The Forest Service bases fire jobs in Rapid City, on the Black Hills National Forest. Since 2016, 327 job ads named Rapid City. 132 needed no experience.
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jobs open today. Rapid City's job ads usually open in March, August, and September.
14
no-experience job ads in a typical year
42
fires started within 50 miles since July 2026. 32 stayed under 10 acres.
No job ad names Rapid City right now. Federal fire jobs post in waves, mostly in the fall and winter. See all open jobs in South Dakota.
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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 Rapid City. 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 |
|---|---|
| Black Hills National Forest Tanker Base Also here: Mystic Ranger District-Rapid City Tanker Base Fire base |
4940 FAA Rd Rapid City, South Dakota 57703 Directions |
| Mystic Ranger District and RMRS FSL Office |
8221 Mt. Rushmore Rd Rapid City, South Dakota 57702 Directions Call (605) 343-1567 |
| Mystic Ranger District-Pactola Work Center Work center |
13950 W Hwy 44 Rapid City, South Dakota 57702 Directions |
| Northern Great Plains Interagency Dispatch Center Dispatch center |
8123 Mt Rushmore Rd Rapid City, South Dakota 57702 Directions Call 605-399-3160 |
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.
42 fires started within 50 miles since July 18, 2026, when our fire records begin. Most were small: 32 of the 42 stayed under 10 acres. An acre is about the size of a football field. These are the 8 biggest.
The distance is from Rapid City 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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