Up to 50 Permanent Firefighter and Fire Management Positions Available Regionally.
Missoula, MT, April 17, 2025 — The Northern Region of the USDA Forest Service is hiring permanent wildland firefighters for the 2025 fire year across national forests and grasslands across Montana, north Idaho, North Dakota, and northwestern South Dakota.
Positions include fire engine operators, fire management officers, forestry aids and technicians, handcrew members, helitack crew members, hotshot crew members and smokejumpers. This is a great opportunity for entry-level firefighter positions with paid training, travel, competitive pay, overtime and hazard pay, as well as adventure, teamwork and comradery.
Job information, including duty locations, pay plans, pay levels and application details, is available online on the Forest Service Careers webpage. Job seekers can apply through USAJobs.gov from April 14–24,2025. Application and resume preparation tips and guidelines, including step-by-step instructions and on-demand webinars, are available on the How to Apply webpage.
Any U.S. citizen or national who is at least 18 years of age can apply. Hiring managers will use a Direct Hire Authority to hire applicants, which means meaning Veterans’ Preference and traditional rating and ranking of applicants do not apply.
The new GS-0456 Wildland Fire Management series will be used to fill positions where applicable, with pay based on the 2025 Wildland Firefighters (GW) Locality Pay Tables.
New hires will increase the agency’s capacity to prepare for catastrophic wildfire, implement fire prevention and active forest management strategies, and respond effectively to wildfire emergencies to safeguard lives, property, and natural resources.
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.
Source: U.S. Forest Service
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