Aviation Training Refresher for Spotters and Assistant Spotters

Spotters and assistant spotters need to complete or refresh aviation training courses every three years. Check your email for a complete list of A-courses you need to complete before overhead refresher this year. Once you have completed each course, print out the certificate and put it in the completed training box in the training office. Do not put it in your individual training file. Remember these courses must be completed prior to being able to spot this year. Courses can be found at www.iat.gov.

R8 Modules

We are coming up on R8 burning season again and may be looking at sending a module out as early as the last week in January. We do not have any firm dates yet but we will post them when we do. As before, these assignments are a three week commitment. Once we know when the first module is leaving we should better be able to predict the dates for subsequent modules. For now, if you are interested in the first module and think you may be available, please contact Sam Pfahler or Dan Cottrell and let them know your dates of availability.

Get your completed task books to training

A Red Card Committee will meet on Tuesday the 21st. If you have any task books that need to be reviewed, make sure that they are in to Training before then.

Physicals for 2014

Those of you who need to get your physicals done for the 2014 season, contact Billy Phillips at (406) 329-4941 for the paperwork and instructions on setting up an appointment.

Remember, you need to have this done before refresher or you won't be able to jump.

GS-6 Outreach

Region 1 Forest Service will soon be filling a GS-0462-6 permanent Smokejumper position at the Aerial Fire Depot in Missoula, Montana. 

This position serves as a smokejumper, performing a variety of duties in the areas of parachute jumping and fire suppression.   Upon completion of annual refresher training, is subject to work assignments throught the Region, in any other other Forest Service Region, or for other agencies concerned with managing forest or range lands. Please have your apps ready no later than early February

The vacancy announcement is posted on the USAJOBS website under Job Announcement Numbers: DEMO 14(1)-462-SMKJMPR-5/6DP, MERIT 14(1)-462-SMKJMPR-5/6G.

Mitch requests that anyone interested reply to the full outreach notice, which can be downloaded here

2014 List