Wildland Firefighter (Fire Dispatching)

Wildland Firefighter (Fire Dispching) Department of the Interior Office of the Secretary of the Interior US Wildland Fire Service (USWFS) Summary This is a Direct-Hire advertisement. Veterans preference is not applicable to this advertisement. Learn more about this authority : Direct Hire Authority This Wildland Firefighter (Fire Dispching) position is with the US Wildland Fire Service, GW-0456-6/7 working in the following locion(s): Cody, Wyoming Learn more about this agency Summary This is a Direct-Hire advertisement. Veterans preference is not applicable to this advertisement. Learn more about this authority : Direct Hire Authority This Wildland Firefighter (Fire Dispching) position is with the US Wildland Fire Service, GW-0456-6/7 working in the following locion(s): Cody, Wyoming Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month

• Apply by 07/10/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 10, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Cody, WY No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Salary $57,670
• $81,343 per year Pay scale & grade GW 6
• 7 Promotion potential 7 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0456 Wildland Fire Management Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

WFSDHA-26-12993412-PW-B

Control number 874458100 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Clarificion from the agency Applicions accepted from any U.S. Citizen.

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used to fill this position. Veteran's preference and traditional ring and ranking of applicions do not apply. All qualified applicants referred to the hiring manager for considerion for this position. Videos Duties Help As a Wildland Firefighter (Fire Dispching) your duties will include but are not limited to the following: Determine approprie resource response to incidents and requests from the field. Opere and/or direct the operions of various dispch telecommunicions systems and input da into fire-reled computer applicions. Review internal opering procedures and systems, make recommendions for improvement, and upde/develop opering plans and mobilizion guides. Perform and direct others in receiving fire reports, determining locions, land stus, and current fire informion. Anticipe fire suppression needs and determine resource allocion. Probion/Trial Period As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probionary period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest evalued. The probionary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organizion goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider:

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizional goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probionary or trial period automically termines when th period ends unless the agency affirmively certifies, in writing, th the individual's employment should continue and th their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmively certify continued employment beyond the probionary or trial period, such appointments are termined. Upon completion of your probionary period period] your employment termined unless you receive certificion, in writing, th your continued employment advances the public interest. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a U.S. Citizen or Nional. Suitability for Federal employment, as determined by background investigion. Direct Deposit Required. You required to submit to a drug test and receive a negive drug test result prior to appointment. In addition, this position is subject to random testing for illegal drug use.

Prior on-the-line firefighting:

This experience must be clearly documented in your resume with specific to and from des, description of work performed, and hours worked per week in order to be Candides must possess substantial wildland firefighting experience, gained through fire line work in containment, control, suppression or use of wildland fire. The Department of the Interior defines wildland firefighting experience as any non-structure fire th occurs in the wildland. Wildland firefighting experience is gained through work on the fire line in containment, control, suppression or use of wildland fire. This experience can be met by serving in a temporary, seasonal, or equivalent prive sector fire position. Wildland fires are cegorized into two distinct types: (1) Wildfires

• Unplanned ignitions or prescribed fires th are declared wildfires; and (2) Prescribed Fires
• Planned ignitions.

This description includes only fireline experience on a Prescribed Fire; it does not include experience in the planning stages. Prescribed fire experience must be supplemented by fire suppression experience in order to be creditable as previous wildland firefighting experience. Individuals assigned male birth after 12-31-59 must be registered for the Selective Service. To verify registrion SSS.gov. You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work. Qualificions In order to qualify for this position you must possess the Minimum Qualificion requirements listed below. Only experience and educion obtained by 07/10/2026 Credit given for all approprie qualifying experience. Please be sure to include this informion in your resume. No assumptions made about your experience. Minimum Qualificions For the GW-06 level: One year of specialized experience equivalent to least the GW-05 level in the federal service. Examples of specialized experience include but are not limited to: performing wildland fire dispch duties such as receiving and reviewing fire incident reports; working with wildland fire dispch computer programs; and determining fire resource needs.

