3 wildland firefighter jobs are open on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest right now. 2 need no experience. The forest is in Washington. You could work in 5 towns on it.
See the 3 open jobs โ3 open job ads name a town on this forest, live from USAJOBS. Jobs that need no experience are first.
Multiple Locations · Office of the Secretary of the Interior
๐ฐ ~$71Kโ$118K a season with overtime & hazard pay (est.)
Multiple Locations · Office of the Secretary of the Interior
๐ฐ ~$77Kโ$129K a season with overtime & hazard pay (est.)
Multiple Locations · Office of the Secretary of the Interior
๐ฐ ~$84Kโ$141K a season with overtime & hazard pay (est.)
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Federal fire job ads name these towns. Pick a town to see its buildings, hiring history, and nearby fires. One ad can cover many towns, so the same job shows up in more than one row.
| Town | Jobs open now | Job ads since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Randle, Washington | 3 | 289 |
| Amboy, Washington | 0 | 235 |
| Trout Lake, Washington | 0 | 235 |
| Vancouver, Washington | 0 | 102 |
| Toutle, Washington | 0 | 18 |
The counts are job ads, not people hired.
The boundary is the Forest Service's own outline.
To ask about a fire job, call the office in the town you want and ask for the fire staff.
| Building | Town | Address |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument | Amboy, Washington | 42218 NE Yale Bridge Rd Directions Call (360) 449-7800 |
| Cowlitz Valley Ranger District Office | Randle, Washington | 10024 US Hwy 12 Directions Call (360) 497 1103 |
| Cowlitz Valley Ranger District-Randle Work Center Work center | Randle, Washington | 417 Silverbrook Rd Directions |
| Johnston Ridge Observatory | Toutle, Washington | 24000 Spirit Lake Hwy Directions |
| Mount Adams Ranger District Office | Trout Lake, Washington | 2455 Hwy 141 Directions Call (509) 395-3402 |
| Columbia Cascade Interagency Dispatch Center Dispatch center | Vancouver, Washington | 501 E 5th Street BLDG 404 Directions Call 360-891-5000 |
| Columbia Dispatch Center Dispatch center | Vancouver, Washington | 501 E 5th St, BLDG 404 Directions |
| Gifford Pinchot National Forest Office | Vancouver, Washington | 987 McClellan Rd Directions Call (360) 891-5000 |
Source: U.S. Forest Service office locations. We last checked it on October 12, 2026. Some phones come from the forest's own website. "Not listed" means the Forest Service does not publish it.
A ranger district is one part of the forest, run from its own office. A dispatch center takes fire reports and sends crews. A tanker base is where firefighting planes load.
31 fires started inside the forest boundary since July 18, 2026, when our fire records begin. Together they cover 3,184 acres. An acre is about the size of a football field. These are the 10 biggest.
We only count fires that started inside the forest. A fire that started outside and burned in is not counted.
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