After 6 years of primarily working in wildland fire, I am pursuing a position with Montrose Fire Protection District. My personality and my why, align with the values commonly found in a city structure department. I bring a lot of experience to the table on the wildland side, and would be happy to share that in a new career field, with new challenges and responsibilities.
While working in this position, I worked at the equivalent of a GS-05 position. I served as a crewmember on a Type 4 Engine, where I used specialized fire tools, different equipment, and techniques to actively suppress wildfires. Additionally I performed basic fireline activities such as lopping and scattering of fuels using hand tools, chainsaws, operation of pumps and accessories, hose layout, and line construction. Additionally I worked as the crew EMT.
While working in this position, I worked at the equivalent of a GS-04 position. I served as a crew member on a Type 6 and Type 4 engines, where I used specialized fire tools, different equipment and techniques to actively suppress wildfires. Additionally I performed basic fireline activities such as lopping and scattering of fuels using hand tools, operation of pumps and accessories, hose layout, and line construction.
• Work as a ground person for a professional arborist company.
• Work on anything ground related such as helping tree climbers with technical rope rigging, cutting trees,operating wood chipper, and ensuring safety of work zone.
• Perform duties on different types of jobs such as forestry, fire mitigation, tree pruning, hazard tree removal, etc.
Proficient in the use of various chainsaws, wood chipper, winches, ropes and rigging, pole saws, and ladders.
• I was a firefighter recruit in a professional fire academy.
•Trained on ladders, hoses, search, and any skills structural firefighting related.
• Held position on a Type 2 Helicopter in Montrose, Colorado as a Helicopter Crewmember.
• Performed duties of a wildland firefighter working initial attack, as well as extended attack.
• Performed search and rescue work, worked as an EMT, shuttled search and rescue members, searched for injured parties, helped in the extraction of patients.
• Proficient in use of pumps, chainsaws, hand tools, hose, radios, helicopter operations, etc.
Responded to calls from station and home to the nearby community of Indian Hills and surrounding communities when needed. Performed duties of Structural Firefighter, EMT, Wildland Firefighter (In district wildfires, and Initial Attack), Rescue Operations (auto extrication, low angle rescue, injured hikers/bikers on trails, etc.)
• Held position on a Type 6 Engine in Buffalo Creek, Colorado, Engine 11-6111
• Performed duties of a wildland firefighter such as fire suppression and mop up.
• Performed project work such as thinning projects, prescribed fire preparation, logging projects.
• Performed prevention work posting signs, engaging the public about fire safety/restrictions.
• Helped Recreation in clearing snags from campsites, installing fire rings, etc.
• Proficient in use of pumps, chainsaws, hand tools, hose, radios, etc.
• Prepared food to leave kitchen. Ensured orders were complete, detailed, and stacked correctly on trays for the wait staff. Served food on occasion to customers when time allowed.
• Member on a Type 3 wildland engine.
• Dug line to prevent fire spread and performed fire suppression duties.
• Performed mop up activities.
• Patrolled in engine and on foot to look for hotspots.
Tools used - McLeod, Pulaski, Combi-Tool, Fire Axe, Shovel, Portable Radio, Pumps.
Qualified Firefighter Type 1 (FFT1)
Qualified Incident Commander Type 5 (ICT5)
Qualified Helicopter Crewmember (HECM)
Qualified Emergency Medical Technician Basic (EMT-B)
Qualified Engine Operator (ENOP)
Plastic Sphere Dispenser Operator trainee
S-130 - Firefighter Training
S-190 – Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior
L-180 – Human Factors in the Wildland Fire Service
S-212 – Wildland Fire Chainsaws – FAL A Qualified
S-211- Portable Pumps and Water Use
S-215-Firing Operations in the Wildland/Urban Interface
S-219- Firing Operations
L-280 – Followership to Leadership
S-290 – Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior
S-131 – Firefighter Type 1
S-271 – Helicopter Crew Member
Hover STEP
A-312 – Water Ditching
A-219 – Helicopter Transport of External Cargo
RT-130 – Annual Fire Refresher, last taken August 2023
Annual Arduous Work Capacity Test taken and passed 2018/2019/2020/2021/2022/2023/2024
FEMA
IS-00700a - National Incident Management System (NIMS) An Introduction
IS-00200b - ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incident, ICS-200
IS-00100c - Introduction to Incident Command System, ICS-100
IS-00201 – Forms Used for the Development of the Incident Action Plan
IS-00800c – National Response Framework, An Introduction
IS-0001821 – FEMA EEO Employee Course 2021
IS- 00120c – An Introduction to Exercises
IS- 00230d – Fundamentals of Emergency Management
IS- 00235c – Emergency Planning
IS- 00240b – Leadership and Influence
IS-00241b – Decision Making and Problem Solving
IS-00242b – Effective Communication
IS-00244b – Developing and Managing Volunteers IS-00075 – Military Resources in Emergency Management