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There is not an option to qualify for the 0456 series utilizing educion this grade level. For the GW-07 level: One year of specialized experience equivalent to least the GW-06 level in the federal service. Examples of specialized experience include but are not limited to: performing lead wildland fire dispch duties such as performing and directing others in wildland fire dispch office functions; providing incident logistical support informion and making recommendions for efficient use of available resources; and determining approprie resource responses to incidents.

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There is not an option to qualify for the 0456 series utilizing educion this grade level. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

• Applicants must meet all minimum qualificion requirements for the position of interest by the closing de of the Job Announcement. Secondary Firefighter Retirement Coverage
• Applicants for this secondary administrive 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 demonstred by direct wildland firefighting experience. In order to receive credit, you must provide a written description of your experience in wildland firefighting. Educion without hands-on wildland firefighting experience does not meet this requirement. Periods of wildland firefighting experience, gained through militia and rural fire departments, can also be credited. Wildland fire is defined as any non-structure fire th occurs in the wildland. Two distinct types of wildland fire have been defined and include wildfire and prescribed fires as follows:

Wildfire:

Unplanned ignitions or prescribed fires th are declared wildfires.

Prescribed Fires:

Planned ignitions. This description includes only fire line experience on a Prescribed Fire; it does not include experience in the planning stages. Prescribed fire experience must be supplemented by fire suppression experience in order to be creditable as previous wildland firefighting experience.

Physical Demands:

The work involves long hours of sitting, intense concentrion, and working peak proficiency/intensity levels with irregular breaks and mealtimes. Must be able to cope with the pressure of meeting timeframes and changing priorities. Mental concentrion and accuracy are required. Vehicle and aircraft travel associed with field s and other administrive travel may be required. Ability to remain calm under urgent and frequently changing conditions.

Working Conditions :

Work is performed primarily in an office setting. During peak activity, increased radio traffic, numerous ringing phones, and conversions result in high noise levels, which require a high level of concentrion to perform duties. The duties of this position cree a highly stressful environment during peak activity, requiring the ability to keep calm in emergency situions. Educion

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PLEASE NOTE:

There is not an option to qualify for the 0456 series utilizing educion these grade levels. Additional informion Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) or Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP): Department of Interior (DOI) Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) procedures apply in filling this vacancy. These programs apply to employees who have been involuntarily separed from a federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: (1) meet CTAP or ICTAP eligibility criteria; (2) meet the minimum qualificion requirements, including any selective placement factors; educion, and experience requirements) for the position and be able to perform the duties of the position upon entry. Applicants claiming

CTAP/ICTAP

eligibility must submit a copy of their most recent performance appraisal, proof of eligibility, and most current SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty locion with their applicion. For more informion : http://www.opm.gov/rif/employee_guides/career_transition.asp. This position is considered a career ladder opportunity, with a full performance level of GW-07. If selected a lower grade level, you may be non-competitively promoted to the next grade level the discretion of your supervisor and is contingent upon meeting regulory and legal requirements for promotion, sisfactory performance, and the availability of higher-level work. Promotion is not guaranteed, and no promise of promotion is implied. Reemployment Priority List (RPL): The RPL is the mechanism agencies use to give reemployment considerion to their former competitive service employees separed by a RIF or who have fully recovered from a compensable injury after more than one year. If you are currently on an RPL, you may be given priority considerion.

PCS Informion:

Yes, entitlements for payment of basic moving expenses, as required and to the extent allowed by the Federal Travel Regulion (FTR) 302-3.101, are authorized for eligible applicants changing duty stion when the change meets the distance tests as provided in FTR 302-1.1 and 302-2.6. All moving expenses are taxable. In addition, relocion discretionary entitlements may be authorized for this position excluding contractor-provided home sale.

Telework:

This position is not suitable for telework.

Additional Vacancies:

One or more positions may be filled from applicions received under this announcement in the advertised office or other U.S. Wildland Fire Service offices in the local commuting area.

