Prescribed Fire AmeriCorps Member

**Overview:**

As a Prescribed Fire AmeriCorps Member, you will work as part of a team with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) staff to assist with prescribed fire activities and conduct burns on TNC preserves, state parks, and wildlife refuges throughout Alabama. This is a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in wildland fire operations, environmental conservation, and teamwork. **Responsibilities:**

• Participate in wildland fire operations, including ignition, control, mop-up, weather monitoring, and post-burn monitoring
• Conduct fire prep, including fire line preparation and equipment maintenance
• Operate hand tools and power tools to accomplish service activities
• Commit to serving as a productive team member for the full term of service
• Serve in environmental conditions that may include extreme heat, extreme cold, high winds, smoke, and precipitation
• Develop and maintain professional relationships with staff, crew leaders, members, and partners
• Understand and follow verbal and/or written communication
• Take initiative to complete tasks without prompting
• Accept leadership and supervisory authority
• Be dependable, flexible, and cooperative
• *Qualifications:**
• No previous experience is required
• Must be eligible to serve as an AmeriCorps member, including being a citizen, permanent resident, or national of the United States, being at least 18 years or older, having a high school diploma or equivalent, and being willing to undergo National Service Criminal History Check
• Ability to communicate the perceived presence of safety hazards through visual and auditory means
• Ability to lift 50 lbs., and walk/hike on uneven terrain, uphill or downhill, for 5 miles
• Ability to serve in environmental conditions that may include extreme heat, extreme cold, high winds, smoke, and precipitation
• Must pass the arduous Work Capacity Test
• *Benefits:**
• Compensation: $480/week living allowance
• AmeriCorps Education Award (450 hours = $1,956.35) upon successful completion of program
• SCA AmeriCorps training
• National Wildfire Coordinating Group courses, including S130, S190, S212, and L180
• Online prerequisite courses, including S130, S190, I100, and Is700
• Wilderness First Aid training
• Equal Opportunity Employer statement