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WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER
Career Overview
Experienced end-user of both paper and digital maps with a solid foundation in ArcGIS and an eye for details.
Qualifications
  • Bachelor's of Science in Forestry - Forest Operations, University of Montana, 2015
  • Certificate in GIS Sciences and Technologies, University of Montana (Currently enrolled)
Technical Skills
Skills Experience Total Years Last Used
Windows 15 Currently
Excel 5 Currently
ArcCatelog / ArcMap 2 Currently
Python 1 Semester Currently
Garmin handheld GPS 8 Last Summer
Work Experience
Wildland Firefighter May 2012 to Oct 2015
 U.S. Forest Service － Lolo National Forest, Montana Worked two seasons (2012, 2015) as a district firefighter in Seeley Lake, MT and one season (2013) as a hotshot with the Lolo Interagency Hotshots in Missoula, MT.  Aside from general firefighting, duties often included locating fires using paper maps and compasses, then navigating to fires by either following the map, or by plotting the point's coordinates and following a handheld GPS.  On established fires, GPS was often used to communicate locations to air units and other ground units, and to plot fire perimeters and calculate area. 
Logger May 2014 to Aug 2014
 Salmon River Wood － Missoula, Montana Duties included chainsaw operation (felling and limbing trees, squaring butts, notching stumps for guyback cables), hooking and unhooking logs, and heavy equipment operation.  Although not directly applicable to GIS work, this job required acute attentiveness and goal-oriented teamwork.
Infantry Team Leader - 1st BN 4th MAR, 1st Marine Division Aug 2007 to May 2011
 United States Marine Corps
Team Leader:  Managed 4-5 subordinates while coordinating operations with other team leaders and overhead under fast-paced and stressful combat operations.  This position required quick thinking and an ability to execute creative solutions to complex problems in a dynamic environment.
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Point Man / Lead Vehicle: My team was the lead in our platoon for both foot and vehicle patrols.  As a team leader, I was required to have an acute sense of direction, to study maps of unknown areas, correct and append maps of known areas, as well as navigate my platoon along a designated route and choose a new route if the situation demanded it.  Tools used included handheld GPS units and vehicle-mounted Blue Force Tracker GPS units.
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Forward Observer:  As a forward observer, I was trained to calculate enemy positions and coordinate indirect fire using mostly paper-map and compass methods.  This position, although not directly related to computer GIS, required acute spatial cognition and an intimate knowledge of maps and geography.
Education and Training
Certificate, GIS Sciences and Technologies 2016 University of Montana (Will graduate with this certificate May 14th)
Forestry - Forest Operations 2015 University of Montana Graduated with honors
High School Diploma 2007 Ronan High School － Ronan, Montana Valedictorian
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School Attended

  • University of Montana
  • Ronan High School

Job Titles Held:

  • Wildland Firefighter
  • Logger
  • Infantry Team Leader - 1st BN 4th MAR, 1st Marine Division

Degrees

  • Certificate , GIS Sciences and Technologies 2016
    Forestry - Forest Operations 2015
    High School Diploma 2007

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