Jobs / Physical work / 33-2022.00
Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists
Enforce fire regulations, inspect forest for fire hazards, and recommend forest fire prevention or control measures. May report forest fires and weather conditions.
- US jobs
- 2,780
- Median wage
- $56,870 a year
- Job family
- Physical work
Can agents do the work of forest fire inspectors and prevention specialists?
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Typical tasks
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- Relay messages about emergencies, accidents, locations of crew and personnel, and fire hazard conditions.
- Conduct wildland firefighting training.
- Estimate sizes and characteristics of fires, and report findings to base camps by radio or telephone.
- Direct crews working on firelines during forest fires.
- Locate forest fires on area maps, using azimuth sighters and known landmarks.
- Extinguish smaller fires with portable extinguishers, shovels, and axes.
- Patrol assigned areas, looking for forest fires, hazardous conditions, and weather phenomena.
- Compile and report meteorological data, such as temperature, relative humidity, wind direction and velocity, and types of cloud formations.
- Examine and inventory firefighting equipment, such as axes, fire hoses, shovels, pumps, buckets, and fire extinguishers, to determine amount and condition.
- Educate the public about fire safety and prevention.
- Direct maintenance and repair of firefighting equipment, or requisition new equipment.
- Maintain records and logbooks.
Other job titles for this occupation (27)
Fire Management Officer · Fire Operations Forester · Fire Prevention Officer · Fire Prevention Technician · Fire Technician · Forest Officer · Forest Patrolman · Forestry Patrolman · Wildfire Mitigation Specialist · Wildfire Prevention Specialist · District Ranger · Environmental Protection Fire Control Officer · Fire Management Technician · Fire Observer · Fire Range Technician · Fire Ranger · Fire Tower Keeper · Fire Warden · Fire Watcher · Forest Fire Control Officer · Forest Fire Officer · Look Out Tower Fire Watcher · Range Examiner · Tower Watchman · Towerman · Wildland Fire Operations Specialist · Wildland Firefighter