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Position Title: Supervisory Wildland Firefighter (Fire Management Officer) Direct Hiring Authority
Agency: National Park Service
Announcement Number: NPSFAM-25-12630218-DHA Opens in new window
Open Period: Monday, January 6, 2025 to Friday, January 17, 2025

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1. Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?

A. No, I do not claim Veterans' Preference

B. 0-point Sole Survivorship Preference (SSP)

C. 5-point preference based on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces (TP)

D. 10-point preference for non-compensable disability or Purple Heart (XP)

E. 10-point preference based on a compensable service connected disability of at least 10% but less than 30% (CP)

F. 10 point preference based on widow/widower or parent of a deceased veteran, or spouse or parent of a disabled veteran (XP)

G. 10-point preference based on a compensable service connected disability of 30% or more (CPS)

2. Are you a United States Citizen?

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A. Yes

B. No

3. Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from the agency hiring for this position? If yes, confirm:

you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.

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To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.

A. Yes

B. No

4. Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in a Federal agency other than the agency hiring for this position? If yes, confirm:

you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.

For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.

To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.

A. Yes

B. No

1. Select the location(s) you want to be considered for. You must choose at least one location.

A. Theodore Roosevelt N. Park, Medora, ND

B. Delaware Water Gap N.Rec Area, Bushkill, PA

C. Shenandoah National Park, Luray, VA

D. New River Gorge National P&P, Glen Jean, WV

Minimum Qualification Requirements

1. From the descriptions below, select one response that best describes how your background meets the specialized experience requirements for a Fire Management Officer, GS-0456-12 position. Read all responses before making your selection. MARK ONLY ONE RESPONSE. If you select more than one response, or leave this question blank you will be rated ineligible. If you do not meet these minimum qualifications, you will be considered not qualified and will not receive consideration for this position.
THE RESUME OR APPLICATION MATERIALS YOU SUBMIT FOR THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MUST SUPPORT THE ANSWER YOU CLAIM UNDER THIS AND OTHER QUESTIONS. IF THEY DO NOT, YOU WILL FOUND NOT QUALIFIED OR YOUR SCORE WILL BE LOWERED.

A. I possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in the Federal service. Examples of specialized experience include; providing leadership and supervision for fire management staff and cooperators during preparedness and incident response assignments; assigning crews and wildland firefighters; supervising administrative program functions such as planning, budget formulation/execution. Working closely with multiple cooperators and interagency partners, political boundaries, jurisdiction boundaries, multi-land base areas, partners and cooperators to develop inter- and intra-agency agreements. Developing, reviewing and evaluating complex fire management plans for ecological soundness or consistency with land management goals and/or potentially adverse impacts to cultural and natural resources; conducting field inspections before and after prescribed or wildland fires to determine if resource objectives were achieved and/or evaluating the effectiveness of actions taken; analyzing the ecological role of fire and its use and/or exclusion, and smoke management; analyzing and/or applying fire management strategies in mobilization and/or dispatch coordination, fire prevention and education, training, logistics, equipment development and deployment, fire communication systems, suppression and preparedness or aviation; analyzing fuel conditions and determining appropriate fuel treatment methods (i.e. prescribed fire, mechanical, chemical, or biological treatments); performing land use planning and environmental compliance; evaluating prescribed burn plans or fire management plans to ensure fire containment is possible and identifying appropriate suppression contingencies if fire containment is not obtained. Implementing fire management planning, including evaluation of objective in resource management plans to develop strategies to accomplish these objectives; developing evaluation measures to determine if fire management activities.

B. I do not meet the requirement stated above.

Selective Factor - Firefighting Experience

2. Applicants for this secondary administrative fire fighter position under the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 8336 (c) (CSRS) and 5 U.S.C. 8412 (d), must possess knowledge of the principles, methods, and techniques of wildland firefighting as demonstrated by direct wildland firefighting experience. In order to receive credit, you must provide a written description of your experience in wildland firefighting. Education without hands-on wildland firefighting experience does not meet this requirement. Please select A or B below to indicate whether you meet this mandatory requirement.

A. I have substantial wildland firefighting experience. Wildland firefighting experience is defined as on-the-line wildland firefighting experience gained through containment, control, suppression, or use of wildland fire. This experience can be met by serving on a temporary, seasonal, or equivalent private sector fire position. Wildland fire is defined as any non-structure fire that occurs in the wildland and is categorized into two distinct types: Wildfires, which is any unplanned ignitions or prescribed fires that are declared wildfires; and Prescribed Fires which are planned ignitions. Prescribed fire experience must be supplemented by fire suppression experience in order to be creditable as previous wildland firefighting experience. This experience has been documented in my work history/experience blocks on my resume.

B. I do not possess the wildland firefighting experience described above.

3. Pathway #1: In addition to the specialized experience described above, selectees for this moderate complexity fire position must possess by the closing date of this announcement NWCG certifications of Task Force Leader (TFLD) and Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3) or Prescribed Fire Burn Boss Type 2 (RXB2). I will provide a copy of my IQCS master record or equivalent documentation as instructed in the vacancy announcement.

A. I currently hold, have held, or will be able to obtain NWCG certifications of Task Force Leader (TFLD) and Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3) or Prescribed Fire Burn Boss Type 2 (RXB2), by the closing date of this announcement.

B. I do not have NWCG certifications described above and will not be able to obtain it prior to the closing date of this announcement.

4. Pathway #2: If you do not meet the NWCG Qualifications listed above, you may qualify for this position based on the following NWCG Qualifications of Helibase Manager (HEBM) and Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3). I will provide a copy of my IQCS master record or equivalent documentation as instructed in the vacancy announcement.

A. I currently hold, have held, or will be able to obtain NWCG certification Helibase Manager (HEBM) and Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3), prior to the closing date of this announcement.

B. I do not have NWCG certification described above and will not be able to obtain it prior to the closing date of this announcement.

Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).

5. I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all of the information included in this questionnaire is true, correct, and provided in good faith. I understand that if I make an intentional false statement, or commit deception or fraud in this application and its supporting materials, or in any document or interview associated with the examination process, I may be fined or imprisoned (18 U.S.C. 1001); my eligibilities may be cancelled, I may be denied an appointment, or I may be removed and debarred from Federal service (5 C.F.R. part 731). I understand that any information I give may be investigated. I understand that responding "No" to this item will result in my not being considered for this position.

A. Yes

B. No

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