Check out current and upcoming job opportunities with the USDA Forest Service.

Fire Behavior Portal
The fire behavior topic page contains resources and activities related to the study and management of the direction, spread and intensity of wildland fire.
Highlighted Content

Wildland Fire Library (firelibrary.org)
The Wildland Fire Library (firelibrary.org) is a collection of long-term assessments, fire progressions, fire behavior reports, and other documents and resources to support fire modeling and assessment of long-duration fires. Each file is tied to some event with a location, a start date, and background information. This site is operated by Rick Stratton and Jim Edmonds of the USFS National Office.
Upcoming Events
- Related FRAMES Sites
- Catalog Records
- Current Announcements and Jobs
- Upcoming Events
- Past Events













The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Fire Jobs Portal provides information about the types of positions BLM Fire has to offer, helpful hints for applying, contact information for local BLM fire managers and links to USAJOBS for current vacancies.
It's time to apply! The interagency Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) is soliciting proposals from both government and non-government entities through several formal Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) announcements beginning July 13th and remaining open through September 28th at 5 pm MT. Topics and funding opportunities are as follows: Primary NOFO: Task Statement I - Accelerating science to...
A Wildland Fire Project Coordinator position is available with Colorado State University and the Center for Environmental management of Military Lands (CEMML) to be located in Fort Collins, Colorado. This position will directly support CEMML’s Wildland Fire Program Manager by running projects independently, writing fire management plans, and helping to develop and carry out data analyses. This...
Funded by the State of Oregon, the College of Forestry at Oregon State University will be conducting research to develop methodologies and collect necessary data to establish fuel pathways for low carbon fuels derived from woody biomass residues from forestry operations. The Department of Wood Science and Engineering at Oregon State University is seeking a full-time postdoctoral researcher to...
The Wood Science and Engineering Department at Oregon State University is seeking a highly motivated MS or PhD student. The successful applicant will develop methods and pathways to convert locally available forest residues into biofuels and value-added products. Knowledge of one or more of the following is required: wood science, chemistry, chemical analysis, or biomass thermochemical conversion...
Flexible, Part-time PositionsThe Southwest Fire Science Consortium (SWFSC) and the Arizona Wildfire Initiative (AZWI) at Northern Arizona University’s School of Forestry (NAU) seek to hire up to eight Americorps Environmental Literacy Corp members to support science communication, public outreach, public education and student success on the topic of wildland fire. Science WritersSWFSC and AZWI...
Interested in honing your skills, gaining experience and learning more about beneficial fire? Join the second Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (TREX) in northeast Washington, now called the Selkirk TREX. Come learn and burn through field trips, guest...
Additional information on the AIM Grant.
Coalitions and Collaboratives Inc. (COCO), a Colorado-based nonprofit, started the Action, Implementation and Mitigation (AIM) Program to accelerate fire adaptation concepts and reduce the risk from...
The inaugural Columbia Gorge Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (TREX) will be a two-week program of peer-to-peer experiential learning through live fire training, skills practice, guest speakers, and more. This is an opportunity for anyone interested...
Courses offered:
- S131 Firefighter Type 1 (12 hours)
- S211 Portable Pumps and Water Use (24 hours)
- S212 Wildland Fire Chainsaws (32 hours)
- S219 Firing Operations (24 Hours)
- S230 Crew Boss (Single Resource...
The Alaska Wildland Fire Coordinating Group will convene the interagency Fall Fire Review the week of October 23, likely in Anchorage. Plenary sessions will be Oct 24-27 with side meetings on Oct 23 and 28. AFSC will coordinate fire science...
Coastal Quest, in partnership with Ventura County Wildfire Collaborative, is proud to present the first California Wildfire Conference. This three-day exchange will bring together a diverse community of wildfire practitioners to focus on understanding...
The 2nd Southern Blue Ridge Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (SBR TREX) is scheduled to take place October 30 - November 10, 2023. The SBR TREX Planning Team is in the process of contacting participants who applied for SBR TREX 2021, which was...
Agency Administrators and Line Officers are being tasked to aggressively implement fuels management programs. This consists of gaining additional skills to effectively manage evolving fuels management plans that may need to meet a variety of objectives...
Speaker: Peter Breigenzer
Bio: Peter is a graduate research assistant in the School of Forest Resources at the University of Maine. After receiving his bachelor’s degree from the University of Montana, he worked...
The International Association of Wildland Fire in partnership with the Wildland Fire Leadership Council (WFLC) and its three regional strategy committees, invite you to register and attend the 6th Annual National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management...
BLM (Bureau of Land Management) Fire is hosting its 2nd annual career webinar! Please join us via Zoom to learn more about the BLM Fire program,...
Presenter: Brian Potter, USFS Research Meteorologist
Fires of Unusual Size (FOUS) are large fires that exhibit at least one rapid growth event, and keep growing after that. While "megafire" is widely used and has no specific definition, FOUS are...
Data from real wildland fires are critical to running and developing simulations, predictive and decision-support tools, and fundamental wildland fire science. However, collecting observations on active fires is a significant challenge, especially in...
Bringing Together Diverse Voices from the Global Wildland Fire Community
The Pau Costa Foundation (PCF), Association for Fire...
Trainings have been offered with the intent of furthering wildland fire suppression and prescribed fire capacity at Camp Edwards and among its wildland fire partner organizations.
Nominations are due May 21, 2023
The workshop consists of two intense days of entertaining hands-on activities for teaching students about wildland fire behavior, ecology, management and activities related to traditional fire use by Native Americans. Content will focus on ecosystems...
Landscape: The Forest Through the Trees
Hosted by the Intertribal Timber Council and the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe.
The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe welcomes you to the Intertribal Timber Council’s Forty-Sixth...
The webinar has been postponed until the fire situation in Canada stabilizes. If you have any immediate BurnP3+ questions, please get in touch with Chris Stockdale at chris.stockdale@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca...
The workshop consists of two intense days of entertaining hands-on activities for teaching students about wildland fire behavior, ecology, and management. Content will focus on forests in the Sierra Nevada. The FireWorks program is a valuable resource...
The goal of this regular Association for Fire Ecology zoom meeting is to provide a platform for student and early career professionals to meet, to get better connected as a community, and to be...