Shadow or help out an Officer
Shadowing an officer gives you 1 point per hour! We have lots of great positions to check out! Shadow sooner rather than later!!
This is a great way to learn about the different officer roles and figure out if you want to be an officer in the future!
| Crew Lead: |
- Esures the crew is meeting its goals - Attends various university meetings and relays important information - Leads officer meetings and ensures officers are completing their jobs - Main point of contact for the University and Outside Resources - Hold a seat on the Wisconsin Prescribed Fire Council |
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| Assistant Crew Lead |
- Communicates with the University Property managers, Facility Advisers, and Private Landowners to ensure implementation of fire will achieve land management objectives - Writes burn plans for both private and UWSP property |
| Treasurer |
- Manages the crew budget - Works with the cache manager to purchase equipment and PPE - Collaborates with Officers to determine purchasing needs and priorities - Gives the annual SGA budget presentation |
| Secretary |
- Sends weekly meeting reminders and meeting minutes to the crew via email - Updates the crews burnability and involvement point documents - Sets up the FOR 224 Field days and Spring Fire Course |
| Cache Manager |
- Prepares equipment for burns - Mixes fuel and torch mix - Distributes Nomex and other supplies - Maintains and fixes equipment |
| Public Information Officer (PIO) |
- Runs the crews social media accounts - Sets up community and student outreach events - Updates the crew on events via social media - Informs public during burns |
| Fire Effects Officer |
- Recording weather and fuel type pre and post burns - Calculating fuel loading and volatility post burn - Attending fire related conferences around the country - Putting together fire related research projects |
| Staffing Coordinator |
- Communicator between Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest/Wisconsin DNR and UWSP Fire Crew - Ensures individuals fill out necessary paperwork for staffing or AD - Coordinates federal pack tests with the Chequamegon-Nicolet USFS - Main contact for Aldo-Leopold Foundation Burns - Ensure individuals are properly equipped to staff/AD |
| NWCG Course Coordinator |
- In charge of organizing the NWCG Courses Fire Crew Holds - Reaches out to different oragnizations (USFS, WIDNR) - Inform Members of when classes are available - Orgainzing logistics for each course |
| Activities Coordinator |
- Coordinates and administers pack tests for members - Schedules and leads all PT for the crew (volleyball, kickball, water polo, hikes etc.) |
Weekly PT
The activities coordinator puts on PT opportunities every week. Attending these earns you an involvement points! All of these sports are very beginner friendly. Bring a water bottle and dress for the sport!
This semester (Fall 2024)
Mondays 6-7pm in Skyward Field House: Kickball
Tuesdays 8-9pm in Champions Hall Pool: Water Polo
Weekly Meetings/Officer Meetings
Every week we have an officer meeting and a weekly club meeting! Coming to these will get you an involvement point for each!
Fall 2024:
Tuesdays 6-7pm in TNR 361 (Officer meeting (anyone can attend!!) - Learn more about what the officers are working on and what is coming up in the future for the crew, great for people looking to be officers next year)
Thursdays 6-7pm in TNR 170 (Weekly meeting, topic changes every meeting (ie skill building, job searching, guest speakers)
Class instructors/Advertisments
If we are offering a class that you already have the certs in (ie basic cert field days, S-212, S-211 etc) then you can help teach! Each hour is an involvement point!
When asking for instructors, we usually hand out a sign up sheet during weekly meetings! ALSO --> Posters!!
The Spring class is put on by the crew and WI DNR. We print off posters and if a crew member helps hang posters, it is an involvement point for each poster put up and one for each one taken down after the class!
