Crew Member Wildland Firefighter

SARAH SCHULTZ

**************@*****.*** 541-***-****

Prineville, OR 97754

PROFESSIONAL

SUMMARY

Driven individual with diverse background. 10 years’ experience in various natural resource programs ranging from fire and fuels management, wildlife, thinning crew, and fire dispatch. Has worked for multiple agencies within a high complexity organization. Excellent leadership and problem-solving abilities. Highly organized and proactive with communication skills. Strives to find efficiencies and to work collaboratively with partners and cooperators. JOB RELATED

QUALIFICATION

• EDRC Qualified

• EQTR Qualified

• IADP Trainee

• EDSD Trainee

• PTRC Trainee

• SCKN Trainee

• FFT2 Qualified

• FFT1 Trainee

WORK HISTORY

MIND BODY FUSION Integrated Wellness Coaching Prineville, OR Owner/Operator: Sarah R Schultz 541-***-****

WWW.MBFUSION.CO

In 2022 I started a business working as a wellness coach, specializing in educating individuals leading them to find their optimal level of well-being. This is an area I am truly passionate about.

DUTIES AND ACCOMPLISHMNETS:

• SCHEDULING AND TIME MANAGEMENT: Managing 30 plus clients to meet their wellness needs on weekly or monthly basis. Managing wellness needs of 2 classes four times a week. Program planning for individuals and classes that uniquely fit their specific needs.

• BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT: Developed ground up business from a few clients to more that 30 total. This includes several pro bono clients. Developing accounting and budgeting skills. Business has grown exponentially through customer satisfaction and word of mouth.

• COMMUNICATION: Promote business utilizing various web-based platforms. Use various communication platforms to serve clients and potential clients, such as phone calls, video calls, email, and face to face communication.

IA Dispatcher GS-0462-05 USFS - Redmond, OR 03/2020 – 03/2022 SUPERVISOR: Samuel Mckenzie 541-***-**** (OK to Contact) DUTIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• USE OF DISPATCH RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS: Received smoke reports, mapped location, created new incidents within CAD system, and determined appropriate response to wildfire incidents. Maintained all incoming information and performed regular audits on incident logs in CAD. I also trained and/or assisted new dispatchers with computer systems in the dispatching of resources to various incidents.

• INDEPENDENTLY CARRIED OUT PROCEDURAL AND TECHNICAL TASKS: I dispatched closest resources, equipment, and supplies to suppress wildland fires based on the need of specific incident and communications with personnel on the ground and/or duty officer(s). I developed ability to anticipate possible resource or supply need for the suppression of an incident.

• COMMUNICATION WITH INTERESTED ENTITIES: Effectively communicated with cooperators, multiple divisions within the fire management area, and other agencies anytime they may be impacted by an incident.

• TRACKING OF RESOURCES OTHER THAN FIRE: Maintain radio and/or phone communication with field personnel from various natural resource programs. Monitor BLM/FS IN/OUT Boards to ensure all resources return safely from the field.

• UTILIZING VARIOUS COMPUTER SYSTEMS: Utilized multiple programs throughout the season to compile data for requested information on computer programs such as Intterra, CAD, Meso West, and NWS Spot Forecast Request. This data was utilized for fire investigation reports or spot weather requests.

• LOGISTICAL SUPPORT: Received and filled orders for incidents utilizing IROC.

• TRAINING: Completed Expanded Dispatch Recorder (EDRC) taskbook, then initiated both Initial Attack Dispatch (IADP) and Expanded Dispatch Support (EDSD) taskbooks.

Firefighter GS0462-05 BLM - Prineville, OR 06/2019 - 11/2019 SUPERVISOR: Jake Ackerberg 541-***-**** (OK to Contact) DUTIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• FIRE FIGHTER: Suppressed wildland fires as part of a hand crew or engine crew member in both initial attack and extended attack incidents within a highly complex inter-agency fire organization building relationships between partners, cooperators, and neighboring forest units

• PROFICIENCY WITH SPECIALIZED TOOLS: Utilization of various tools in the suppression of wildland fires, ability to properly drive and operate fire engines and their pumps, knowledge of assembling/utilizing hose packs, and able to maintain/operate chain saws.

• FIRE CLERK: Assisting the fire management organization with time and attendance reports, vehicle reports, travel documents, and credit card statements. Responsible for tracking seasonal employees training hours, collecting and electronically filing their certificates of completion into the district's shared electronic filing system

• MEMBER OF PNW IMT8: Joined Pacific Northwest Incident Management Team 8, (PNW IMT 8), as a Qualified Equipment Time Recorder, (EQTR), Personnel Time Recorder-Trainee, (PTRC-T), and Status Check-in Recorder-Trainee, (SCKN-T) on a fire assignment in Washington.

