Forest Service Announces Fire Positions for 2026
Join the Manti-La Sal National Forest
Contact Information: Holly Shyrer (435) 636-3525 holly.shyrer@usda.gov
Price, UT August 28, 2025 - The Manti-La Sal National Forest of the USDA Forest Service is hiring! We are looking for dedicated individuals to support fire operations. These positions are vital to wildfire preparedness and disaster response across federal and state agencies.
Jobs include dispatchers, equipment operators, fire engine operators, fire prevention specialists, forestry aids and technicians, handcrew members, helitack crew members, hotshot crew members, prescribed fire and fuels specialists, smokejumpers, and more.
Applications are open now through Sept. 23, 2025 on USAJobs.gov.
Positions Available
| Announcement # | Title, Series/Grade and Tour of Duty | Duty Location | Contact |
APPRENTICE/FIREFIGHTER | |||
26-FIRE-P1R14610-WFAP-345DH | Forestry Technician (Apprentice) GW-0456-3/4/5 Tour-18/8 | Ephraim Price Moab Monticello | John Shaffer 435-840-1287 Curtis Littlefield 435-590-2486 Ben Garthwait 435-260-1989 Jon Brooks 435-459-2020 |
26-FIRE-P1R14-FFTR-34DH | Forestry Technician (General Firefighter) GW-0456-3/4 Tour-18/8 | ||
HANDCREWS | |||
26-FIRE-P1R14610-IHCRW-45DH | Forestry Technician (Hotshot/Handcrew) GW-0456-4/5 Tour-18/8 | Ephraim Price
| John Shaffer 435-840-1287 Curtis Littlefield 435-590-2486
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26-FIRE-P1R14610-HCREW-56DH | Lead Forestry Technician (Hotshot/Handcrew) GW-0462-5/6 Tour-18/8 | ||
26-FIRE-P1VA-CREWSUP-67DH | Supervisory Forestry Technician (Crew) GW-0456-6/7 Tour-PFT | ||
WILDLAND FIRE MODULES | |||
26-FIRE-P1R14610-IHCRW-45DH | Forestry Technician (Hotshot/Handcrew) GW-0456-4/5 Tour-18/8 | Ephraim Price Moab Monticello
| Nels Rasmussen 435-979-7188
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26-FIRE-P1R14610-HCREW-56DH | Lead Forestry Technician (Hotshot/Handcrew) GW-0462-5/6 Tour-18/8 | ||
26-FIRE-P1VA-HCREWT1-78DH | Forestry Technician (T1 WFM Asst) GW-0456-7/8 Tour-PFT | ||
26-FIRE-P1VA-WFMSUP-89DH | Supervisory Forestry Technician GW-0456-8/9 Tour-PFT | ||
ENGINES | |||
26-FIRE-P1R146-ENGSFF-45DH | Forestry Technician (Engine) GW-0456-4/5 Tour-18/8 | Ephraim Price Moab Monticello
| John Shaffer 435-840-1287 Curtis Littlefield 435-590-2486 Ben Garthwait 435-260-1989 Jon Brooks 435-459-2020 |
26-FIRE-P1R14610-AFEO-56DH | Lead Forestry Technician (AFEO) GW-0462-5/6 Tour-18/8 | ||
26-FIRE-P1R14610-FEOH-67DH | Fire Engine Operator (FEO) GW-0456-6/7 Tour-PFT | ||
26-FIRE-P1R14610-SFEOH-78DH | Supervisory Forestry Technician (SFEO) GW-0456-7/8 Tour-PFT | ||
FUELS | |||
26-FIRE-P1R14610-DFUEL-67DH | Forestry Technician GW-0456-6/7 Tour-PFT
| Ephraim Price Moab Monticello | Karson Sorenson 435-201-2485 JD Pell 435-820-1480 Tim Spurr 970-623-0458 Tim Spurr 970-623-0458
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26-FIRE-P1R146-DFLS-89DH | Forestry Technician (Supervisory Fuels AFMO) GW-0456-8/9 Tour-PFT | Ephraim Price Moab Monticello | Reggie Swenson 435-253-0450 Darren Olsen 435-201-0865 Tim Spurr 970-623-0458 Tim Spurr 970-623-0458 |
DISPATCH | |||
26-FIRE-P1VA-IADISP-4567DH | Forestry Technician (Fire Dispatcher) GW-0462-4/5/6/7 Tour-PFT | Price Moab
| Russ Bigelow 435-813-2998
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26-FIRE-P1VA-ADISPCM-89DH | Supervisory Forestry Technician (Fire Dispatch - ACM) GW-0462-8/9 Tour-PFT | ||
FIRE MANAGEMENT | |||
26-FIRE-P1VA-FOS-8DH | Forestry Technician (Fire Operations Specialist) GW-0462-8 Tour-PFT | Ephraim Price Moab Monticello | Reggie Swenson 435-253-0450 Darren Olsen 435-201-0865 Orlando Cortez 575-495-5635 Orlando Cortez 575-495-5635
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26-FIRE-P1R146-DZAFMOH-89DH | Supervisory Forestry Technician (DZAFMO) GW-0462-8/9 Tour-PFT | Ephraim Price Moab Monticello | Reggie Swenson 435-253-0450 Darren Olsen 435-201-0865 Orlando Cortez 575-495-5635 Orlando Cortez 575-495-5635
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Any U.S. citizen or national at least 18 years of age can apply. To learn more about the Manti-La Sal National Forest visit our website https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/manti-lasal. For benefits, information about working in wildland fire, or for more information about the Forest Service, visit www.fs.usda.gov.
About the Forest Service: The USDA Forest Service has for more than 100 years brought people and communities together to answer the call of conservation. Grounded in world-class science and technology– and rooted in communities–the Forest Service connects people to nature and to each other. The Forest Service cares for shared natural resources in ways that promote lasting economic, ecological, and social vitality. The agency manages 193 million acres of public land, provides assistance to state and private landowners, maintains the largest wildland fire and forestry research organizations in the world. The Forest Service also has either a direct or indirect role in stewardship of about 900 million forested acres within the U.S., of which over 130 million acres are urban forests where most Americans live.
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