Wildfire Crew Leader / Sub-Leader

Role Responsibilities

As a Wildfire Crew Leader, you will direct either a Unit Crew or a Helitack Crew on the front lines of wildfire response. Your role is essential in facilitating operations and ensuring your team’s safety and effectiveness. Here is a glimpse into a day on the job :

The program provides a distinct opportunity to join a 20-person crew. These Unit Crews are dedicated teams committed to containing and fully extinguishing larger fires in remote areas of the province.

As a leader within this team, you will drive collaborative success through our shared mission to safeguard Alberta's precious natural resources and extensive landscapes. While this role is physically and mentally demanding, you will also foster a powerful sense of personal satisfaction and growth among your team members. You will play a key role in developing effective teamwork and communication skills, enhancing analytical thinking, and sharpening situational awareness. This is your chance to guide your crew through outdoor challenges, where each conquered obstacle becomes a testament to their resilience, adaptability, and meaningful contributions to the environment.

The ) program offers a unique opportunity to lead a 4- or 8-person crew, often the first to respond to wildfires. Your leadership will be vital as the team is transported by helicopter or deployed on the ground to attack wildfires, sometimes with the assistance of air tankers or heavy equipment. This role provides a challenging experience, allowing you to assess your team's physical and mental strengths as they engage in initial wildfire response.

As a leader, you will provide insights into aviation operations and foster personal growth among crew members. You will help them enhance their analytical skills, refine decision-making abilities, and improve communication and teamwork, all while working in the great outdoors. Embrace this opportunity to lead with purpose and make a meaningful impact on wildfire response efforts.

As a Wildfire Unit / Helitack Crew Leader, you will :

• Lead and supervise sub-leaders and or crew members in pre-suppression and fire suppression activities.
• Determine the best strategy and tactic to suppress wildfire and evaluate if more resources are required to assist.
• Identify hazards to the crew and mitigation strategies.
• Ensure crew fire readiness is maintained through Fireline equipment and truck maintenance, inventory, and crew physical standards.
• Plan, coordinate, track and administer proficiency train to meet certification standards.
• Complete Performance Agreements with Wildfire Crew Sub-Leaders.
• Complete administrative work promptly, such as timesheets, safety briefings, fire reports.
• Conduct preliminary investigations into fire cause and know the procedure on how to protect a scene for in depth investigation by an experienced investigator.
• Work longer hours, including being required to work through the overnight period on occasion.