via surface
mail at the address given on the Outreach Response Form.
The vacancy announcements will be posted on www.usajobs.gov.
OUTREACH RESPONSE FORM
Wildland Fire Module
Southern Ute Agency, Ignacio, CO
Please return your completed response form
If you are interested in applying for these positions and would like to be notified when the vacancy announcement is issued,
please complete the following form and return it via email, fax or surface to:
Rich Gustafson, Fire Management Officer
P.O. Box 315,
Ignacio, CO 81137
Fax – (970) 563-951
richard.gustafson@bia.gov
Which Position/s/ are you interested in?
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Thank you for your interest and response!