Direct, and participate in, forest-fire suppression.Collaborate with other firefighters as a member of a firefighting crew.Maintain contact with fire dispatchers at all times to notify them of the need for additional firefighters and supplies, or to detail any difficulties encountered.Establish water supplies, connect hoses, and direct water onto fires.Fell trees, cut and clear brush, and dig trenches to create fire lines, using axes, chainsaws or shovels.Communicate fire details to superiors, subordinates, or inter agency dispatch centers, using two-way radios.Serve as a working leader of an engine, hand, helicopter, or prescribed fire crew of three or more firefighters.