Fire Lookout Technician — Forest Fire Detection & Reporting

Forest Service; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 20,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Forest Service, located within a National Forest, is seeking a Forestry Technician (Lookout) to monitor and report wildfires from a lookout station. This federal role requires vigilance and technical skill to detect smoke using standard fire finders and to estimate distances and potential fire size.

Job Corps graduates are encouraged to apply. The position is posted with a pay range noted as $17.82 per hour, and the deadline to apply is 2026-11-12.

Responsibilities

• Uses standard fire finders to locate observed smoke.
• Estimates distance to smokes and probable size and characteristics of fires.

Job description

Forest Service, located within a National Forest, is seeking a Forestry Technician (Lookout) to monitor and report wildfires from a lookout station. This federal role requires vigilance and technical skill to detect smoke using standard fire finders and to estimate distances and potential fire size.

Job Corps graduates are encouraged to apply. The position is posted with a pay range noted as $17.82 per hour, and the deadline to apply is 2026-11-12.