Employment

www.USAJOBS.gov

There are currently no job announcemenets. Check back at a later date. 

Upcoming Hiring Casual Hire (AD) for Crew 52 based out of Eureka, CA. Stay tuned for more infomration and how to apply.  

 

Six Rivers National Forest Duty Locations:

  • Gasquet, CA 
  • Orleans, CA  
  • Willow Creek, CA  
  • Salyer, CA  
  • Mad River, CA  
  • Eureka, CA   

All of these duty locations have housing availability (upon availability) - except Eureka, CA. 

Forest Points of Contact

Duty Station

Contact

Title

Phone

Email

 Gasquet, CA

 Duane Franklin

 District Fire Management    

 Officer

 707-954-1985

 duane.franklin@usda.gov

 Orleans, CA

 Tristan Kiehl

 District Fire Management Officer

 530-627-3302

 tristain.kiehl@usda.gov

 Willow Creek, CA

 Bryan Lanning

 District Fire Management Officer

 707-601-5795

 bryan.lanning@usda.gov

 Mad River, CA

 Tad Hair

 District Fire Management  

 Officer

 707-574-6868

 charles.hair@usda.gov

 

Fire Training 

Basic 32 @ Cal Poly Humboldt 

  • Monday-Thurs., March 17-21, 2025, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (on campus: TBA) 
  • Friday, March 15, 6 a.m.-7 p.m. (off campus field day). Cost: $300   

Link to more information 

FREE  basic fire courses available through the Wildland Fire Learning Portal and FEMA Training Website. Save your training certificate for your www.usajobs.gov application.

Recommended trainings:

L-180: Human Factors in The Wildland Fire Service

S-110: Basic Wildland Fire Orientation

S-130: Firefighter Training

S-190: Intro to Wildland Fire Behavior 

IS-100: Introduction to Incident Command System (FEMA)

IS-700 Introduction to National Incident Management System (FEMA)

Cal Poly Humboldt Fire Certificate

Click here to Download PDF for Fire Certificate Program

Current outreaches for upcoming jobs or details (Forest Service employees only):

Outreaches gauge interest in upcoming positions. Respondents receive a link to the vacancy announcement on USAJobs when it is officially open for applying. You can always browse outreaches across the Forest Service by visiting the Employment Outreach webpage

Six Rivers National Forest has various vacancies into a detail / temporary promotion, Not to Exceed (NTE) 120 day. To see full list of detail vacancies click here. 

Helpful Resources

Region 5 (California) Fire Recruitment  

Learn more about Forest Service C areers

Veteran Resources

Federal Resume Tips

 

Contact us for more information: 

Six Rivers National Forest, Fire Administrator, Maritza Guzman maritza.guzman@usda.gov

Region 5, Recruiter, Eva Soria eva.soria@usda.gov 

Contact Information for all Region 5 (California) Hotshot Crews