Forest Service Hiring Entry Level Wildland Firefighters

The Rocky Mountain Region of the USDA Forest Service is hiring 50 entry-level, permanent seasonal wildland firefighters to work on engine, hotshot, helitack, and handcrews across forests and grasslands in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming.

Eighteen in-person and one virtual event will be hosted to share position and application information beginning in March.

Event Schedule

Wyoming

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland

  • Tuesday, March 5, from 12-5 pm
    University of Wyoming, Student Union
    1000 E University Avenue, Laramie, WY       
  • Tuesday, March 12, from 9-6 pm
    Converse County Library
    300 E. Walnut Street, Douglas, WY 82633
  •  Shoshone National Forest
  • Friday, March 8, from 9:30-4 pm
    Wapiti District Office
     203A Yellowstone Avenue, Cody, WY 82414

Colorado

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland

  • Friday, March 8, from 1-5 pm
    Forest Headquarters
    2150 Centre Avenue, Building E, Fort Collins, CO 80526        

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests

  • Tuesday, March 5, from 12-4 pm
    Job Corps Center
    57608 Highway 330, Collbran, CO 81624
  • Wednesday, March 6, from 10-3 pm
    Colorado Mesa University Student Center
    1455 North 12 Street, Grand Junction, CO

San Juan National Forest

  • Monday, March 11, from 10-4 pm
    Forest Headquarters
    15 Burnett Court, Durango, CO 81301
  • Monday, March 11, from 10-4 pm
    Pagosa Ranger District Office
    180 Pagosa Street, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147 5 Positions

White River National Forest

  • Monday, March 4, from 8-4:30 pm
    Eagle Ranger District Office
    125 W. 5th Street, Eagle, CO 80498
  • Monday, March 11, from 8-4:30 pm
    Eagle Ranger District Office
    125 W. 5th Street, Eagle, CO 80498
  • Monday, March 4, from 8-4:30 pm
    Central Zone Fire
    220 Runway Road, Rifle, CO 81652
  • Monday, March 11, from 8-4:30 pm
    Central Zone Fire
    220 Runway Road, Rifle, CO 81652
  • Monday, March 4, from 10-3 pm
    Dillion Ranger District Office
    680 Blue River Parkway, Silverthorne, CO 80498
  • Tuesday, March 12, from 10-3 pm
    Dillion Ranger District Office
    680 Blue River Parkway, Silverthorne, CO 80498

South Dakota

Black Hills National Forest

  • Wednesday, March 6, from 3-6 pm
    Northern Hills District Office
    2014 N. Main Street, Spearfish, SD 57783
  • Thursday, March 7, from 1-5 pm
    Mystic District Office
    8221 Mount Rushmore Road, Rapid City, SD 57702
  • Thursday, March 7, from 3-5 pm
    Custer County Annex Building
    447 Crook Street, Unit #1, Custer, SD 57730

Virtual Through Microsoft Teams

  • Wednesday, March 6, from 3-4 pm MT. Job seekers can join by computer, smartphone, or phone.

·        Join on your computer, mobile app: Click here to join the meeting

Meeting ID: 242 157 892 697 
Passcode: 68YZrU

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