• KNOWLEDGE OF FIRE BUSINESS: Competent in fire business contracts, time allowances, navigation of e-ISuite computer program. Completed fire business courses S-260 and S-261.

• LEADERSHIP: Utilized my experience and skills to mentor and counsel new and returning firefighters in career development and other professional matters.

Firefighter GS-0462-04 BLM - Prineville, OR 06/2018 - 12/2018 SUPERVISOR: Don Tschida 458-***-**** (OK to Contact) DUTIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• FIREFIGHTER TYPE II: Performed duties in the suppression and prevention of wildland fires. This included becoming proficient in the utilization of specialized tools, driving fire engines and operating their pumps, building and utilizing hose packs, and maintaining and operating chainsaws.

• FIRE SUPPRESSION: As a member of both hand crews and engine crews, I worked on initial attack and extended attack wildland fire incidents utilizing appropriate tactics in the suppression of wildland fires. This developed in me a strong sense of awareness to possible hazards.

• PRESCRIBED FIRE: Assisted in prescribed fires in various ways including ignitions, holding the line, and monitoring fire behavior. This allowed me to learn and understand the desired objectives as well as built an awareness to weather and the effects it has on the fire behavior.

• FUELS REDUCTION: Was involved with the implementation of thinning projects, following silvicultural prescriptions and guidelines for the improvement of forest health and stand composition.

• MEMBER OF PNW IMT8: Participated in the apprentice program, allowing me to be part of Pacific Northwest Incident Management Team 8. While on our first assignment I initiated my Equipment time recorder task book. I participated in 4 fire assignments as an EQTR Trainee throughout the fire season.

Educational Assistant Crook County School District - Prineville, OR 09/2013 - 06/2018

SUPERVISOR: Cheri Rassmussen 541-***-**** (OK to Contact) DUTIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• CREATING/DIRECTING BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION PROGRAM: I was tasked with the development and implementation of our school’s behavioral intervention program for kids who needed to be removed from their regular classroom setting. These children ranged from regular offenders to kids who just had a momentary lapse in judgement and needed a short time-out. This was an opportunity for me to develop an ability for different methods of communication and teaching that matched each individual child's need for help.

• CLERICAL DUTIES: I was required to perform various administrative assistant duties such as answering phones or making phone calls, completing project work for teachers, inputting data into multiple computer programs such as School Master and SWISS, creating EXCEL spread sheets for the school district, etc.

• OTHER DUTIES: I performed test administration duties, taught small groups as well as full classrooms from grades K-5, and supervised children in other various locations.

Retail Sales Associate Riches And Rags - Prineville, OR 11/2011 - 08/2013

SUPERVISOR: Crista Porfily 541-***-****

DUTIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• CUSTOMER SERVICE: Successfully learned to communicate with a variety of different personality types and assist them when needed.

• ACCOUNTING: After each shift it was my responsibility to count and balance the till.

• OPERATING COMPUTER SYSTEM: Became proficient in utilizing their Point of Sale computer program.

Dispatcher Express Personnel Services - Lewiston, ID 08/2005 - 08/2006

SUPERVISOR: Bernie Edwards 208-***-****

THIS WAS EQUIVALENT TO A GS-5/6 FEDERAL POSITION

DUTIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• DISPATCH ASSISTANT: I was employed by the Forest Service through a temp hiring service for this position. I assisted the permanent lead fire dispatcher as Slate Creek Ranger Station in all aspects of fire and other emergency incident dispatching procedures.

• DISPATCHING DUTIES: This job included following established procedures to perform a variety of technical duties common to the dispatch of personnel, equipment. aircraft, and supplies in response to resource orders from the field. Specifically, ordering a variety of resources, receiving and transmitting radio calls, transcribing and maintaining all telephone and two-way radio transmissions in the communications log, filling out crew time reports, recording and submitting fire reports, recording fire danger indices, mapping new fire starts, monitoring weather forecasts and observations, and mobilizing fire resources.

• ACTING LEAD DISPATCHER: In the absence of the lead dispatcher, I was expected to fill in and independently perform all dispatching tasks. I became proficient and directed others with inputting data into a number of fire-related computer applications associated with the dispatch organization and made assessments of outputs. My time was split between Slate Creek Ranger Station as well as Grangeville Interagency Dispatch Center, where I filled in as an initial attack dispatcher.

