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Crew Leader
  • Fireline Leadership
  • Liaison for:
    • Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
    • US Forest Service
    • US Fish and Wildlife Service
    • Portage County Office of Emergency Management
    • UWSP Faculty and Staff
    • CNR Student Organizations
    • General Public
  • Oversees and manages all aspects relating to crew operations
  • Organizes crew members records into Incident Qualification System Database
  • Provides and coordinates training for crew
  • Develops and coordinates crew dispatching
  • Special projects as needed
  • Website
  • Oversees Spring Fire Class

FFT2


Joe is  a FFT1 . He has been a member of the UWSP Fire Crew for 3 years and was previously the treasurer. Joe is a Forestry Managment Major and worked on a Wildland Fire Crew In Wyoming during the 2012 fire season
  
Assistant Crew Leader (Prescribed Burns)
  • Coordinates prescribed burning activities
  • Fireline Leadership
  • Organizes the Work Capacity Test and/or the physical fitness component required by the Fire Crew
  • Records member involvement in crew activities
  • Travel and transportation requirements
  • Special projects as needed
  • Works closely with Crew Leader for crew oversight

FFT2 (t)


Matt Racicot is a Forest management major has been a member for 3 years on the crew. Has worked in urban forestry.


  
Secretary
  • Records minutes at each meeting
  • Responsible for Forestry 224 course
  • Special Projects as needed
  • Responsible for paperwork and record keeping of Spring Fire Class
  • Responsible for reporting events to CNR Reporter

​FF2 (t)

​Oliver comes from Palos Hills, IL and a heavily outdoors based childhood. He is a Forest Management undergraduate at UW-Stevens Point and has been a member of the UWSP Fire Crew since 2011. He worked as an arborist aide climbing, cutting, and managing trees at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, IL. He’s been on fires and burns with the Crew in Wisconsin, Florida, and Oklahoma. He is working the 2013 fire season on the Boise National Forest in Idaho on a type II Initial Attack handcrew for the U.S. Forest Service. 

  
Treasurer
  • Organization representative for SGA, Student Senate, and Campus Activities
  • Develops annual budget, manages funds
  • Assists the Secretary with the Forestry 224 course
  • Fundraising arrangements
  • Special projects as needed
  • Works within a variety of aspects for Spring Fire Class 

​FFT2 (t)

​Sara is a Wildlife Ecology Major with a Captive Wildlife Minor. She has a 10 year structural backgound and Currentlly serves on the Plover Fire Department.

 

  
Cache Manager
  • Responsible for Fire Crew equipment
  • Helps in making recommendations of supplies and equipment purchases
  • Does Fire Cache inventory and all required maintenance of equipment
  • Fireline Leadership
  • Special projects as needed
  • Works within a variety of aspects for Spring Fire Class

​FFT2 (t)


Jordan was born and raised near Janesville, WI. He is a Junior majoring in Forest Managment and Fire Science. Jordan has been on the crew for 3 years.

  
Public Information Officer
  • Planning social events
  • Design and create advertisements for crew and for training courses
  • Conducts fire safety presentations 
  • Contacts Press for Fire Crew Events
  • Assisting officers with other duties
  • Manages the content of the Fire Crew website
    • Updates the calendar for upcoming events
    • Works to streamline navigation of the website in order to make it more user-friendly

​FFT2 (t)

EMT-Basic (Ct)

Wilderness First Responder 

Brian is from Rockfall Connecticut  and is a Junior at UWSP.  He is studying Wildland Fire Science and Urban Forestry. He worked as an EMT in Hartford CT for five years as well as the Middlefield Volunteer Fire Department. He will be working at Rocky Mountain National Park as a Backcountry​ ranger for the 2013 season.  

  
Fire Effects Officer
  • Monitoring the behavior and fire effects of prescribed burns
  • Assists Assistant Crew Leader with prescribed burns
  • Acts as crew liaison with fire science/research organizations​

​FFT2 (t)

 ​Kenny was born and raised in Eagle River, Wisconsin. He is pursuing a major in Forest Management and a minor is Soil Science. He has served on the crew for 2 years and has previously participated in a winter burn trip in Northern Florida with the Park Service.  ​

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