Fire Department Training Specialist

Dept of Agriculture , Consumer Services

North Carolina Forest Service

Extension Educ & Training Spec I (NS)

60032202

NC13

Job postings close at 11:59:59 p.m. the night before the listed Posting End Date above.

The North Carolina Forest Service is designated as an emergency response Division and is a team of professionals who provide forest protection, resource management and environmental education to the residents and landowners of North Carolina through a variety of programs. The NC Forest Service provides services to the 100 counties in North Carolina.

This position functions as a member of Fire Staff with the NC Forest Service and reports directly to the Fire Chief. The Primary purpose of the Fire Department Training Specialist is to assist fire departments build wildland fire fighting capability through wildland fire training and the acquisition of equipment through the Volunteer Fire Assistance Grant and federal excess property. As a member of Fire Staff, the position will serve in rotation as Fire Staff Duty Officer and function in this role at peak dispatching times.

This position will be responsible for managing the Wildfire Volunteer Fire Grants (WFVF) which is a long-term investment by the federal government to organize, equip and train small, local fire departments in rural communities with populations under 10,000 people. The grant management will include monitoring balances and expenditures from the grant accounts and ensuring grants are being applied according to federal standards. This includes making sure proper documentation is collected and reconciled for all expenditures against the grant account.

This position will also be heavily involved in the Federal Excess Personal Property Program (FEPP) and the Firefighter Property Program (FFP) that are administered through the USDA Forest Service. With both programs the Fire Department Coordinator will actively search, screen and plan for this equipment to get to those departments that have shown a need for the equipment and made a formal request. There is also a Class A Foam purchasing program that this position will oversee and serve as coordinator.

This position is expected to assist with wildfire response across the state as needed and become qualified in a position to serve on one of the NCFS Complex Incident Management Teams and/or Type 3 Incident Management Teams. This includes response in NC as well as other southern states when Compact assistance is needed.

This position may serve on the State Emergency Response Team (SERT) and may be asked to fulfill duties as needed at the State EOC during periods of all-hazard disaster response.

Duty Station Location: Griffiths Forestry Center, 2411 Old US 70 West, Clayton, NC 27520

Overnight travel or extended travel can be expected. Working long and extended hours is common during periods of emergency response.

Some state job postings say you can qualify by an “equivalent combination of education and experience.” If that language appears below, then you may qualify through EITHER years of education OR years of directly related experience, OR a combination of both. See the Education and Experience Equivalency Guide for details.

Bachelor’s degree from an appropriately accredited institution and two years of experience in the occupational area assigned; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Lori Lynnette Reed

Recruiter Email: agr.workday@ncagr.gov