The Forest Service bases fire jobs in Santa Barbara, on the Los Padres National Forest. Since 2016, 273 job ads named Santa Barbara. 48 needed no experience.
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jobs open today. Santa Barbara's job ads usually open in January, March, and August.
5
no-experience job ads in a typical year
17
fires started within 50 miles since July 2026. 10 stayed under 10 acres.
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No-experience job ads by fire season (the summer you'd work):
'27 is next summer. Its jobs are still being posted, so that bar is not final.
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Counts come from federal job ads on USAJOBS since 2016. One ad can cover many towns, so this counts ads, not people hired.
These are the buildings where Forest Service people work in Santa Barbara. A job ad names the town. It does not name the building. To ask about a fire job here, call a number below and ask for the fire staff.
| Building | Address |
|---|---|
| Santa Barbara Ranger District Office |
3505 Paradise Rd Santa Barbara, California 93105 Directions Call 805-724-0079 or 805-967-3481 |
| Santa Barbara Ranger District-Gibraltar Fire Station 46 Fire base |
2411 Stanwood Dr Santa Barbara, California 93105 Directions |
| Santa Barbara Ranger District-San Marcos Fire Station Fire base |
5398 E Camino Cielo Santa Barbara, California 93105 Directions |
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 hotshot crew is a 20-person crew sent to the hardest parts of big fires. From the Forest Service list of hotshot crews.
17 fires started within 50 miles since July 18, 2026, when our fire records begin. Most were small: 10 of the 17 stayed under 10 acres. An acre is about the size of a football field. These are the 8 biggest.
The distance is from Santa Barbara to the point where each fire was first reported. Fire data comes from the government's national fire list.
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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