โ† Wildland firefighter jobs in California

Wildland Firefighter Jobs in Orick, California

Federal fire job ads list Orick as a town to work in. The nearest national forest is the Six Rivers National Forest. Its closest Forest Service building is 27 miles away. Since 2016, 105 job ads named Orick. 36 needed no experience.

1 job open in Orick right now (1 need no experience) โ†’

1

job open now. 1 needs no experience.

4

no-experience job ads in a typical year

48

fires started within 50 miles since July 2026. 43 stayed under 10 acres.

Wildland firefighter jobs open in Orick right now

1 open job ad names Orick, live from USAJOBS. Jobs that need no experience are first. An ad that says "Multiple Locations" covers Orick and other towns.

Wildland Firefighter

Multiple Locations · Office of the Secretary of the Interior

๐ŸŒฑ Entry level ยท no experience $48,424โ€“$74,970/yr GW-4โ€“6 Apply by Oct 23

๐Ÿ’ฐ ~$77Kโ€“$129K a season with overtime & hazard pay (est.)

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When Orick hires

๐ŸŒฑ No experience needed

  • In a typical year, 4 no-experience job ads name Orick.
  • Most job ads open in January, August, and November.
  • Federal fire jobs post in the fall and winter for the next summer. Apply months before fire season.

No-experience job ads by fire season (the summer you'd work):

5
'18
5
'19
7
'20
5
'21
4
'22
4
'23
1
'24
1
'25
2
'26
1
'27

'27 is next summer. Its jobs are still being posted, so that bar is not final.

Who posts jobs here

  • Forest Service (59 job ads)
  • National Park Service (39 job ads)
  • Office of the Secretary of the Interior (7 job ads)

See what wildland firefighters make, with overtime and hazard pay.

Counts come from federal job ads on USAJOBS since 2016. One ad can cover many towns, so this counts ads, not people hired.

Orick on the map

Orick Six Rivers National Forest Where a fire started

Forest Service buildings in Orick

The Forest Service office list shows no building in Orick. Other agencies post fire jobs too, and some crews work from a base that is not on that list.

Fires within 50 miles of Orick

48 fires started within 50 miles since July 18, 2026, when our fire records begin. Most were small: 43 of the 48 stayed under 10 acres. An acre is about the size of a football field. These are the 8 biggest.

The distance is from Orick to the point where each fire was first reported. Fire data comes from the government's national fire list.

Other towns on the Six Rivers National Forest

The same forest hires in these towns. The number is how many job ads named the town since 2016. See the whole forest.

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