Forest Service opens up 600 fire support positions in Oregon, Washington, and Alaska
Kelsey Merison
OREGON (KTVZ) — The USDA Forest Service has announced it will be hiring nearly 600 fire support positions in Oregon, Washington, and Alaska.
It says these positions are vital to wildfire preparedness and disaster response across federal and state agencies.
The jobs include dispatchers, equipment operators, fire engine operators, fire prevention specialists, forestry aids and technicians, handcrew members, helitack crew members, hotshot crew members, smokejumpers, prescribed fire and fuels specialists, and more.
Applications are open now through September 23rd and can be found on usajobs.gov.
Applicants are recommended to apply to any duty location and position they are interested in. Any U.S. citizen or national at least 18 years of age can apply.
Below is the full press release from the US.. Forest Service:
“The USDA Forest Service is hiring nearly 600 fire support positions in Alaska, Oregon, and Washington. These positions are vital to wildfire preparedness and disaster response across federal and state agencies.
Jobs include dispatchers, equipment operators, fire engine operators, fire prevention specialists, forestry aids and technicians, handcrew members, helitack crew members, hotshot crew members, smokejumpers, prescribed fire and fuels specialists, smokejumpers, and more. Applications are open now through Sept. 23, 2025 on USAJobs.gov.
Many positions are available, and applicants are recommended to apply to any duty location and position they are interested in. Centralized Fire Hire events utilize a backfill process; if a position currently filled becomes vacant during the hiring event, the position may immediately be backfilled during the event.
Any U.S. citizen or national at least 18 years of age can apply.
To learn more about Pacific Northwest and Alaska Regions’ hiring events, please visit our website at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r06/working-with-us/careers
For benefits, information about working in wildland fire, or for more information about the Forest Service, visit www.fs.usda.gov.
About the Forest Service: The USDA Forest Service has for more than 100 years brought people and communities together to answer the call of conservation. Grounded in world-class science and technology– and rooted in communities–the Forest Service connects people to nature and to each other. The Forest Service cares for shared natural resources in ways that promote lasting economic, ecological, and social vitality. The agency manages 193 million acres of public land, provides assistance to state and private landowners, maintains the largest wildland fire and forestry research organizations in the world. The Forest Service also has either a direct or indirect role in stewardship of about 900 million forested acres within the U.S., of which over 130 million acres are urban forests where most Americans live.
For more news and information about national forests in the Pacific Northwest, visit our news page at https://www.fs.usda.gov/news/r6/news-events or our home page, at https://www.fs.usda.gov/r6. For more information about the USDA Forest Service visit https://www.fs.usda.gov.”