Forestry Technician (Fire)

The Gifford Pinchot National Forest is filling multiple firefighter and dispatch positions for the 2025 field season. The start dates for these positions will be April 20, 2025 to June 15, 2025 and will last approximately 6 months. These are temporary positions, not to exceed 1039 hours. When applying you must select Trout Lake, Amboy, Randle, or Vancouver as a duty location to be considered. It is recommended to select location negotiable as well. 

The purpose of the position is wildland fire suppression/management/control, as a firefighter on an engine or hand crew. Other wildland fire related duties might involve fire prevention, patrol, detection, or prescribed burning. The incumbent will also be involved with the maintenance and repair of firefighting tools equipment and facilities and will receive firefighting training.

Dispatchers perform the full range of standardized support duties commonly found in the work area, such as receiving, filling, and tracking resource requests for fire and other emergency incidents. Follows detailed procedures in initiating requests to higher organizational levels for additional resources as needed.

Announcement Numbers, search on www.usajobs. gov on 10/24/24 to apply. 
25-TEMPF3-R6-0935-4DH Vancouver WA GS 462 4 Forestry Technician (Fire Dispatch)
25-TEMPF3-R6-0936-5DH  Vancouver WA GS 462 5 Forestry Technician (Fire Dispatch)
25-TEMPF3-R6-2036-4DH Amboy/Randle WA GS 462 4 Forestry Technician (Hotshot/Handcrew)
25-TEMPF3-R6-2037-5DH Amboy/Randle WA GS 462 5 Forestry Technician (fire)
25-TEMPF3-R6-3867-3DH Amboy/Randle/Trout Lake WA GS 462 3 Forestry Aid (fire)
25-TEMPF3-R6-3868-4DH  Amboy/Randle/Trout Lake WA GS 462 4 Forestry Technician (fire)
25-TEMPF3-R6-3869-5DH Randle/Trout Lake WA GS 462 5 Forestry Technician (fire)