Seriously though. Fuck you, Donald Trump.

The paragraph below is stated above and says we are not required to answer, but why add this? Is there going to be a system error or something to those who's apps dont tell the great leader how much we love him?

"The following four narrative questions provide an opportunity for you to highlight your dedication to public service for the hiring manager and agency leadership (or designee(s)). While your responses are not required and will not be scored, we encourage you to thoughtfully address each question. Please provide a response of 200 words or less to each question. You will be asked to certify that you are using your own words and did not use a consultant or artificial intelligence (AI) such as a large language model (LLM) like ChatGPT or Copilot."

Saw a hiring for 4 and 5s for fish in austin. They are hiring helitack , engine and handcrew positions. Anyone know anything about this spot I know that fish normally has some cool opportunities but never been to Travis county or worked with them on any rolls.

I was on an extended roll and came back to find that suddenly announcements for shot crews are now in August???? I thought they flew all announcements in September, am I screwed for applications? Currently on a fed engine looking to switch over, are any DOI temp announcements still flying later in September?

Anybody have a link to a briefing?

Is there talk about a lawsuit over smoke masks?

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Bpfmna/

This place was absolutely beautiful, and the silence at the fatality sign was deafening. Long live the Yarnell 19

Anyone have tips on how to make the resume on Usajobs 2 pages? With all my work experience, references, & school I’m at 3 pages and that’s after cutting a bunch out. I even tried combining all my park service positions as one job and same for Forest Service.

I was able to participate in my first prescribed burn this earlier year with a state park and I am really hoping to join in on other park's burns this fires season. That being said, smoke is one of my asthma triggers but I'm determined to figure out a way to make it work! Have any of you found a way to get around this asthma trigger and still do fire work?

Looking at FIRE (financial independence retire early). Those of you that are AD- what role do you go out as? Are you on a team or get name requested? How much income from it do you rely on and how much time do you put in? Any details on your financial situation (retired, spouse with income, investments, other side jobs, etc) would be appreciated!!

I’m tired of the grind (aren’t we all!). Looking at options like AD work or, if we ever hire again, take a demotion to PSE or a low stress position.

Does anyone work for municipal fire dept and get a supplemental pay rate when working for the Feds vs their department? Heard this was a thing and curious.

I was wondering y’all’s thoughts on square ground chain in a wild fire setting. I personally don’t have any experience with it, but we’ve all seen the videos of it being objectively faster cutting through wood. All the resources I’ve worked with use round, myself included. My main concern would be field sharpening and hitting rocks or metal. Does square need more work to get back into order once the corner gets knocked off? Is field maintenance even viable without vices? Could you keep a square grinding sharpener back at station and then run round filed chain once you ran out of square? I currently run round filed chain, but in the pursuit of cutting faster and spending less time under the tree I’d like y’all’s input

I would love to know how Australia is doing after these wildfires from a while ago. What major impacts are still felt today? Also what minor impacts that haven’t been brought up at all that affect people?

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Hey! If you're around Southwest Montana and need a new pair of boots, I've got a pair of 10.5 wide that are nearly brand new that I'm listing for $300 on local pages, but would sell for $250 straight to one of y'all. They are $450 new, so save yourself a couple hundred bucks. They're great, but were way too big for me (I ordered too big of a size, plus they seem to run a little large on top of that, so they were like clown boots on me haha). I wore them for one assignment, but I was a driver, so they weren't abused by any means.

I'm in Dillon but will be up in Helena today.

Yea kinda just a frustrated rant but can someone explain the back door deals captains/overhead make when picking people for their mods with the upcoming season?

During the interview, I straight up mentioned I was way more interested in one mod vs. another. Fast forward I’m offered the job on the engine(or so I thought), but now I go to do onboarding, says I’ve been selected for the helitack spot. Somewhat annoyed but still tryna keep a positive outlook since it’s not the end of the world really

I’m 20, from NY, and currently in the Army National Guard (infantry). I’m really interested in getting into wildland firefighting and I’m willing to relocate for the right opportunity. I feel like my Guard training and fitness background would help, but I’m not sure how realistic it is to balance fire season with drills and annual training. Has anyone here done both? How do you handle conflicts when Guard duties overlap with an assignment, and what certs or steps should I start working on now to improve my chances of getting hired? Any advice would be huge.

If I go into a ranger station and ask for the emails of the hiring managers or like the hiring officers for the fire hiring well the front desk give it to me? Because I can’t find any of their emails posted online.