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Wildland Firefighter Jobs in Fairfield, Montana

Federal fire job ads list Fairfield as a town to work in. The nearest national forest is the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest. Its closest Forest Service building is 17 miles away. Since 2016, 1 job ad named Fairfield. 1 needed no experience.

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jobs open today. Fairfield's job ads usually open in September.

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no-experience job ad in a typical year

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fires started within 50 miles since July 2026. 6 stayed under 10 acres.

Wildland firefighter jobs open in Fairfield right now

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

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When Fairfield hires

🌱 No experience needed

  • In a typical year, 1 no-experience job ad names Fairfield.
  • Most job ads open in September.
  • 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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'27 is next summer. Its jobs are still being posted, so that bar is not final.

Who posts jobs here

  • Forest Service (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.

Fairfield on the map

Fairfield Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest Where a fire started

Forest Service buildings in Fairfield

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

Fires within 50 miles of Fairfield

9 fires started within 50 miles since July 18, 2026, when our fire records begin. Most were small: 6 of the 9 stayed under 10 acres. An acre is about the size of a football field. These are the 8 biggest.

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

Other towns on the Helena-Lewis and Clark 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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