• Serve as the technical lead for spatial fire behavior modeling
• Direct model selection, scenario design, assumptions, inputs, calibration, validation, and application of results
• Design, parameterize, execute, and interpret landscape-scale wildfire modeling using FlamMap, FARSITE, FSPro, IFTDSS, or equivalent systems
• Perform spatial analyses of vector and raster datasets, including fire spread, flame length, fireline intensity, rate of spread, arrival time, burn probability, and ember exposure
• Develop customized community wildfire risk assessment model approaches
• Develop, evaluate, and document model inputs including fuels, topography, weather, wind, ignition locations, and project-specific conditions
• Establish and maintain modeling protocols, data standards, file-management practices, reproducible workflows, and technical guidance
• Lead QA/QC reviews of modeling inputs, methods, scripts, maps, calculations, outputs, and technical conclusions
• Prepare methodology documentation, reports, fire protection plans, environmental technical studies, figures, presentations, and agency or public-comment responses
• Coordinate with planners, GIS specialists, environmental planners, engineers, biologists, project managers, clients, and fire agencies
• Mentor and train staff in fire modeling, geospatial analysis, documentation, and QA/QC
• Support project scoping, estimates, schedules, proposals, and client presentations
• Monitor advances in wildfire science, modeling platforms, datasets, and decision-support tools

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