I didn’t hear until July last year. You should have a good shot this season. Keep training and you’ll get the call hopefully.
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TCU has already hired up to June 14th. In the past seasons they have hired into August and even September so if the funding / need is there you should be selected as category 2. In the mean time do what you can to get yourself placed into category 1 and update your certifications as permits.
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Try to get the certificates to get category 1.
What certificates are you missing ?
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Are you only wanting TCU because you live there or are you wanting that unit because of what they have to offer? Did you rank the other units as well on your application? More often than you’d think CAL FIRE FF’s drive 3+ hours to their station each shift. Only because that will open your chances of getting called anywhere else in the state instead of limiting to one unit.
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Basically both, I live close and I also like what they have going on out here. I also applied for Amador-El Dorado unit. I wish I could’ve redone my app because I would’ve put a lot more selections than I did. If I don’t get called that’s what I will be doing next go around because I have no problem driving far.
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Any word on any more Cal Fire category 2 hires ? Thanks
From what I overheard in my units office (again could have misheard) HUU is done hiring for the year. But don’t let that detract you from your top units picking you. ALSO the feds I believe might be doing late season hiring so be sure to reach out to any places you may have applied for on USA jobs.
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CAL FIRE seasonal hiring is pretty much done for the year unless there is some sort of mid-season augment. I don’t think that will happen as we are already augmented with extra firefighters.
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Feds have a lot of openings on usajobs go do a year with them and try next year.
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Units are currently putting on new hires with little to no notice. It’s almost garunteed units will do last minute hires as well as late hires.
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you may get a phone call at 1650 on a Friday afternoon to be instructed to show up at some CDF headquarters on Monday at 0800…
Oh, and btw, show up early, you’re on time…show up on time, you’re late.
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…and late is unacceptable!
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You know that to be fact!
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Understood. Thank you
Hey everybody. Took all your advice on how to get things done to be in a better spot to be picked up by CAL FIRE. Finished my CAL FIRE BASIC up a week ago and emailed all my certifications to the FF1 hiring email the day of graduation last Friday.
Anybody know when CAL FIRE will be starting hiring this year ? Or guesses when I could be updated and picked up? Thank you
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they already started picking up people cat 1. do you have your emt state card ?
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Understood. I have everything but EMT. I have PSFA though the academy.
I’m not sure if I’m in category 1 yet I just updated all of my certifications from the CAL FIRE basic last Friday.
do you have public safety first aid, because you need ether emt of public safety first aid to be cat 1.
Yeah I have public safety first aid. I’m just waiting on the hazmat certification because they haven’t updated it yet. I have the full cal fire basic
good luck hopefully you get a call soon