Professional Wildland Fire Response

With more than 36 years in the wildland fire industry, First Strike Environmental Company (FSE) offers wildland fire resources; wildland firefighting personnel, equipment and management teams that are certified at both, Federal and State levels for national response.

FSE has extensive history in the industry, initially beginning work with U.S. Forest Service (USFS) in 1987, supplying one engine and one tender. Shortly after, the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF), Interagency Firefighting Crew Agreement (IFCA) was introduced in 1995 and FSE was awarded an agreement for twenty-person, Type 2 Firefighting Hand Crews. Over the past 35-years in our business, FSE has developed and grown as a company to meet the ever-increasing needs of the wildland fire industry along with the industry’s environmental needs. 

In 1996, FSE began development of our hazardous materials program, offering experienced hazardous materials response personnel to State and local agencies, initially responding to emergency roadside spills and releases. FSE began a cross-training program to train FSE wildland fire personnel and began formation of multiple hazardous materials response teams for emergency response to spills/releases, environmental remediation, and site restoration incidents within the State of Oregon. We expanded our hazardous materials program and began offering hazardous material services in Washington State and Northern California, often times responding as far as Western Idaho. FSE continued to build the wildland fire services, adding additional firefighter personnel, hazardous materials personnel, and expanding the qualifications of FSE’s environmental services program. 

Today, FSE offers diversely trained and experienced personnel to fill wildland fire suppression teams and hazardous materials response teams. FSE management and key personnel are trained and experienced to NIMS ICS 300/400, with work experience to multiple Level I, II, and III incidents, as well as numerous state regulatory emergency response incidents within Oregon and Washington. FSE is an Oregon licensed corporation, small business, Hub-zone entity that is diversified in wildland fire suppression, environmental remediation, and natural restoration, to include general construction services. FSE has developed a multifaceted company working with multiple Federal, State, and Local agencies and their cooperative agencies on incident assignments within the Wildland Fire Suppression, All-Hazard, and Severity/Preparedness fields.

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FSE’s 26-years under the annual ODF IFCA initially allowed FSE opportunity to build up to seven Type 2, twenty-person wildland fire hand crews for response to wildland fire suppression incidents in nine states; Washington, California, Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, New Mexico, to include Oregon. Additionally, FSE wildland firefighting crews were beneficial to the Space Shuttle Recovery effort during the Space Shuttle Columbia incident in 2003 that occurred over Texas and Louisiana. Prior to the implementation of the VIPR I-BPA, FSE held individual wildland fire suppression agreements with Washington Department of Natural Resources and the USFS, Emergency Equipment Response Agreements (EERA) supplying equipment and supply resources during the fire season. 

Our professionals can respond to calls for an individual engine or a full strike team of engines. All engines are third-party-inspected, fully equipped with pressure pumps, tanks, hoses, fitting and sta te of the art radios. Each engin e is staffed by a single-resource engine boss and crew members.

FSE is ready for the Wildland Fire Season of 2024 

Are you ready? Apply Now! Train Now! And pack your gear!

If you are interested in becoming a Wildland Firefighter for First Strike Environmental (FSE), please read the Job Description for Wildland Firefighter right here and then fill out the FSE employment application right here to apply online.

Wildland fire season is a great adventure and a fantastic opportunity to make money while on the adventure.

FSE will contact those who have submitted an application to discuss classes.

FSE’s Wildland Firefighter Training is underway for the 2024 Season!

Must have successfully completed current year NWCG certified training requirements. (link to training qualification system for all wildland firefighters NWCG NIMS Wildland Fire Qualification System Guide PMS 310-1 see https://www.nwcg.gov/publications).

FSE is a professional private contractor with over 36-years in the industry. FSE provides 20-person hand crews as well as Type 6 Engines; as resources under government contracts to respond to incidents such as wildland fire suppression. We are looking for dependable, hardworking, and team-oriented members to join our team.

Classes and Work Capacity Test (WCT), aka pack tests, are now! Don't put off your training until the last minute! Get it done asap, so you can be one of the first to respond to a call for incident assignment! Class space is limited, fill out your application online quick and easy. 

FSE will contact those who have submitted an application. Wildland fire season is a great adventure and a fantastic opportunity to make money while on the adventure.

All classes are under guidelines established by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) “Wildland Fire Qualification System Guide” and the “Field Managers Course Guide”. Please take a look at the NWCG Wildland Fire Learning Portal to learn more.

FSE is currently looking for the following positions to be filled: 

(ENGB) - Engine Boss 

(CRWB) - Crew Boss 

Engine and Hand-crew Drivers - clean DMV record