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Wildland Firefighter Jobs in Mountain Home, Idaho

The Forest Service bases fire jobs in Mountain Home, on the Boise National Forest. Since 2016, 400 job ads named Mountain Home. 161 needed no experience.

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jobs open today. Mountain Home's job ads usually open in August, September, and October.

17

no-experience job ads in a typical year

63

fires started within 50 miles since July 2026. 32 stayed under 10 acres.

Wildland firefighter jobs open in Mountain Home right now

No job ad names Mountain Home right now. Federal fire jobs post in waves, mostly in the fall and winter. See all open jobs in Idaho.

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When Mountain Home hires

🌱 No experience needed

  • In a typical year, 17 no-experience job ads name Mountain Home.
  • Most job ads open in August, September, and October.
  • 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):

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24
'20
17
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'25
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'26
2
'27

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

Who posts jobs here

  • Forest Service (393 job ads)
  • Bureau of Land Management (4 job ads)
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (1 job ad)
  • Office of the Secretary of the Interior (1 job ad)
  • Other Agencies and Independent Organizations (1 job ad)

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.

Mountain Home on the map

Mountain Home Forest Service building Boise National Forest Where a fire started

Forest Service buildings in Mountain Home

These are the buildings where Forest Service people work in Mountain Home. 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
Mountain Home Ranger District Office 3080 Industrial Way
Mountain Home, Idaho 83647 Directions Call 208-587-7961

Source: U.S. Forest Service office locations. We last checked it on October 12, 2026. Some phones come from the forest's own website.

Fires within 50 miles of Mountain Home

63 fires started within 50 miles since July 18, 2026, when our fire records begin. Most were small: 32 of the 63 stayed under 10 acres. An acre is about the size of a football field. These are the 8 biggest.

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

Other towns on the Boise 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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