Locate fires or fire danger areas.

Locate fires or fire danger areas. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 3 occupations and seen in 5 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Monitor safety or security of work areas, facilities, or properties. in Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 5 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 2 (40%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Move toward the source of a fire, using knowledge of types of fires, construction design, building materials, and physical layout of properties. · Firefighters · importance 4.6 · no direct exposure
• Patrol burned areas after fires to locate and eliminate hot spots that may restart fires. · Firefighters · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Locate forest fires on area maps, using azimuth sighters and known landmarks. · Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Orient self in relation to fire, using compass and map, and collect supplies and equipment dropped by parachute. · Firefighters · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Analyze burn conditions and results, and prepare postburn reports. · First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Firefighters
• Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists
• First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-locate-fires-or-fire-danger-areas,
  title  = {Locate fires or fire danger areas.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/locate-fires-or-fire-danger-areas}
}