Joining A Wildland Fire Crew
Question: Can you give us a brief background on yourself before we jump into the interview? Answer: I am currently on a hotshot crew in Region 3,...
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YOUR RESUME – A Perfect Candidate, or a Nail in your Contracting Coffin
You’ve seen the success stories; you want your own, and you absolutely should be getting paid and valued for what you are worth. Your resume is one...
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Contracting, deploying, and how to get called before anyone else
A disaster strikes. Phone calls are made. People are flown in, routed to a location, they start working. Maybe it's big enough that contracts star...
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Border Patrol Medic - Interview
So you're tired of lifting fat poop covered people, and taking a little too much pride in your #PoopGang stickers. You can't join the mili...
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Contract Work for Dummies
Contracting Basics A lot of you out there see many of the contract jobs we post and start dreaming of stacking cash like Scrooge McDuck. ...
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WPS Armed Medic - Interview
Armed Medic Work - What it is, and what it isn't. Look at how cool these dudes are. A very long overdue interview with an armed medic who sp...
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Career FD Hiring - Part 5: The Academy
The Academy You are a sperm. You have made it inside of the golden egg that is a professional fire academy. You are the golden load. You put y...
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Career FD Hiring - Part 4: More Interview Stuff
The Interview Continued Career FD Hiring - The Interview SeriesBy Richard Abaddon It’s pretty tough to come up with unique characteristics to t...
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Career FD Hiring - Part 3: The Interview
The Interview Fire Interviews For Dummies By Richard Abaddon The interview. The most critical part of your hiring process adventure. If you can...
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Career FD Hiring - Part 2: The Test
The Hiring Game: Part 2 Authored by Richard Abaddon You read the previous article, and weren't entirely turned off by the idea. You’ve decided y...
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Career FD Hiring - Part 1: Unwritten Rules of 'The Game'
The Hiring Game: Part 1 Authored by Richard Abaddon The process of becoming a firefighter can be really fucking stressful. It's even more stress...
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Wildland Fire Jobs for Dummies
NOTE: This was written regarding the 2018 season, and while the specific dates may have changed, the information generally remains the same. If yo...
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Network - Part 1
I feel a slight amount of guilt, over having waited this long to actually write this advice up, but here it is. How to Network, and I don't mean sp...
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