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TIF Dispatch Area Preparedness and Staffing |
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Current Indices – 10/25/2021 |
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| Preparedness Level (all FDRAs): 1 | |||||||
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FDRA |
ERC |
BI |
Staffing Class |
FDR |
Tomorrow's Response Level |
Forecast ERC | Forecast BI |
| Teton | 16 | 8.2 | 2 | Low |
Moderate |
14 |
13.6 |
| Wind | 22 | 21.0 |
2 |
Low |
Moderate |
17 |
18.4 |
| Wyoming | 19 |
15.4 |
2 | Low |
Moderate |
16 | 18.6 |
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ERC = Energy Release Component NFDRS 2016 Y Model. BI = Burning Index. SC = Staffing Class. FDR = Fire Danger Rating. |
Western Wyoming, October 19, 2021— Sufficient winter weather conditions exist to allow fire personnel on the Bridger-Teton National Forest to begin annual slash pile burning. During the summer months, crews have been stacking downed timber and brush into 10-foot-high tepee-like piles waiting for ideal conditions to burn them. Pile burning could begin as early as this week and last into November 2021. Press Release
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Teton Interagency Fire will be hiring numerous temporary/seasonal positions for the 2022 fire season. Positions are available with both the National Park Service and US Forest Service at a variety of pay rates, duty stations and job duties.
Forestry Technicians GS-0462 fill vacancies on wildland fire engines, a helitack crew and a wildland fire module. Forestry Techs are hired at Kemmerer, Afton, Big Piney, Pinedale, Jackson, Moose, Colter Bay, and Moran, WY.
Biological Science Technicians GS-0404 fill vacancies on the Fire Effects Monitoring Crew. The Fire Effects Crew works out of Moose, WY.
Initial Attack/Logistics Dispatchers GS-2151 fill positions in the Teton Interagency Dispatch Center. TIDC is located in Moose WY.
Crews are interagency in nature and serve a blended fire and aviation management program. In some cases (Jackson, Moose, and Moran) both agencies fill seasonal vacancies on the same module. For maximum consideration employees are encouraged to apply under both the US Forest Service and National Park Service announcements.
USFS temporary recruitment is expected to open on 11/5/21 and close on 11/12/21
NPS temporary Forestry Tech recruitment will open 11/22/21 and close 12/14/21
NPS temporary Bio Tech recruitment will open 12/20/21 and close on 1/11/22
NPS temporary Dispatcher recruitment will open 11/22/21 and close on 1/11/22
All announcements will be available on the USA Jobs website.
WESTERN Wyo., September 21, 2021 Phase 2 of The Monument Ridge Vegetation and Recreation Management project is currently underway. The project area is located on the Big Piney Ranger District of the Bridger-Teton National Forest near the town of Bondurant. The habitat/fuels treatment area is within the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) where Monument Ridge borders the western edge of the treatment area and the residential area along the Hoback River borders the eastern edge. To read the entire story click here
