Emergency Specialist - Attack Dispatcher

Overview

Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation's mission is to help ensure that Montana's land and water resources provide benefits for present and future generations. The DNRC believes employees are their most important asset. The DNRC empowers employees to exercise professional judgment in carrying out their duties. Employees are provided with the training and tools necessary to achieve the mission. Both team effort and individual employee expertise are supported and sustained.

Core Values:

The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation’s Forestry and Trust Land Division recognizes that building a collaborative, professional, and inclusive work environment is critical to fulfilling our mission of managing, protecting, and promoting stewardship of Montana’s forests and lands for the benefit of current and future generations and our trust beneficiaries. We hold ourselves to these high standards as we are accountable to the people of Montana.

• We value and respect each other.
• We create collaborative work environments.
• We build and maintain strong relationships.
• We practice accountability.
• We celebrate our successes and take pride in our work.

This position will generally and normally be assigned to the Billings Interagency Fire Dispatch Center and works under the guidance and direction of the SLO Fire Program and Billings Interagency Dispatch Center Manager. The position is expected to use initiative and judgment, under standard operating procedures, to dispatch resources for initial attack and support of wildland fires during complex and multiple incident occurrences that are beyond the scope of developed guidelines.

This position may be responsible for planning for, organizing and supervising dispatch support staffing during high periods of dispatch activity and/or expanded dispatch operations.

Initial Attack Dispatcher Duties:

• Mobilize firefighting forces to provide initial attack fire suppression actions for wildland and wildland-urban interface fires within the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Southern Land Office Area, and Billings Interagency Dispatch Center.
• Receive reports of wildland/urban interface fires from aircraft, the public, and local/state/federal agencies. Evaluate and analyze fire information and determine the appropriate initial action based on fire danger, resources at risk, resource availability, and dispatch action guides. Dispatch resources by radio, pager or phone, personnel, equipment, aircraft, and supplies to ensure resources are dispatched efficiently and cost-effectively. Process requests for fire resources from the Incident Commander for suppression forces, logistical support, intelligence information, etc.
• Refer to and select procedures specified in interagency cooperative agreements between state, local, and federal agencies.
• Continuously collect, analyze, and disseminate fire situation information to provide up-to-date fire status information to Duty officers, Incident Commanders, local Fire Wardens, and others as designated. Document radio traffic, fire-related phone conversations, and fire resource locations in the radio log for fire reports, investigations, and lawsuits.
• Prepare formal fire reports using related computer systems and tracking processes. Process and forward electronic mail, including all fire intelligence reports, and accurately complete fire business documentation to include Emergency Fire Fighter sign ups and time sheets, Emergency Equipment Rental Agreements, shift tickets, and prepare documents for final submission and payments. Update and maintain maps, operating plans, procedure guides, and personnel training records through IROC and IQS.
• Collect weather observations and notify field personnel and duty officers of hazardous weather conditions. Request and disseminate spot weather forecasts to and from the Billings Weather Service.

Application materials required for this position are:

• Online State of Montana application
• Resume
• Cover Letter

Helpful hint: You must check the “relevant document” box to ensure attachments upload correctly to the application.

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