Great attitude. It's a blast and will get in your blood like no other job. Travel, commeraderie, best office in the world, character building ... best job out there. With long hours and H pay, you do well. Try not to eat too much smoke. When in Rome, do like the Romans do.

Let me know how it goes for you. Striving to get in next season.

In what state?

nope

That's a fair wage. Ppl complaining about that?

What state? I’m thinking of joining here in SoCal

One guy said just legs and cardio

The bare minimum fitness requirement is called the “arduous work capacity test,” AKA “the pack test.” You have to be able to walk 3 miles on flat ground while you carry 45 pounds on your back in 45 minutes or less. That is the minimum standard. Mind you, real life wildland firefighting is way harder than the pack test, but at least the pack test will get your foot in he door. Good luck!

Folsom prison by Johnny Cash

😂😂😂😂

What was your MOS and how long?

It's some sort of cover/remix of Johnny Cash's Folsom Prison Blues

But that thing is stacked with protein

@@4estmoreland I would rather eat old ass oatmeal with no water

​@@4estmorelandHey man thinking of getting into this any tips for me?

@@vikingsfan1233if your between the ages of 18-25 and live in CA, you can join the California Conservation Corps and they can set you up for a career in wildland and even structure (I don’t know about career paths from other state conservation corps). But if you don’t live in CA or are older than 18-25, you can still apply off the street. You can apply to join a hand crew with the feds like the USFS, BLM, NPS and even local state agencies and municipal departments with fire crews (though it’s hard to get accepted into the latter). One thing I’d suggest is to progressively overload on hikes, adding more and more weight through time. And when training, start committing to a hybrid split with weight lifting, calisthenics, circuits, and going on runs. Cardio is a big thing. But yeah, the fire season’s coming up in a few months, man, so be prepared. Good luck!

Someone's got to do it not everyone can have a bullshit fake job where they sit in zoom meetings talking about nothing all day. Somebody has to actually work and I think with this next generation we will see a great reset where the people making money off the internet will have their wages plummet and it will be the plumbers, construction workers and jobs like this that make the real money because people are so soft and out of touch that most of the new generation can't even change their oil or hang a painting let alone fight fires in the forest or build the things society needs to function. The world can't live off podcasts and pointless apps.

@@Lizzzzzzy921thank god for the white men who do this type of work 🙏🏻

Someone has to do it

Self chosen for varying reasons. Myself, it was simple. I couldn't sit back and watch or pretend that my state wasn't burning. So I left construction at 40 to start my new path of being a wildland firefighter. Each and every person I've met, on average, does what most cannot do or are unwilling to do. The weakest of any wildland firefighting crew works harder than 90% of anyone. My respect to all who have taken on this challenge. Look in those men's eyes. Tell me that is unskilled labor while sitting on your L shaped couch pretending that your blind opinion or understanding is even close to accurate. These people, are the unsung, underappreciated , under paid, misunderstood bad asses of our time. I'm honored to have had the opportunity to meet such amazing people.

folsom prison blues - johnny cash

Damn. Thank you for fighting them for the common folks. Respect 🙏 . As for pay, absolutely you should be paid more. Risking your lives

Where do I start to look for joining a hotshot crew because when I’m out of high school in 2 years I want to go into wild land firefighting

Well my Fiancée of 7 years left me for a f16 pilot vet a week before my birthday last month so I got nothing to lose. I'm joining. It's better than what I'm making now Less than 40k a year.

​@@tylershaw4880try looking up ffrp

​@@kry0-c00per2you'll be alright brother what makes it more worth it is your men an woman to your Left an right your crew

anywhere i can reach you?

Hell ya.

Same 2nd year let’s go

Atleast. My brother n law is a firefighter where I live and I make more than him it’s insane.

The hotshots do with overtime and everything but there pay definitely sucks for what they do they get about 20 dollars per hour and the people you see in construction zones holding the sign get paid closer to 30 there’s a big difference between the two in risk levels

200k. Dude there literally saving lives and property its insane how low they are paid.

soldiers first. their lives are way harder than firefighters

@@TheSpencer033they both have hard jobs no need to compare