Wildland Firefighting positions: Q&A with a panel of subject matter experts

Episode 21 September 06, 2023 01:01:11
Wildland Firefighting positions: Q&A with a panel of subject matter experts
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Wildland Firefighting positions: Q&A with a panel of subject matter experts

Sep 06 2023 | 01:01:11

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Show Notes

There are quite a few questions swirling about the new Wildland Firefighting positions in the Wildland Fire Management 0456 series recently reclassified by Office of Personnel Management (OPM). While there are a lot of unknowns yet to be worked out, Jeff Arnberger and LJ Brown, BLM Fire Operations, Cindy Pogue, BLM Fire Human Resource Officer, and Rob Berger, BLM Fire Senior Advisor discuss the new wildland firefighting positions and answer some questions submitted by BLM employees about this new 0456 series - what it means to current and new wildland firefighters. The panel of wildland fire management and human resource professionals provide some background and talk about the advantages of having Wildland Firefighting positions for federal wildland fire management programs. As we learn more about the 0456 series, we will post some frequently asked questions on the website: www.nifc.gov.

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