Resources

Fire program and forces

Find out about our firefighting program and forces, including interagency hotshot crews in the Rocky Mountain area.

• Pike Interagency Hotshot Crew
• Monument Helitack
• Monument Fire Center - Home of the Pike Hotshots, Monument Helitack and Memorial Grove.
• Pueblo Interagency Fire Dispatch Center - PIDC provides a staff of highly trained professionals who respond to emergency and nonemergency incidents within the dispatch area.

Recruitment links

The Forest Service hires permanent and seasonal firefighters.

• Go to USAJobs.gov and search for job series 0462.

More resources

• Pueblo Interagency Fire Dispatch Center
• Fire weather:
  • Denver/Boulder Fire Weather Page
  • Pueblo Fire Weather Page
  • Dodge City, Kansas, Fire Weather Page
• Rocky Mountain Area Coordination Center
• National Interagency Fire Center - The National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, is the nation’s support center for wildland firefighting.
• Colorado Emergency Management: Fire Restrictions
• Kansas State Fire Ban and Danger Information
• Glossary of Wildland Fire Terminology