Federal fire job ads list Ignacio as a town to work in. It is on the San Juan National Forest. Since 2016, 52 job ads named Ignacio. 11 needed no experience.
1 job open in Ignacio right now (0 need no experience) →1
job open now. 0 need no experience.
2
no-experience job ads in a typical year
102
fires started within 50 miles since July 2026. 100 stayed under 10 acres.
1 open job ad names Ignacio, live from USAJOBS. Jobs that need no experience are first. An ad that says "Multiple Locations" covers Ignacio and other towns.
Multiple Locations · Office of the Secretary of the Interior
💰 ~$84K–$141K a season with overtime & hazard pay (est.)
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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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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.
These are the buildings where Forest Service people work in Ignacio. A job ad names the town. It does not name the building.
| Building | Address |
|---|---|
| Columbine Ranger District West-Durango Air Tanker Base Fire base |
100 County Road 309A Ignacio, Colorado 81137 Directions |
Source: U.S. Forest Service office locations. We last checked it on October 12, 2026. The Forest Service gives no phone for this building.
102 fires started within 50 miles since July 18, 2026, when our fire records begin. Most were small: 100 of the 102 stayed under 10 acres. An acre is about the size of a football field. These are the 8 biggest.
The distance is from Ignacio 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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