Back to the helicopter side, CALFIRE is hiring and the requirements are substantial.
Experience: Applicants must have logged at least 2,000 hours of pilot-in-command flying helicopters, which must include the following:
- At least 500 hours of mountain pilot-in-command helicopter flight time, routinely making landings in mountainous terrain above 4,000 feet MSL.
- At least 500 hours of turbine helicopter time as pilot-in- command.
- 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.
- At least 100 hours as pilot-in-command in helicopters carrying sling loads.
- At least 50 hours as pilot-in-command in helicopters in the past year.