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WLF Survey: Exploring R5 Federal Agency Employee Exodus


Welcome and thank you for taking the time to complete the Wildlandfire.com survey regarding the decision facing many federal agency employees, especially those in R5 on whether to remain with a federal agency or to apply for a position with other wildland fire suppression employers.  Our objective is to gather information and present it in a clear and logical manner in the hope that it may be used in a productive manner.

Please complete each question and submit just one survey per person.  To help avoid duplicate inputs we will log computer ip addresses, though they will NOT be made public.  If abuse is suspected, we may delete the suspicious entries or even place a phone call, ip addresses are easy enough to trace. If you find any question too personal, feel free to skip it and go to the next question.  The results of this survey will be announced on They Said It and the Hotlist when concluded.  Thanks, OA

1.  What is your status in applying for or considering applying for a Cal Fire or other fire department position?

Have applied for Cal Fire captain and received interview date

Have applied for Cal Fire captain, but have not received interview date

Have applied for other Cal Fire position than captain or to another department or agency

Plan on applying

Strongly considering

Considering

Somewhat Interested

2.  What position in Cal Fire or another fire department are you willing to accept?

Same or equal to my current level     Up to one level below    Any position, just to get hired

3.  What Federal agency do you work for?

USFS     BLM     NPS     BIA     FWS

4.  What Forest are you currently employed on? (R-5 USFS Only - Others please skip to #5)
Angeles Cleveland El Dorado Inyo Klamath Lassen
Los Padres Mendocino Modoc Plumas San Bernardino Sequoia
Shasta-Trinity Sierra Six Rivers Stanislaus Tahoe  
Lake Tahoe Basin Mgt. Unit Other (includes Regional Office, GACCs,
 R&D, Caches, etc.)

5.  Non-R5 Employees:  Please enter your 5 letter unit identifier (examples: MT-LNF or AK-CGF)    

6.  What is your current GS rate?

GS-3     GS-4     GS-5     GS-6     GS-7     GS-8     GS-9     GS-10     GS-11     GS-12

7.  What is your current type of appointment?

Permanent/Full Time     Permanent/Less Than 26 Pay Periods     Apprentice     Temporary/Seasonal

8.  What type of suppression module or job do you work?

Engines     Type 2 Handcrew     Type 1 Handcrew     Helitack   Prevention    Smokejumper

Overhead  Other

9.  Select the position description that most closely reflects your job duties.

Crewmember     Squad Leader     Engineer/Assistant Supervisor     Captain/Superintendant

Assistant Fire Manager     Fire Manager     Other

 10.  Please rate each of the following items or issues by using the drop-down arrow and selecting a number from 1 to
      10, with a 1 being "most important" to you and a 10 being the "least important".

Pay & Benefits
      Job Security/Stability
      Wages/Salary
      Duty days/hours
      24 Hour Staffing
      Benefits-Health/Dental/Vision
      Benefits-Holidays/Leave
      Liability Insurance
      Firefighter Job Series
      Portal to Portal Pay 
      Promotion potential/Apprentice advancement
Location & Living
      Station/Duty Location
      Area Cost of Living
      Living/Housing Availability
      Social/Culture/Entertainment Options
      Advanced Education Opportunities
      Spousal/Significant Other Employment Options
      Health Care/Education/Shopping Availability (self and/or family)
11.  Other Important Item or Issue

12.  Please include any additional comments in the text area below.

      

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