Reasonable Accommodion:

The USWFS provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. Please USAJOBS Help Center | Reasonable accommodion policy if you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted. The minimum font size is 10-point for all body text. Headers may be slightly larger but must remain legible. All resumes must maintain a minimum 0.5-inch margins on all sides to ensure readability and prevent excessive content compression. Including supplemental pages or tachments disguised as resume extensions are prohibited and will not be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions. You evalued based on how your applicion merials reflect the minimum qualificion requirements of this position. Once the job opportunity announcement closes, your resume and all supporting documents reviewed by HR to determine if you are minimally qualified for the position. If an applicant's resume is incomplete or does not support the requirements for minimum qualificions or specialized experience a ring of "ineligible" or "not qualified" applied and no considerion for employment granted. Due to this vacancy being filled through OPM's Direct Hire Authority, Veterans Preference and traditional ring and ranking of applicants does not apply to positions filled under this announcement. Applicions received as a result of job fairs, recruitment events, and emergency hiring mechanisms in support of this hiring initiive will also be accepted during the durion of the announcement. All minimally qualified candides referred for considerion. Please note th the hiring office may conduct interviews their discretion. Interviews may be conducted on a pass/fail basis. The competencies below provide an overview of wh this position entails once encumbered:

Fire Management:

Knowledge of the concepts, principles, and theories of fire management, including the characteristics, behavior, and ecology of fire; methodologies, stregies, and equipment used in prescribed fires; fire detection, prevention, and suppression stregies; and integrion of fire with nural resource management.

Problem Solving:

Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of informion; uses sound judgment to genere and evalue alternives, and to make recommendions.

Oral Communicion:

Expresses informion (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nure of the informion (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentions; listens to others, tends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriely. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help You must submit a complete applicion package. The following documents are required and must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 07/10/2026. Resumes must show relevant experience and other informion. Your resume MUST list your educion and work experience including (1) the des (mm/yy) of each employment, along with (2) the number of hours worked per week, and (3) work experience duties listed under each job entry. In addition, Civil Service employees must provide their current OPM title, series, and grade. If experience is for a career ladder position, please ensure to clearly show how long you were working in each grade level. Your resume used to valide your responses to the assessment tool(s). Failure to provide required informion will result in loss of eligibility. No assumptions made about your experience and/or educion. You are welcome to submit a cover letter. Resumes must also include name and how to best contact you, including email address and phone number. Do not include the following types of informion in your resume: Classified or government sensitive informion Social Security Number (SSN) Photos of yourself Personal informion, such as age, gender, religious affiliion, etc. Encrypted and digitally signed documents. In describing your experience, please be clear and specific. Visit the USAJOBS Help Center for more informion on Wh should I include in my federal resume and/or OPM Resume Writing Tips . In addition to the online applicion (resume and responses to the questionnaire), you are required to submit the following supplemental documention as applicable:

CTAP/ICTAP

Documention:

documention verifying your

CTAP/ICTAP

eligibility

• this includes a copy of the agency notice and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level and duty locion.

