Prescribed Fire Specialist
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Salary:
$26.30 an hour
The Prescribed Fire Specialist focuses on promoting the use and acceptance of prescribed fire across the state of Montana. This work is primarily accomplished through the Specialist’s role as the coordinator of the newly-formed Montana Prescribed Fire Council. The Prescribed Fire Specialist also assists the FPB’s Community Preparedness and Fire Prevention Program Manager in building and maintaining the capacity of the DNRC Fire Protection Program and cooperating partners to promote wildfire resilient landscapes and fire adapted communities. The incumbent serves both as a resource to internal DNRC personnel and to key external DNRC partners in local, state, tribal, and federal government.