Fire Career

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  • Career Introduction Card

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    Front of the introduction card for the career card collector packs
  • Aaron Rowe, Forest Fuels & Fire Prevention Specialist

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    Front cover of Aaron Rowe Collector Card
    • B.S., University of Washington
    • USDA Forest Service
    • My job is to implement effective fuels treatments to make a more fire-resilient and fire-adapted landscape as well as prevent unwanted human-caused wildfires.
  • Shaniko Cowie, Deputy Fire Staff, Fuels

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    Front cover of Shaniko Cowie Collector Card
    • M.S., University of Idaho
    • USDA Forest Service
    • I manage the fuels program at the forest level, which includes coordinating prescribed fire and fuels reduction treatments across our 2.3-million-acre forest. During fire season, I provide expertise in fire behavior and fire growth modeling. I also provide fire management leadership and expertise for the forest fire program as a whole.
  • Sally Davis, Interagency Fire Training Officer

    FireFire Career
    Front cover of Sally Davis Collector Card
    • B.S.S., Ohio University
    • USDA Forest Service
    • As an interagency fire training officer I maintain training records for wildland firefighters and fire support personnel
  • Rex Thompson, Fire Prevention Technician

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    Front cover of Rex Thompson Collector Card
    • High School
    • USDA Forest Service
    • My position as a fire prevention technician gives me the opportunity to meet and educate the public about fire safety and ways to protect natural resources for future generations.
  • Paul Corrigan, Utah Interagency Smoke Coordinator

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    Front cover of Paul Corrigan Collector Card
    • B.S., Virginia Tech
    • USDA Forest Service
    • As a smoke coordinator, I am the liaison between all the land managers doing prescribed fire (Forest Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, Utah Department of Natural Resources, etc.) and the Utah Division of Air Quality.
  • Olivia-Iniabi Collette, Wildfire Prevention Officer

    FireFire Career
    Front cover of Olivia-Iniabi Collette Collector Card
    • Graduate, National Wildland Firefighter Apprentice Academy
    • USDA Forest Service
    • As a wildfire prevention officer, I provide guidance, leadership, and program management with a focus on wildfire prevention and education to my unit employees and customers to establish appropriate and effective methods to educate, manage, and modify their behavior with the goal of preventing adverse impacts caused by unplanned wildfire ignitions.
  • Molly Booth, Assistant Center Manager & Intelligence Coordinator

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    Front cover of Molly Booth Collector Card
    • B.S.S., Cornell College
    • USDA Forest Service
    • My primary duty is to serve as the assistant center manager for Payette Interagency Dispatch Center. In this capacity, I help with the coordination and operations of wildland fire resources to help with prescribed fire, fire suppression, aircraft operations, and fire management.
  • Milena Rockwood, Fuels Technician

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    Front cover of Milena Rockwood Collector Card
    • M.S., Utah State University
    • USDA Forest Service
    • A fuels technician plans and implements vegetation management projects. I am responsible for overseeing the fuel projects and ensuring that expectations are met for each project. I also support the forest with fire suppression, measuring fuels’ moisture levels, collecting photos and data, and scouting areas for new projects. I also monitor conditions to implement prescribed burns.
  • Mary Lata, Fire Ecologist

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    Front cover of Mary Lata Collector Card
    • B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Iowa
    • USDA Forest Service
    • My job includes teaching firefighters, speaking to communities at public events, collaborating with others on issues related to fire ecology, consulting with other land management agencies, predicting (modeling) how wildfire and prescribed fire behave, and presenting at conferences.