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Agencies go online to recruit seasonal firefighters.
Chuck Russell never had to recruit seasonal firefighters without the help of the Internet. But the fire management officer with the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management in northern Wyoming remembers when managers went to local employment offices in search of qualified applicants. When Russell needs more firefighters, he downloads a list of prescreened candidates compiled by a central hiring office in Denver.
IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 1DEEPER POOL The online FIRES hiring effort helps get more firefighters where they're needed most.
The online hiring effort, called the Fire Integrated Recruitment and Employment System, began as a project for the Bureau of Land Management in 2000. Interior's four firefighting agencies-the Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Fish and Wildlife Service, and National Park Service-standardized their position descriptions and conducted an interagency pilot test two years ago.
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