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Just wanted to reach out and see if anyone had any info on how many more rehire academies cal fire will have for FF1’s that applied during this last March 31 cutoff date?

Hello everyone, so besides having relevant experience (2025 Hotshot for the Feds with CA EMT and 2026 Forestry Technician), do I need anything else to better my chances of being a Forestry Technician?

And when do the job postings become available?

I'd like to have a full-time job and root myself somewhere instead of moving all the time.

Does anyone know when cal fire will be hiring seasonal firefighters again

I graduate from the fire academy tomorrow and I have an interview in a couple weeks for the Reserve Firefighter in a small town an hour from where I live. Any advice for the interview? TYA.

Do I need to live in California to work as a ff1 with no experience I currently live in Virginia

Seasonal FF here.

I haven't gotten my card for my dental insurance and I'm pretty sure they don't mail it out. Also I forgot to write who I chose down.

Is there a way online to find out? Maybe calpers?

I had a really great interview with an agency and I’ll be scheduled to take my RT-130 soon.

But, I also took a two week long 1-C training thru CalFire back in mid February and I was wondering if it is basically the same thing?

When I looked it up I recognized a lot of the subjects and it would be really nice to not have to take the same course 2 months later since I’d be driving out of state to it.

I would’ve brought it up with the interviewer but I don’t have the certification on hand because I’m still waiting for it to come in the mail. I would’ve thought they would have sent a PDF version but I guess CalFire wanted to get fancy with it and mail a physical copy.

Edit: it was a two week long training, one of the weeks was actual classroom and the other was hands on.