No wildland firefighter jobs are open on the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie today. Most of its job ads open in August, September, and November. Get the email and you will know when the next ones post. The forest is in Illinois. You could work in 2 towns on it.
Get an email when jobs open →No open job ad names a town on this forest right now. Federal fire jobs post in waves, mostly in the fall and winter. See all open jobs.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wilmington, Illinois | 0 | 273 |
| Kankakee, Illinois Not inside the forest. The nearest Forest Service building is 21 miles away. | 0 | 21 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie | Wilmington, Illinois | 30239 S State Route 53 Directions Call 815-423-6370 |
Source: U.S. Forest Service office locations. We last checked it on October 12, 2026. Some phones come from the forest's own website.
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.
A hotshot crew is a 20-person crew sent to the hardest parts of big fires. From the Forest Service list of hotshot crews.
Our fire records begin in July 18, 2026. No fire in them started inside this forest's boundary.
We only count fires that started inside the forest. A fire that started outside and burned in is not counted.
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