# @calfirecareers on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DXaNeUZCNHG
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/64393247-calfirecareers-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/37a39c5ec5.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-04-21T21:55:09.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** CAL FIRE Careers (@calfirecareers) — https://gondola.cc/calfirecareers

## Caption

🚨 THE FORESTRY FIRE PILOT EXAM IS NOW OPEN CONTINUOUSLY! 🚨 

You can now access and take our exam 24/7 from anywhere online and receive your results within 24-48 hours!  Put your helicopter flight experience to work for @calfire in support of wildland fire response, internal and cross agency incident operations, and resource management. 

Minimum Exam and Position Qualifications: 
Licenses: Possession of a valid Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) Commercial Airman Certificate with rotorcraft-helicopter rating or a valid FAA Airline Transport Pilot's Certificate with a rotorcraft- helicopter rating. And 

Possession of a valid and current Class II Airman's Medical Certificate issued by an FAA authorized medical examiner. And 

Possession of a valid driver license of the appropriate class issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Applicants who do not possess this license will be admitted to the examination but must secure the license prior to appointment. And 

Experience: Applicants must have logged at least 2,000 hours of pilot-in-command flying helicopters, which must include the following: 

1. At least 500 hours of mountain pilot-in-command helicopter flight time, routinely making landings in mountainous terrain above 4,000 feet MSL. 

2. At least 500 hours of turbine helicopter time as pilot-in- command. 

3. Two hundred and fifty hours as pilot-in-command of helicopters performing low level missions in fire control, map survey, powerline patrol, search and rescue, and spray or seeding operations over mountain or forested or comparable military operations. 

4. At least 100 hours as pilot-in-command in helicopters carrying sling loads. 

5. At least 50 hours as pilot-in-command in helicopters in the past year. 

📅 Application Date: 24/7 - Continuous 

For more information about the Forestry Fire Pilot classification, visit www.JoinCALFIRE.com. 

Apply to take the exam the exam at CalCareers.ca.gov. 

#Aviation #Helicopter #Pilot #JoinCALFIRE #Work4CA #WeAreHiring

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Carson Cook | @CookTalksalot | https://gondola.cc/CookTalksalot | Business |
| Carson Cook | @CookTalksalot | https://gondola.cc/CookTalksalot | Social Media Manager |
| CAL FIRE Careers | @calfirecareers | https://gondola.cc/calfirecareers | Creator |

## Tags

wearehiring, pilot, helicopter, joincalfire, work4ca, aviation

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