Biological Tech GS-0404-04 USFS - White Bird, ID 06/2004 - 10/2004 SUPERVISOR: Joanne Bonn 208-***-****

DUTIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• BIOLOGICAL TECH: Worked on the Nez Perce National Forest performing wildlife and plant surveys to support project planning and implementation.

Forestry Technician/Thinning Crew GS-0462-05 USFS - Bend, OR 11/2003 - 04/2004

SUPERVISOR: Eric Pardue

DUTIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• FUELS REDUCTION: Applied silvicultural prescriptions for the implementation of fuels reduction with the use of a chain saw to meet desired objectives.

• RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: Participated in support work in areas such as recreation, maintenance, tree planting/reforestation, fence repair/construction, and prescribed burning.

Firefighter GS-0462-04 USFS - White Bird, ID 06/2003 - 09/2003 SUPERVISOR: Josh Warden

DUTIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• FIRE FIGHTER: I worked as a firefighter on a 10-person module both on engines and a hand crew depending on what the need was for a specific incident. This job covered a variety of duties that included fire suppression, fuels management, and fire prevention.

• ICT5-T: I initiated and worked toward the completion of my incident commander type 5 taskbook while working on the Nez Perce National Forest. I was responsible for independently leading other firefighter in the suppression of wildland fires in a safe and efficient manner. I was highly aware of my surroundings, including topography, fuel type, weather and the effects it had on the fire's behavior, and seeing any possible hazards.

Forestry Tech/Thinning Crew GS-0462-04 USFS - Bend, OR 11/2002 - 03/2003

SUPERVISOR: Chris Buhrig

DUTIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• THINNING PROJECTS: Completed thinning projects with the use of a chainsaw to fulfill silvicultural prescriptions based on tree species, spacing, crown shape, bowl defect and size. I also assisted in resource management support in areas such as recreation, maintenance, tree planting, fence repair/construction, and prescribed fires. Firefighter GS-0455-04 Bureau Of Land Management - Prineville, OR 06/2002 - 09/2002

SUPERVISOR: Matt Noble 541-***-**** (OK to Contact) DUTIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• FIREFIGHTER: As a crew member on a type 6 engine I was involved in both fire suppression and prevention activities. This included building hose lays, digging line, performing mobile attack, black lining, monitoring fire behavior, mop-up, and post fire rehab. During the fall we conducted prescribed fires with the objective of noxious weed eradication and fuels reduction. I participated in ignitions, holding line, and monitoring fire behavior.

• FFT1/SQUAD BOSS-T: Over the summer I worked to complete my Firefighter 1/Squad Boss taskbook. I completed this task and gained my qualification while on a fire assignment with an NWR crew. Firefighter GS-0455-04 Bureau Of Land Management - Prineville, OR 06/2001 - 09/2001

SUPERVISOR: Mel Durrant 541-***-**** (OK to Contact) DUTIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• FIREFIGHTER: I worked as a crew member on a type 6 engine, stationed at Paulina Guard Station. My primary job was fire suppression/prevention. This involved initial attack and extended attack on wildland fires, as well as prescribed fires to maintain healthier grassland and forest environments.

• FFT1 (T): My firefighter 1 taskbook was initiated and I was able to begin performing tasks required for this qualification.

Firefighter GS-0455-03 Bureau Of Land Management - Prineville, OR 06/2000 - 10/2000

SUPERVISOR: John Fisher 541-***-**** (OK to Contact) DUTIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• FIREFIGHTER: My summer started in guard school to obtain the training and knowledge I needed to perform the duties of a wildland firefighter. I was stationed at Dayville Guard Station, working as a crew member on a type 6 mutual aid engine. I performed all the basic duties of a firefighter 2 throughout the season and participated in prescribed burning in the fall.

EDUCATION Central Oregon Community College, Bend OR 06/2003 Associate of Science: AAS Forestry

National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) 01/2021-Current CPT, CGFI, CNC, CES, PES, BCS

OTHER For the past several years, I have had the privilege of volunteering for the Rip-N-Lips fishing tournament and preparty that, together, are some of the largest fundraisers for the Wildland Firefighter Foundation in the nation. I am responsible for helping the founder organize and implement these events. I am responsible for various tasks such as, organizing volunteer lists and communicating to them their given responsibilities, collecting/organizing donations, advertising event, overseeing each event and ensuring everything is operating as it should be. This position has taught me to adapt to many unforeseen obstacles and learn to quickly overcome them.

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