Fire Fighter/ Fire Crew Emergency Hire (Davis, Sacramento & surrounding areas)
Date: 2009-09-03, 2:56PM PDT
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Fire Crew- Emergency hire. Please read all of the following information:
Why are we hiring now?
We are currently performing an Emergency hire due to the large amount of un-contained fires in California and the lack of resources available to fight them.
What is a Fire Crew?
We are an organization that is sub-contracted by The United States Forest Service; we are a Type-II, On-Call Hand Crew whom is dispatched by the Forest Service and whom responds to wildfires across the western United States. We have been a successful organization for over 20 years and have fought forest fires as close as Lake Tahoe, and as far as Montana & New Mexico. Each of our nineteen person crews consists of a crew leader, three squad leaders, four certified chainsaw operators and 11 crewmembers. A Forest Service crew boss joins the crew and is in charge/ responsible for members and operations throughout the duration of each fire we are dispatched to (we have immediate dispatches pending).
Our season typically starts in late May or early June and generally concludes in late October or November (depending on the fire season and the needs of the Forest Service). However, because of the extensive amount of large fires currently threatening our state we are doing an additional hiring this following week and will be sending additional crews out as soon as Sep. 14 (possibly before).
Training:
The Forest Service will hold a mandatory basic wildland firefighting course this following Saturday and Sunday @ the national training facility located in McClellan Park (old McClellan Air Force base). This will be immediately following the physical ability test and both will be held at the same facility. This training will consist of classroom training, plus an additional day of hands-on field training. You must pass the pre-employment screening in order to be invited to the physical ability test and training. No walk-in applicants will be accepted at the training session and anyone whom does not pass the pre-screening will not be refunded or allowed to participate in any of the training.
Pay:
If you complete the classroom and field training listed above, your training will be paid. To be paid for training, you must complete ALL of the training. The compensation you will receive for the training will be between $700-$900. *Expect it to take several weeks to receive your training paycheck (usually in your first check from a fire assignment).
Your pay while on a fire varies from $13.00 - $14.40 per hour (depends on current Forest Service wages). While on a fire, crew members will be putting in anywhere from 8 to 24 hour days, including paid travel time. The average dispatch pays roughly $1300-$1500/week. *As of now we have immediate assignments upon completion of training.
Physical Requirements:
The requirements to be a wildland firefighter for the Forest Service are minimal, but you do have to be in reasonably good physical condition. You must:
1. Be at least 18 years of age by the time of your first dispatch. If you turn 18 this month, that's fine, but you will have to wait until then before you can go on any fires. You also cannot (currently) be an active member of the United States Armed Forces.
2. Pass the Pack Test. You must carry a 45 lb. backpack for three miles in less than 45 minutes. We will administer this pack test on the first day of the basic wildland firefighting course (ie: this weekend and probably next weekend as well).
Conditions of Employment:
There is absolutely no illegal drug use, no alcohol consumption, and no sexual harassment tolerated by the Fire Crew while on a Fire dispatch. Using drugs, drinking, or harassing anyone on (or not on) the Fire Crew will result in immediate termination of employment. Additionally, all fired employees must turn in all of their gear to the crew and provide their own transportation home (this could be quite a distance). Also these people will never be eligible to return as an employee to our crew or the Forest Service!
Application Process:
Because of our time restraints and urgent need to hire we will be asking all interested (and presumably eligible) applicants to initially participate in the Forest Services “pre-employment/ background screening”. This will provide us with information/ confirmation that is necessary to move forward with an applicant (per Forest Service policy). We will be inviting the first 100 applicants that have been cleared by the pre-screening process to take the physical requirement test. This test will be held this Saturday, 9/5 and classroom training will start immediately after. We encourage applicants to promptly complete the pre-screening process in order to get an invite to this Saturday’s testing/ training (first 100 with clear backgrounds only). There may also be will an additional 100 invited to the following Saturday’s testing and training as well (not definite at this time).
*Background screenings will confirm and/ or deny the following:
- Any felonies
- DUI within the last year
- Any sex offense
- Previous drug charges
Every applicant cleared of these infractions will be eligible! Only the first 100 will be invited to physical testing and training!
*Please note:
This position is a very good way to gain experience and get “your foot in the door” towards a career in the fire service (particularly with the Forest Service). If interested, Please respond via e-mail and follow the directions provided for the “pre-employment screening”.
*You must be available to leave immediately following the completion of your training and be gone for up to 14 days…If this is not possible please do not apply.
Thank You for your time, we look forward to seeing you!
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