News Release

Jennifer Rabuck Named New Wildland Fire Safety Specialist for the National Park Service

Date: February 11, 2020
Contact: Tina Boehle, 208.387.5875

Jennifer Rabuck will begin her new position as wildland fire safety specialist as of March 29, 2020.

Jennifer Rabuck, a U.S. Forest Service (USFS) zone fire management officer (FMO) on the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in Hayward, Wisconsin, has been named as the wildland fire safety specialist for the National Park Service (NPS) Branch of Wildland Fire. Jennifer fills the vacant position left when Chad Fisher became the wildland fire operations program leader in 2017.

Jennifer began her federal service on the Clearwater National Forest in Idaho in 1994 and moved into her first permanent full-time fire management position in 2002 at the Leopold Wetland Management District in Wisconsin. She gained experience as a prescribed fire specialist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service before moving into her current position as zone FMO. Jennifer has detailed as the assistant forest FMO on the Superior National Forest and as a National Incident Management Organization (NIMO) safety officer. Her experience with facilitated learning analysis teams, as a national cadre member for the You Will Not Stand Alone course, as a family/hospital liaison, and with planning for critical incidents will be a great addition to the NPS.

“I’m very excited to have Jennifer join the Wildland Fire Operations Program” said Program Leader Chad Fisher. “She brings a depth and breadth of experience, along with a fresh perspective, to our work serving the parks and regions of the National Park Service and in our interagency endeavors.”

Jennifer, her husband Jason, and their daughter Morgan, enjoy most forms of outdoor recreation, particularly cross-country skiing, canoeing, backpacking and riding horses. Jason is an artist, crafting handmade knives and leatherwork, as well as being a musician. Their daughter Morgan is a freshman in college in Los Angeles.

Jennifer will relocate to Boise, ID and begin her duties as the wildland fire safety specialist as of March 29, 2020. Her position is located at the National Interagency Fire Center, which serves as headquarters for the NPS Division of Fire and Aviation and other partnering interagency wildland fire management agencies.