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Forest Firefighter

Employer

Wildcat Fire Services Inc.

Date Posted

January 05, 2026

Languages

English
  • Location Bowden, AB
  • Earnings $27.50 to $35.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 1 to 60 hours per week
  • Position Seasonal Part Time Leading to Full Time
  • Vacancies 6  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Feb 02, 2026
Job Requirements

Employer

Wildcat Fire Services Inc.

Languages

English

Education

College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 3 months to less than 1 year

Work site environment

  • Outdoors
  • Dangerous
  • Wet/damp
  • Noisy
  • Hot
  • Forest firefighting

Work setting

Various locations

Tasks

  • Fight forest fires
  • Complete firefighting reports and maintain firefighting equipment
  • Maintain equipment
  • Maintain firefighting equipment
  • Follow emergency and safety procedures
  • Follow directions and read map

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) Certificate
  • Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
  • First Aid Certificate
  • CPR Certificate

Type of product

Fire protection

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Pumps
  • Hoses
  • Hand tools

Security and safety

  • Driving record check (abstract)
  • Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information

Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Physically demanding
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Walking
  • Attention to detail

Weight handling

Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

Gloves

Personal suitability

  • Judgement
  • Team player
  • Dependability
  • Adaptability

Screening questions

  • Are you authorized to work in Canada?
  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
  • Do you have experience working in this field?
  • Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?

Employment terms options

On call

Experience

Experience an asset

Employment terms options

  • To be determined
  • Overtime required

Green job

Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes

Other benefits

Learning/training paid by employer


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Forest Firefighter is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Silviculture and Forestry Workers
OBJECTIVE

Interest in driving - operating skidders, bulldozers and other prime movers to pull scarification and site preparation equipment over areas to be regenerated; and in operating power thinning saws to thin and space trees in reforestation areas and chain saws to thin young forest stands

METHODICAL

Interest in copying information to control weeds and undergrowth using manual tools and chemicals; in performing silvicultural duties such as collecting seed cones, pruning trees and marking trees for subsequent operations; and in maintaining firefighting equipment

innovative

Interest in assisting in planting surveys; and in fighting forest fires under the direction of fire suppression officers and forestry technicians

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Abilities

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General Learning Ability

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Visual Abilities

Spatial Perception

Form Perception

Clerical Perception

Physical Abilities

Motor Coordination

Finger Dexterity

Manual Dexterity

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