Salvador Ibarra

Currently, I'm employed with CAL-FIRE as a Firefighter 1. This 2024 fire season will be my 10th fire season working as a Wildland Firefighter. In addition, 8 out of the 10 years in wildland firefighting have been with the Forest Service. On the other hand, this 2024 fire season will be my 2nd season employed with CAL-FIRE. I can proudly say that I was given the opportunity and the privilege to be part of TUU TFC-6 and TUU TFC-7 this past 2023 fire season. Both of these distinguished hand crews are well respected amongst one of the best hand crews in the TUU as of today. Previously, I was attached to Engine-21 off of Springville, CA in 2022. My position was of an apprentice, GS-5-FFT1 in the Engine module. Before I was hired as an apprentice, I worked with the Organized Crews (OC-Program) off of Porterville, CA for 7 years. I have worked with almost all of the OC crews as a FFT1 squad-boss and sometimes acting crew leader. To sum up, I have gained 1 year with TFC-6 and TFC-7 type 1 crews, 1 year with E-21, 5 years with T2IA hand crews, and 2 years in regular T2 hand crews. I have assisted in numerous wildland fires from a scrapper, sawyer, swamper, road gard, to janitorial and landscaping work around different duty stations. I have responded to vehicle accidents and emergency calls. I have assisted as a scribe and I have guided and worked with Helicopters and Engines as a ICT5 trainee. I have served as a lookout and read weather over the radio on countless fires. I have worked in structure protection in many occasions. I have assisted in setting up progressive and simple hose lays on multiple fires. I have established water supply lines and directed water onto the fires. I have also assisted as a pump operator to help support and contain fire lines. I have cut line using the direct and indirect method. I have suppressed and extinguished numerous fires with water and foam to complete the final extinguishment (AKA Mop Up). I have assisted getting hose in place for numerous Engines and pulled out hose as indicated by hire ups. I also, assisted on a vehicle accident were there was two fatalities involved. On the other hand, I have experience and acquire very good knowledge with project work as well that consist of: clearing roads, removing heavy brush, cutting hazardous tress and constructed many fire break lines to prevent future fires. I have assisted in preparing certain areas to burn and I had the opportunity to burn in many occasions utilizing different burning devices. I have also been flown in and out of fires from various different helicopters. I have patrolled many fires after they have burn to search and destroy possible hot spots. I have worked nights shifts and spiked out numerous times. My overall, experience have been of a squad-boss. Early in April 2021, I also worked with FEMA assisting in different vaccination sites for COVID-19 in Baltimore, Maryland. My responsibilities were of a scribe; to ensure every patient was on the system as I managed the take out process before the patients departure from the vaccination sites while I was in charge of monitoring 6 Firefighters from my duty station at the same time. In addition, I also acquire a welding/fabricating background. In 2014 I got certified as a welder from College Of The Sequoias and I started working as a welder taking approximately 5 years off of firefighting. However, I truly missed fighting fires, so I decided to reengage in the Forest Service in 2018. At this time my qualifications are:

• FF1 qualified
• 4064 qualified
• Level A -basic sawyer qualified
• Public Safety First Aid (PSFA) CPR/AED qualified

I was also awarded a black ribbon in 2018, due to a Firefighter fatality that unfortunately I had to experienced at the Mendocino Complex Fire along with Slate Mountain T2IA fuels crew off of Springville, CA.