Work Schedule
Below is the pay period calendar for the fiscal year of 2025. Here you can see that we are paid bi-weekly. As a seasonal employee you can expect to be working as early as April all the way through November with possible extensions into December due to fire severity. Our training period begins in April through May where you will get all the training in class and in the field to become a successful and effective crewmember and firefighter with a focus on aviation. Once the helicopter arrives, typically in early June, the crew will split into two mods. The two mods will split the work week working four 10 hour day shifts, either Sunday to Wednesday, (Thurs Fri Sat off) or Wednesday to Saturday (Sun Mon Tues off) . Wednesdays will have the whole crew on. This allows us to have 7 days of available coverage with the helicopter.
Pay
Here you can see the General Schedule pay scales. There have been recent and ongoing changes to our pay and classification due to the passing of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. With pay increasing and a creation of a new firefighter classification, things are moving in a good direction. Although there are once again major changes with the incoming administration, there is no evidence of a lack of support from congress towards the wildland fire programs and pay. Highlighted in yellow are the current starting hourly rates for GS3 -5 Positions.
Keep in mind that this accounts only for base pay and overtime. It does not factor in the current retention incentive ($20,000 or 50% of salary) or hazard pay that you receive when on incidents and per diem when travelling outside of our duty station throughout the season, both of which can bump up your check a few hundred dollars, for example:
Hazard Pay = 25% of base rate
Per diem = Variable based on location and meals provided.
GS5 Base Rate = $19.33
GS5 Rate when on incident (Base Rate + Hazard Pay) = $24.16
GS5 Overtime Rate = $29.00
GS5 Rate when on Overtime and incident (Overtime Rate + Hazard Pay) = $33.83
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