| Job Alert: Hiring 3,500 Firefighters | |
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Dateline: 12/23/00
The Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest service plans to hire some 3,500 new firefighters.
Up to 1,000 of the positions will be permanent. The other jobs will be temporary or seasonal, lasting up to six months per year, with opportunities to become permanent seasonal employees. Most of the 3,500 jobs will be forestry aids and technician jobs assigned to firefighting positions. The deadline for applications has been extended to Jan. 19, 2001.
Funding for the positions was included as part of the final 2001 federal budget legislation signed yesterday by President Clinton.
According
to Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman, the positions are being added in
response to last summer's
devastating fire season. "We are adding significant new staffing to improve our
nations wildland fire suppression capabilities and to reduce fire hazards near
populated areas," said Secretary Glickman. Agriculture Secretary Dan
Glickman. The new positions will support the
National Fire Plan, which was developed by the Secretaries of Agriculture and
Interior. The plan outlines actions for restoring the landscapes and helping
communities affected by this year's severe fires; reducing future impacts of
wildland fires in the wildland-urban interface; and ensuring sufficient
firefighting resources in the future. More than 84,000 fires broke out
across the nation this summer, consuming nearly 7 million acres of public lands.
At the height of the fire season, over 28,000 people were deployed to combat the
flames. Federal personnel and others from 48 states, four countries, and five
military battalions battled the fires.
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http://www.fs.fed.us/fsjobs
• You can apply online for Forest Service Jobs at:
http://staffing.opm.gov/forestservice
• Interested government job seekers can also get an application by calling the Forest Service's automated toll-free telephone number, (877) 813-3476, or be emailing a request to fsjobs@fs.fed.us.
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