Career Seasonal Wildland Fire Dispatcher 2 (WFD2)
Full-time, Career Seasonal, Represented position
Anticipated Seasonal employment is July - December 2025
Location: Pacific Cascade Region- Castle Rock, WA
Salary: $3,477.00 - $4,632.00 Monthly

Want to join something GREAT and make a difference?
The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has an exciting opportunity within our Pacific Cascade Region as a Career Seasonal Wildland Fire Dispatcher 2 (WFD2).

Are you detail-oriented? A confident communicator and active listener? Do you want to gain experience in high-stress situations while supporting emergency work? As a Wildland Fire Dispatcher you will provided a variety of specialized and complex functions which directly support the Wildfire and Pacific Cascade Region programs, applications and activities such as wildfire and emergency dispatching, Incident Qualification System (IQS), Incident Resource Ordering Capability (IROC), Computer Automated Wildland Fire Dispatch System (WildCAD), radio and telephone communications, Industrial Fire Precaution Level ratings. The person in this position is responsible for timely and accurate data entry into numerous web-based applications to capture and record wildfire activity; fire weather forecast retrievals and radio broadcasts; private and industrial cooperator notifications; regional standby updates; fire reports, resource directory maintenance; fire prevention; and general region administrative support.

To be successful in this role, the selected individual will need to be:

• Service-oriented
• Calm under pressure
• Attentive to detail
• And possess strong verbal and written communication skills

Additionally, the person in this role must learn established, complex procedures, tools, and technical programs. They will then use their judgment to make daily decisions that align with those procedures and support the overall mission to protect the health of Washington's lands.

Responsibilities:
This position activates emergency responses when life, property, or natural resources are threatened due to wildfire or other emergencies. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Receive and coordinate communications from the public, agency staff, and county 911 dispatch centers via telephone and radio;
• Record, evaluate, and disseminate reports of wildland fire, smoke complaints, accidents/incidents, and all-risk incidents on DNR-protected lands;
• Appropriately manage agency resource availability and logistics to support incident response and preparedness.
• Coordinate local response to incidents, and initiate appropriate response of personnel and apparatus per agency plans, guidelines, and protocols;
• Communicate with aviation assets by providing information to air resources, including: distance and bearing to an incident, latitude and longitude to an incident, air-air and air-ground frequencies, ground contact and flight hazards, etc..
• Track aviation assets within the PC Region while in transit and during incident response;
• Additional clerical duties include tracking resource availability, resource or incident locations, weather forecasting, fire reporting, and incident orders.

Required Qualifications: 

• Experience with computer programs such as the Microsoft Suite.
• Experience involving public contact or communication, such as radio communications, receptionist, switchboard operator, or clerical office work, which includes interacting with the public.
• Commitment to fostering and supporting an environment that honors diversity, equity, inclusion, and environmental justice practices.