Apex Forest & Wildfire Services Ltd strive for high standards and high expectations. We are looking for employees 19 years older who want to share these values and work ethic.

You must be someone who is tolerant of others, communicate effectively, and demonstrate professionalism at all times. Sometimes you are traveling, camping, and working with the same fire crew for weeks. Therefore people must be adaptable to personality differences and be able to resolve potential conflicts in appropriate manners.

We are looking for firefighters who are accountable, organized, dependable, and strong team players. They need to be in good physical condition.

Apex requires our firefighters to be available to work on short notice as well as be able to commit to going away to work for 3 to 18 days at a time. Sometimes your stay is in BC Wildfire Service fire camps, sometimes hotels or tents, and sometimes you get to drive home every night. And yes sometimes you ride in a helicopter to & from the fire. We all love those days!!!

A usual fire line workday is 12 hours – time and a half after 8 hours. Often you are getting part of your day paid for in travel time. Type 3 Standby days are generally 12 hour days & Type 2 Availability days are generally 8 hr days.

We do not recommend relocating for the “Type 3” Fire Fighting contract.

In order to register for the S100 / S185 posted on the Apex Calendar ( Dates are posted in January ) we must have received your application and followed up with a phone call/ interview

Timeline for Applications

September to March

• Type 2; Experienced / BCWS Fire Fighters, Crew Leaders and DTF’S

January to April

• Type 3; Wildfire Fire Fighters with Experience or no Experience

All year

• Wildfire Danger Tree Assessor ( DTA’s)
• Certified Fallers ( DTF’s)

Check list for Type 2 Wildland Fire Fighter – Guaranteed work 

1. Applicants must by 19 years or older.
2. The 1st Step is to fill out an Online Application Attach all valid certifications.
3. You will receive an auto response email acknowledging we have received your application.
4. Please expect the following. Within a week successful applicants will receive a phone call to set up a personnel interview. Please feel free to call us.

Type 2 Qualifications check list:

Proof of Wildland fire fighting experience within the last 5 yrs:

• Minimum of 35 days for a Crew members
• Minimum of 72 days for the Crew Leaders

All Type 2 members are required to have the following:

• 2 References
• Mandatory OFA 1 + TE – Best practice is OFA 3
• Full S100 cert &  S185
• WHMIS 2015
• Transportation of Dangerous Goods
• Valid S100 refresher visit www.s100a.com for S100 refresher.
• Valid Drivers license – Copy of your Drivers license & Drivers abstract will be required. This is not mandatory but more than likely this will be necessary.
• Par -Q will be required

Additional mandatory certifications:

• Crew members must have ICS 100 S211 S212 S213
• Crew Leaders must have ICS 100 & 200 S211 S212 S213 S230 S235 S241

If you do not have the above listed certifications, Apex is qualified to instruct.

Fitness Test :

• Successful applicants are required to participate and pass in the WFX Fitness test – set up by the BCWS. (17:45 mins or better)

Increase the chance of employment if you have the following certifications:

• Wildland DTA
• OFA 3
• PSO

Check list for Type 3 Wildland Fire Fighter – non guaranteed work 

1.  Applicants must be 19 years or older. Some exceptions can be considered.
2. The 1st step is to fill out an  online application form.
3. After we have received your application expect the following:

You will receive an automated email acknowledged we have received your application.

Successful applicants will receive an email containing a PDF attachment for review and a follow up with a phone/Interview. Please feel free to call us at any time.

After the interview we will email you the required gear list for you to review. You will not need any of these items before the Apex training dates.

The full S-100 & S-185  and WHMIS 2015 courses are the minimum training requirements mandatory for all firefighters in BC.

• Apex is fully qualified to instruct these courses
• They are scheduled in April & May. Courses
• Cost for the S100 / S185 = $250.00
• A deposit of $50.00 is required to secure your seat.
• Online registration process – Registration code is required
• Ask us about our training incentive program.
• Please CONTACT US

If you have the S100 / S185 certifications already please send a digital copy

Reminder: The S100 requires a refresher ticket every year. www.S100a.com

Other Certificates. Not mandatory, but will definitely improve your employment opportunities . A 5 person crew must have the following: 

• Wildfire Danger Tree Assessor ( 1 crew member is required)
• Power Saw ( 1 crew member is required)
• Accepted First aid OFA 1 + TE ( 2 crew members are required )
• Pump courses
• Crew Leader courses ( 1 Crew leader is required)
• Experience fire fighter ( 60 hrs ) ( 3 crew members are required

Applicants must also be willing to :

• Attend & Pass the annual Fitness test
• Attend the annual mandatory Job Orientation
• Pack personal and overnight gear and send a confirmation email to brenda@apexforestservices.com. (During the job Orientation, we review the required gear list).
• Copy of your drivers license – If you don’t have one let us know.
• Drivers abstract:  Anyone who has a drivers license of any kind will be required to send us a driver abstract by June 15th

BE READY EARLY AND YOU WILL HAVE A BETTER CHANCE!

Ryan Flett, a Nelson BC based photographer, cinematographer, and film maker who worked several seasons as a fire fighter for Apex Forest & Wildfire Services Ltd. Ryan captured these amazing shots throughout the 2009 fires season in the Cariboo.