Raul Ramirez

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Experienced hotshot crew member with proven success responding to fire behavior in different fuel types, topography, and weather in Angeles National Forest.
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Worked long shifts and handled heavy workloads while performing physically strenuous work in backcountry fires for multiple days on the line. Consistently work in extreme weather and varying temperature ranges while maintaining a positive attitude and work ethic for the objective.
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Demonstrated skills in putting in hoselays, including simple and progressive, under a variety of conditions including adverse weather. Experienced in running pumping operations, including maintaining working knowledge of drafting, adjusting water pressure, and ejecting to utilize water most efficiently.
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Routinely performed a full range of suppression tactics in direct and indirect strategies including handline construction, tactical firing, structure protection, mop-up, monitoring, holding, and patrol.
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Gather weather information and analyze observations to anticipate changes in fire behavior. Assess fuel types, terrain and continuity to better understand the fire movement. Recognizes characteristics of extreme fire behavior including spotting, fire whirls, running, etc.
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Highly experienced with firefighting tools such as Pulaski, chainsaw, combination tool, McLeod, axe, hoe, etc. to move dirt, chop brush and roots, fell small trees, as well as constructing walls and steps. Adept at maintaining and refurbishing these tools including inspecting for looseness, sharpening, and sanding handles.
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Successfully complete daily fire readiness activities, including cleaning and restocking tools, cleaning vehicles, organizing compartments, and ensuring that supplies are re-stocked. Perform daily preventative maintenance checks and completed mileage logs to be consistently IA ready.
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Demonstrated strong skills in always maintaining situational awareness, utilizing the Risk Management Process and implementing fireline safety techniques and policies, establishing LCES, escape routes, and safety zones.
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Collaborate regularly with various other federal, state, and local resources including engines, heavy equipment, and aircraft. Working knowledge of directing helicopters for bucket drops and external cargo deliveries.
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Experience in forest management through prescribed and resource fires, clearing hazardous brush, building burn piles, and monitoring potential fuels. Involved in prepping for burn
operations, using drip torches and fusees, adjusting burn patterns and fire intensity, and
holding.
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Demonstrated thorough understanding in the methods and procedures associated with wildfire suppression and able to promptly identify any irregular or problem situations, using solutions based problem-solving skills to maintain safety at all times for self and crewmembers.
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Adept in the use of minimum impact suppression tactics to halt or delay fire spread while producing the least possible impact on the resource being protected. Including minimizing cutting of trees and limbing, using cold-line, wet line or combination of both, scraping around tree bases, etc.
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Experienced in personal use and instructing crewmembers on proper radio communication, selecting proper channel, repeater, tone, programming, cloning and etiquette. Communicates efficiently and effectively with working knowledge of proper fire terminology.
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Enjoy working as a team with crewmembers to accomplish common goals and objectives, valuing each team member’s contribution. Skilled in managing group dynamics, while remaining respectful of coworkers.
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Effectively lead groups, with minimal supervision, assigning tasks based on priorities, communicating chain of command intent, managing time, and ensuring tasks are accomplished efficient.
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Completed FFT 1 task book and attain my IC5.

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Crew Boss, Single Resource (CRWB)

Need on taking out a Type 2 crew on a assignment,to be singed off.
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Attin my Firing Boss, Single Resource (FIRB)

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  Performed duties as a crewmember in a highly skilled Interagency Hotshot Crew in both fire suppression and fuels management aspects under stressful conditions.
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  Lead short squads of crewmembers during fire suppression tactics ensuring for both safety and efficiency in work on the fire line.
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  Demonstrated thorough understanding in the methods and procedures associated with wildfire suppression and able to promptly identify any irregular or problem situations, using solutions based problem-solving skills to maintain safety at all times for self and crewmembers.
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  During line construction, backfire/burn out operation, tree feeling, and urban interface situations to achieve one main goal of fighting fire safely and efficiently.
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  Throughout the season I performed fireline tactics such as chainsaw operator, constructing fire line and fuel breaks, monitoring, and mop-up.
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  Delicately perform inspections on gear and chainsaw to insure fire readiness was met.
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  Sharpened and maintained fire tools and chainsaw.
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  Operated engine pumps , nozzles, different hose types, sizes and accessories needed.
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  Recorded the weather observations and reported information back to the crew.
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  Performed wildfire suppression and prescribed fire operations including preparation, ignition, monitoring, holding and mop-up.
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  Began to check off tasks from the Firefighter 1 task book.
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  Started as a Swamper and worked my way to a fully qualified chainsaw operator. Managed chainsaw repairs.

• I worked on a 20-person hand crew in extreme weather conditions.
• Utilized and maintained of an assorted amount of hand tools such as Pulaski, Mcleods, shovels and chainsaws.
• Operated portable pumps in a safe and efficient manner.
• Performed duties such as dry and wet mop
• Worked with 2 wheel and 4-wheel drive government vehicles at various locations.
• Performed vehicle and station maintenance on a daily basis.
• Maintained various hand and power tools used in fire suppression efforts.