Ricardo Gonzalez

Soon to be filled out after completion of program

• Cut and cleared brush and dug trenches to create fire lines using axes, chainsaws or shovels.
• Patrolled burnt areas after fires to locate and eliminate hot spots that could flare or rekindle.
• Enhanced wildfire containment by coordinating and executing strategic fireline construction.
• Upheld high standards of professionalism while interacting with the public during prescribed burns or emergency situations.

We slept and lived where we worked for 8 days in tents and every morning we’d wake up have breakfast and get on with our work schedule. This included using chainsaws, using machinery to traverse mountains up and down with heavy equipment, using complex pulley systems to bring down tree stumps, trail care/maintenance and so much more.