Lassen National Forest positions open August 22nd
Susanville, Calif., August 22, 2025 — The USDA Forest Service is hiring! We are looking for dedicated individuals to support fire operations. 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, prescribed fire and fuels specialists, smokejumpers, and more.
Applications for the Lassen National Forest are open now through September 23, 2025 on USAJobs.gov. Positions available are listed under “Current Job Announcements” at https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/lassen/working-with-us/careers.
Any U.S. citizen or national at least 18 years of age can apply. To learn more about the Lassen National Forest visit our websitehttps://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/lassen. 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.
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USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer and lender.
Susanville, Calif., August 22, 2025 — The USDA Forest Service is hiring! We are looking for dedicated individuals to support fire operations. 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, prescribed fire and fuels specialists, smokejumpers, and more.
Applications for the Lassen National Forest are open now through September 23, 2025 on USAJobs.gov. Positions available are listed under “Current Job Announcements” at https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/lassen/working-with-us/careers.
Any U.S. citizen or national at least 18 years of age can apply. To learn more about the Lassen National Forest visit our websitehttps://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/lassen. 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.
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USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer and lender.
