identify, recruit and develop employees for future leadership roles; interpret and implement department laws and policies; provide leadership that promotes teamwork and interpersonal relationships; organize and prioritize work activities for the district; communicate information clearly and concisely both orally and written; establish effective working relationships with volunteer firefighters, land and business owners, the general public, local governments, federal agencies, other state agencies, seasonal employees, and others as situations arise; work outdoors in all types of weather and terrain, under physically and mentally demanding situations, and in hazardous conditions; present and promote division objectives and services. the principles, practices, and methods of forest and wildland fire management including presuppression, suppression, and post-suppression; fire behavior and fire potential in various fuels, weather conditions, and terrain; fire hazard and risk assessment in the wildland/urban interface; prescribed burning including assessment of the burn area, use of computer fire behavior simulation, use of fire behavior information, and preparation of plans and prescriptions; fiscal and personnel management; basic computer applications and terminology.