RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – The U.S. Forest Service announced that the government agency will hire around 1,100 permanent firefighters and support staff in the Rocky Mountain Region.
The wildland firefighters are for the 2025 fire year across national forests and grasslands in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming.
Positions include aviation officers, dispatchers, equipment operators, fire engine operators, fire management officers, fire planners, fire prevention specialists, forestry aids and technicians, hand-crew members, helitack crew members, hotshot crew members, pilots, prescribed fire and fuels specialists, and smokejumpers…