Fire

Wildland Firefighter Jobs

With this upcoming hiring opportunity, Region 2 will be filling approximately 250 temporary seasonal Wildland Firefighter positions for the 2024 Fire Season. This includes Engine, Hotshot, Helitack, Handcrew, Fuels, Dispatch, and Lookout positions. Vacancy announcements will open until November 13. Download Outreach Notice

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Current Openings

With this upcoming hiring opportunity, Region 2 will be filling approximately 250 temporary seasonal Wildland Firefighter positions for the 2024 Fire Season. This includes Engine, Hotshot, Helitack, Handcrew, Fuels, Dispatch, and Lookout positions.

The vacancy announcements for these positions will be posted on the U.S. Government's official website for employment opportunities at USAJOBS.

The vacancy announcements will open for 14 days beginning on 10/26/2023. To be considered for these positions, applications must be submitted by the application deadline, 11:59 Eastern standard time on 11/13/2023.

Positions being announced for the temporary seasonal fall hiring event:

The following announcements will include all potential duty stations that a position may be hired at if a vacancy occurs. Local forests will be conducting focused outreach for known vacancies to be hired under the announcements listed below. Selections for this hiring event will begin in early January 2024.

Download Outreach Notice

The vacancy announcements for these positions are posted on the U.S. Government's official website for employment opportunities at USAJOBS.

Additional Information

Hiring Webinars

In these webinars, our national Forest Service recruiters walk through several topics regarding eligibility, applications, USAJOBS, resumes, and more.
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