If you're still alive, and if you think you're having a good time, you may just make it as a wildland firefighter. If you're genuinely having the time of your life and you want more of this, someone may want to hire you. M any Forest Service districts recruit fire personnel through state employment offices. National Forest districts can do their own direct hiring, though, if you're looking for just summer work and you plan to go to school in the fall. The key is to be persistent about finding the job you want and landing it.
Some national forests hire both directly and through the state employment office.
Some just take referrals from the state employment division. Some accept applications directly, but only from the date the vacancy announcement opens till it closes. They can't answer your questions if they really don't have the answers. S ome agency staffers say they've noticed a decrease in the number of temporary positions available, and they attribute that to agency budget-cutting. If you didn't, then there was something wrong with you.