Failure to submit any of the above-mentioned required documents will result in loss of considerion due to an incomplete applicion package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted. How to Apply Help Review the appointment eligibility criteria in the applicion preview linked below. The eligibility section of the applicion allows you to choose how you wish to be considered for this vacancy announcement. You will ONLY be considered for the eligibilities th you select "yes" to and submit the required supporting documention, as listed in the Required Documents section or the applicion text. You may qualify for more than one eligibility, so please choose carefully. If you respond th you do not meet any of the eligibility criteria, you will not be considered for this position under this announcement. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package . See required documents section. Click 'Apply' to cree an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the assessment questionnaire and upload required documents. To preview the assessment questionnaire, click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12993412 . Please ensure you check the acknowledgement checkbox then click the Submit Applicion button to submit your applicion. Applicions must be received by 07/10/2026, 11:59pm ET to receive considerion. Check applicion stus by logging into your USAJOBS account, in Applicions tab, click the position title you applied to for the stus. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . If you are unable to apply online, you must request an alternive applicion which is available from the Human Resources Office. Please refer to the contact informion listed the bottom of the announcement. Agency contact informion Petra Wright Phone (208) 373-3824 petra_wright@ios.doi.gov Address Office of the Secretary 1849 C Street NW Washington, DC 20240 US Next steps Once you submit all the required documents and the online applicion in USAJOBS, you will receive an acknowledgement email th your submission was successful. After the evaluion process is complete, you notified of your stus and/or referral to the hiring official. If further evaluion or interviews are required, you contacted by the hiring official. You notified if this job is filled or canceled. Timelines for this process vary widely. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging in to your USAJOBS account as we will not be responding to inquiries about the stus of applicions as long as the system has been upded. If you were not referred and/or have questions or concerns regarding your ring determinion or referral stus, in the interest of time, please submit your inquiry in writing within seven (7) calendar days of receiving a Notice of Results and Referral notificion email. Inquiries may be submitted to contact listed on this announcement. Be sure to include the announcement number to assist our team in reviewing your inquiry. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help You must submit a complete applicion package. The following documents are required and must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 07/10/2026. Resumes must show relevant experience and other informion. Your resume MUST list your educion and work experience including (1) the des (mm/yy) of each employment, along with (2) the number of hours worked per week, and (3) work experience duties listed under each job entry. In addition, Civil Service employees must provide their current OPM title, series, and grade. If experience is for a career ladder position, please ensure to clearly show how long you were working in each grade level. Your resume used to valide your responses to the assessment tool(s). Failure to provide required informion will result in loss of eligibility. No assumptions made about your experience and/or educion. You are welcome to submit a cover letter. Resumes must also include name and how to best contact you, including email address and phone number. Do not include the following types of informion in your resume: Classified or government sensitive informion Social Security Number (SSN) Photos of yourself Personal informion, such as age, gender, religious affiliion, etc. Encrypted and digitally signed documents. In describing your experience, please be clear and specific. Visit the USAJOBS Help Center for more informion on Wh should I include in my federal resume and/or OPM Resume Writing Tips . In addition to the online applicion (resume and responses to the questionnaire), you are required to submit the following supplemental documention as applicable:

CTAP/ICTAP

Documention:

documention verifying your

CTAP/ICTAP

eligibility

• this includes a copy of the agency notice and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level and duty locion.

Failure to submit any of the above-mentioned required documents will result in loss of considerion due to an incomplete applicion package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted. How to Apply Help Review the appointment eligibility criteria in the applicion preview linked below. The eligibility section of the applicion allows you to choose how you wish to be considered for this vacancy announcement. You will ONLY be considered for the eligibilities th you select "yes" to and submit the required supporting documention, as listed in the Required Documents section or the applicion text. You may qualify for more than one eligibility, so please choose carefully. If you respond th you do not meet any of the eligibility criteria, you will not be considered for this position under this announcement. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package . See required documents section. Click 'Apply' to cree an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the assessment questionnaire and upload required documents. To preview the assessment questionnaire, click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12993412 . Please ensure you check the acknowledgement checkbox then click the Submit Applicion button to submit your applicion. Applicions must be received by 07/10/2026, 11:59pm ET to receive considerion. Check applicion stus by logging into your USAJOBS account, in Applicions tab, click the position title you applied to for the stus. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . If you are unable to apply online, you must request an alternive applicion which is available from the Human Resources Office. Please refer to the contact informion listed the bottom of the announcement. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Petra Wright Phone (208) 373-3824 petra_wright@ios.doi.gov Address Office of the Secretary 1849 C Street NW Washington, DC 20240 US Next steps Once you submit all the required documents and the online applicion in USAJOBS, you will receive an acknowledgement email th your submission was successful. After the evaluion process is complete, you notified of your stus and/or referral to the hiring official. If further evaluion or interviews are required, you contacted by the hiring official. You notified if this job is filled or canceled. Timelines for this process vary widely. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging in to your USAJOBS account as we will not be responding to inquiries about the stus of applicions as long as the system has been upded. If you were not referred and/or have questions or concerns regarding your ring determinion or referral stus, in the interest of time, please submit your inquiry in writing within seven (7) calendar days of receiving a Notice of Results and Referral notificion email. Inquiries may be submitted to contact listed on this announcement. Be sure to include the announcement number to assist our team in reviewing your inquiry. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month

• Apply by 07/10/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 10, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Cody, WY No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Salary $57,670
• $81,343 per year Pay scale & grade GW 6
• 7 Promotion potential 7 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

WFSDHA-26-12993412-PW-B

Control number 874458100