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Zarek Naf

Bellingham,WA

Summary

With three summers of intensive experience in wildland firefighting with the Department of Natural Resources in Okanogan County, I have cultivated a deep commitment to this field and a strong connection to the Methow Valley. My recent role as an Engine Lead in Twisp has sharpened my leadership skills and logistical expertise, preparing me for advanced responsibilities in firefighting. I am passionate about continuing my career in this region and am driven by the goal of becoming a smokejumper at the North Cascade Smokejumper Base. My dedication to staying in the Methow Valley reflects both my personal attachment to the area and my professional aspiration to contribute meaningfully to wildfire management in this vital region.

Work History

Worker

San Juan Sailing
  • I worked at San Juan Sailing for one summer season, in that season my job was to clean boats and often interact with customers
  • I learned about the importance of not only doing a good job the first time but also how to present yourself as professional and make the clients feel as though they made the right choice
  • This job was part time and I worked 16-25 hours a week with a flexible schedule.

Counselor in Training

Camp Firwood
  • I worked at Camp Firwood as a CIT and learned how to connect with campers, other counselors and the parents of campers
  • I was surrounded by the outdoors and learned how to do many activities as well as taught classes to kids of all ages and backgrounds
  • During this job I worked 24 hours being called for any issues with my campers and spending every moment developing the schedule for the classes I was teaching for the week.

Wildland Firefighter

Department of Natural Resources
  • The last three summers I have spent my time working on furthering my career in wildland fire with the Department of Natural Resources in Okanogan county
  • In this time I have learned alot about the outdoors, how to work hard in difficult situations, how important it is to have a good attitude especially in difficult situations and I have learned alot about who I am and who I wish to become
  • I plan to continue spending my summers as a wildland firefighter and I hope to eventually reach my goal of becoming a smokejumper at North Cascade Smokejumper base
  • This most recent year of my Fire career I was promoted to an Engine Lead out of Twisp Washington and took on a new role of managing and leading an engine, this experience has taught me a lot about what it means to be a leader and a different aspect of firefighting in a logistical role
  • During my last three seasons I have worked constantly 40 hours a week with a very large amount of overtime every week
  • During the main fire season we often get extended an extra 2 hours each day and we work 6 days a week during late July to early September.

Laborer

Marker Construction
  • Working with Marker Construction taught me many valuable skills both with general contracting and general business, I enjoyed the wide array of jobs they take on and how that opened the door to learning new things about different trades and gave me more experience talking with clients head on and how important open communication and listening to their concerns is and how far that can go
  • During this job I worked 40 hours a week with several hours of overtime during the weekends

Student Helpdesk

Whatcom Community College
  • At WCC I worked at the student helpdesk, where I helped both students and staff navigate the school resources, answered questions about classes and school equipment, helped with IT work around the campus and helped teachers with the technology side of college resources
  • During this job I worked 40 hours weekly and worked on the side an extra 3-4 hours a day for the IT department doing any work they needed done.

ServiceMasters Cleaning by Roth

  • At Service Masters I worked as a water damage removal contractor and appraiser for future work done by the company
  • During this job I was given experience working in difficult conditions, dirty areas and putting the customers at ease in stressful situations
  • I further developed my construction ability’s and learned about different tools and equipment used to mitigate the issues water damage brings to homes of different types.

Education

Bellingham High School
Bellingham, WA
06.2021

Northwest Career And Technical Academy
06.2021

Sehome High School
Bellingham, WA
06.2019

Skills

  • Outdoorsman
  • Rock Climber
  • Musician

Additional Information

Boy Scouts of America, Bellingham Youth Jazz Band, Model for Muse Model Management

Awards/Recognition

  • Music scholarship
  • Wildland Red Card
  • Eagle Scout
  • 300+ hrs of community service
  • Firefighter type 1 trainee
  • Incident Commander type 5 trainee
  • S-212 Wildland Fire Chainsaw

Supervisors Contact Information

  • Austin Vargas, Engine lead Department of Natural Resources 2022-2023, (509)-449-5871
  • Kevin Vallance, AFMO Department of Natural Resources 2022-2023, (509)-557-9224
  • Dustin Doyle, AFMO Department of Natural Resources 2024, (509)-640-8335

Timeline

Worker

San Juan Sailing

Counselor in Training

Camp Firwood

Wildland Firefighter

Department of Natural Resources

Laborer

Marker Construction

Student Helpdesk

Whatcom Community College

ServiceMasters Cleaning by Roth

Bellingham High School

Northwest Career And Technical Academy

Sehome High School

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