Sunday, February 19, 2023

USFS seeks aircraft dispatcher in Redding CA

https://fsoutreach.gdcii.com/Attachments/38F2AD30DF5A4973925313408DCFCA3A.pdf

this is probably one of the most important positions in all of the usfs

this person is responsible for dispatching most of the federal
wildfire aircraft in northern california - anything north of
sacramento basically

pretty sure that there are a total of 3 or 4 aircraft dispatchers at
the North Zone Office - so this person would share the responsibility
with 2 or 3 other people to cover all hours of the day 24/7/365

this is the person who decides where the federal copters and tankers
will go - if there are 3 major fires starting - and only 2 tankers
available - this is the person who decides which tankers go where

apply by monday or whatever

of course North Zone works hand in hand with the other zones and gaccs
and nifc to decide on the placement of the aircraft across the usa -
we suspect the scheme is - 9am conference call - everyone across the
usa explains what their local fire situation is - then nifc makes the
big decision on the nationwide allocation of aerial assets - which
zones and gaccs get which aircraft - from then on, its up to the
aircraft dispatchers at the zone and gacc levels to allocate their
assigned aircraft - as you would expect pretty much

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